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Articles in March 7, 2008 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• Rodney L. Rodis, a former priest of the diocese of Richmond, Va., was given a 63-month prison sentence Feb. 21 after pleading guilty to a parish embezzlement scheme
• Imagining the perfect papal visit: if he pays attention, Benedict will find great diversity in the American church
  by Richard R. Gaillardetz
• Holy Thursday
  by Mary K. Himens
• Aid for poor assured
• Defending John Dear
  by Paul Bernin
• Major priest shortage expected
• German bishops' new leader promises liberal agenda
• Feminist theologian Anne Carr dies
• The opus prize: rewarding heroes $1 million at a time
  by Emilie Lemmons
• No neat fit for social ministry message
  by John L. Jr. Allen
• Responsible citizenship
  by Rita Larivee
• Beautiful, powerful women
• Poll: many perceive economic unfairness
  by Jim Lobe
• Union Theological Seminary
• Peace prize to Jordan prince
• The Whoring Daughter
  by Kilian McDonnell
• Foundation tops $100 million
• Abuse limitations bill withdrawn
• Catholics of the Montagnard community in La Grai, central Vietnam, were unable to celebrate Mass on Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Feb. 7 because the local People's Committee explicitly forbade it
• Vatican supports Boston area parish closing
• Study finds fluid religious affiliation: a new survey of more than 35,000 adult Americans by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life captures the depth and breadth of religious America
  by Adelle M. Banks
• Dow Jones unveils 'dharma index'
  by Daniel Burke
• Bishop Braxton
  by Arlene J. Moll
• Quotable & notable
• Raw sewage runs in the streets of Gaza
  by Mohammed Omer
• Subprime crisis, hunger linked
• Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day
  by Rich Heffern
• A lesson from Egypt: a U.S. rabbi meets members of the Muslim Brotherhood
  by Brad Hirschfield
• A Compact Lenten practice
  by Kris Berggren
• Australia's Rudd apologizes to Stolen Generations on 'graced day'
  by Penny Edman
• A challenging article
  by Paul M. Jurkowitz
• Untitled
  by Kathleen Wardach
• Film argues for gentler church approach to divorce
• Olive branch extended to Jews
• Lent and Easter: Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton
  by Rich Heffern
• Carrying on a legacy of philanthropy
  by Emilie Lemmons
• Young Catholics respond to a chance to shine
  by David Briggs
• Heroes of our time
  by Greg Gaut
• Hands extended
• Donald J. McGuire, a Jesuit priest convicted of molesting students at a Chicago-area Catholic school in the 1960s, was officially defrocked Feb. 22
• Catholics lose more members than any other group
  by Greg Trotter
• Charities brace for leaner economy
  by Eileen Markey
• Bernard Law
  by Ginny Hoehne
• Scientist to study origins of belief
• Parishes leave Anglican church
• India's bishops strive for gender equality in church bodies
• Jesuit professor, prolific writer dies
• The 2007 Opus Prize winner: Br. Stan Goetschalckx
  by Emilie Lemmons
• For a virtual dose of reality, a different kind of video game
  by Michael Humphrey
• Correction
• Examine the Catholic exodus
• SMU to house Bush library
• The body of St. Padre Pio will be exhumed, studied and displayed for public veneration from mid-April to late September, said the archbishop who oversees the shrine where the saint is buried at San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
• IRS probing Obama speech
• 'The Wire' depicts a community on the brink
  by Raymond A. Schroth
• Bishop calls for carbon taxes in rich countries
• Dutch solution
  by George Fettig
• Chosen few get stadium tickets for papal Masses
• Beautiful women: exhibit honors 1,000 women who are working every day to bring peace to our world. Though they weren't awarded the Nobel, each woman is herself a prize
  by RENEE LaReau
• Fundraising discouraged
• Gems from home and abroad: 'Praying for Lior' is a poignant documentary; 'Caramel' depicts sisterhood in Lebanon
  by Kevin Doherty
• Report: ignoring girls' welfare carries high price
  by Abra Pollock
• Bozek and Burke
  by Roberta Horton