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Articles in May 16, 2008 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• Books closed to Mormons
• Papal visit a 'both/and' moment in sex-abuse crisis
  by Mary Gail Frawley-O'dea
• New Bird
  by Donna Pucciani
• Catholic Texas
  by Jim Harrington
• Quotable & notable
• Drew Phoenix
• Old soldiers shill the Pentagon line
  by Coleman McCarthy
• Water
  by Sheryl Zabel
• Spring Cleaning
  by Monica L. Zabor
• Waiting for relief
• "We are not starting new, we are starting again," declared Womanpriest Bishop Patricia Fresen as she ordained Winona, Minn., resident Kathy Redig to the priesthood in Winona May 4
• Populist bishop elected president
  by Gustavo Torres
• Close-ups of capitalism gone awry
  by Tom Gallagher
• Unsworth's tales of the community
  by Tom Roberts
• Bishop pushes wage hike
• Catholic Relief Services
• Hugo Chavez has a mission—and oil
  by Barbara J. Fraser
• Women at synod
  by Joan Brausch
• Methodists OK communion
• Religious youth push new political agenda: Jim Wallis says hot-button issues ceding ground to broader concerns
  by Tom Roberts
• The Vatican's culture maven: Rome's point man on culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi is a writer, scholar, amateur archaeologist and consummate communicator
  by Desmond O'Grady
• Democratizing the church
  by Richard Warren
• Irish order moves to Hong Kong
• Way beyond writing term papers: Marquette student a political powerbroker as the youngest superdelegate
  by Mary Barron
• Hard truths: 'Fugitive Pieces' and 'Standard Operating Procedure' examine grim history
  by Joseph Cunneen
• Catholic president
  by Patricia F. Mature
• We remember a friend
  by Rita Larivee
• What's up with Padre Pio's remains?
• Catholic writer says we can find healing in the rhythms of the day
  by Rich Heffern
• Reconciliation
  by Gerry Creedon
• Catholic response on immigration
• Food banks struggle to keep shelves filled, clients served
• Santa Clara University
• Glowing embers of the ancient and the new: Iraqi artists remind us not only of war but of a humanizing civilization
  by Mary Ann Cejka
• The rich and poor
  by Tony Janonotta
• Bankruptcy process ending
• Audrey Toguchi
• In Africa, small can be beautiful
  by Stephanie Nieuwoudt
• Why not a priest in the White House?
  by John A. Donnangelo
• Summer listings II: leap into life though enrichment, education or renewal
• Schools used as collateral
• Yoshinori Ikezumi
• Sant'Egidio: linking friendship and service in world-changing ways: though previously little known in the United States, a Catholic lay movement started 40 years ago by high school students in Rome is gaining members in U.S. cities
  by Kathy Gilsinan
• Benedict's visit
  by John Tomasin