The month of July, also the month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, opens with the consecration of a new bishop for the Irish diocese of Down and Conor, a public religious apology, the honouring of 2 NI clergymen for role in peace process, WYD08 causing free speech troubles......more saintmaking, new French TV show on priests, bishop knew of abortion plans, Il Papa in Africa in 2009, Anglican Schism to continue, St Oliver Plunkett, RC priest shot dead in Nepal...
...election for Focolore leader, Canadians seek CSA apology, 11 ordinations for Ireland in 2008, Il Papa on holidays, then he will go to France for Lourdes 150th, Fr Damien en route to sainthood, new seminary for Sydney...
...bishop leads flock astray, Canadian bishops appointed, Il Papa to begin 24 hour Bible marathon on TV, Vatican and SSPX still talking, 11 due for ordination in Ireland, Il Papa to visit France in September, RC and Mugabe...
...pilgrimage to St Oliver Plunkett shrine, Anglican schism continues, female bishops an issue, sex and the Vatican City, St Peters cleaning crew, Irish Clerical issues, Hong Kong RC pays out on CSA case, Anglican 'superbishops' to be appointed, legacy of Irish Celtic Tiger examined...
...Irish RC fights white flight in schools, Anglican Schism begins over vote to consecrate female bishops, 2 Aussie bishops in strife for not dealing with CSA claims, Papal 'sorry' empty gesture, 'No Pope' parade in Australia, laity in charge in France RC church, new head of Focolare movement...
...Vatican in red for 2007, Anglican bishop leading flock to Rome, interview with an exorcist, Pell in trouble over CSA, St Louis AD film female ordination, leper priest to be canonised, AB Ncube to return to Zimbabwe, Peters Pence brings in $80 million, gay man sues bible publishers...
...papal encyclical on way, diocesan appointments for Limerick, new Anglican bishop for Limerick & Killaloe, breaking the celestial ceiling, Vatican justice dispensed, Spanish Govt -v- Vatican, Humanae Vitae rages on, fury at funeral songs ban...
...civil unions to cost Irish taxpayers €25 million, soccer star to become seminarian, Sunday shopping banned in Croatia, Cardinal Newman to become saint (?), Il Papa txting 2 uth, apology then reform, diocesan appointments in Killaloe, Dublin and Ferns, Killaloe Diocee to sue over school...
...Bishop Seamus 'Bull' Hegarty 'NO' to petition, pilgrims go missing in WYD, ease celibacy rules call, Il Papa to go home in 2009 (?), Il Papa to visit Co Louth Shrine to St Brigid (?), Lambeth begins, Diocese of Killaloe clergy delay retirement so as to assist in parishes, porn star offers sex tips to RC clergy...
...3 RC women to be ordained and face excommunication, Il Papa unlikely to offer CSA apology, boycott problems with Lambeth Conference, Aussie Cardinal hospitalised, Vatican Library begins refurbishment, the bishop and the con man, papal apology not enough claim victims, RC cleric sparks Holocaust row...
...Humanae Vitae draws attention, GAFCON gives AB Rowan another headache, WYD11 in Madrid, 3 female priests ordained and excommunicated same day, papal apologies, the Michaelangelo Code...
...Iraqi PM visits Vatican, Anglican schism deepens, Irish RC against alcohol crusade 'ignored', review clerical celibacy, new Aussie ambassador to Vatican appointed, humanism on the rise, Il Papa 'non' to address EuroParliament...
...animal rights group no to Papal fur, Cardinal Diaz upsets at Lambeth, Hanlon family need your help, thorny issue of indulgences again, RC's ignore Humanae Vitae 40 years on, Il Papa urges environmental renewal, ecumenism a slow process says Cardinal O'Connor Murphy...
...Lambeth Inquisition (?), possible female AB of Canterbury, every priest an exorcist says cardinal, Vatican hopes with Indian bible, Lutherans welcome female bishops, Anglican 'Holy Office' plan approved...
...Irish Bishop Magee messes up again !!!, AB appeal on the Reek, Irish Civil Partnership Bill prepared, Il Papa v's Pill, Papal apology for CSA in Canada (??), Rev Gene Robinson interviewed, Il Papa to go to Mid East (??)...
...Il Papa on holidays, RC adoption agency to allow gay adoptions, divorce too easy, Anglican Communion on new road, Scottish Saint on way (??), time to apologise to victims of homosexuality, RC can no longer remain silent on AIDS marriages, Diocesan clerical appointments in Ireland (Elphin, Galway, Kerry & Killala)...
...ballooning priest found, funeral rituals clarified, Pell against rights charter, Irish RC Church under fire from UN for schools, Lugo no longer bishop, Tutu apologises to xenophobia victims...
...and there ends the report of CW for July 2008, and we now enter into the month of the Assumption (August).