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  1. Spanish bishop renews dispute with Opus Dei over Marian image

  2. Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image

  3. Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others over protester relief fund

  4. Lawyer for China’s Zion Church seeks resettlement help while transiting through Taiwan

  5. Reckoning looms for golf carts that zip through Rome’s crowded historic center