Catholic Media Digest – December 17, 2009

Art and Media
Oscar winner Jennifer Jones dead at 90 (HeraldNet)

Catholic Schools
School doesn’t recruit students (HeraldNet)

Local News
Embracing Catholic principles for health-care reform (Op-Ed/Seattle Times)

News from around the world
Vatican defrocks African archbishop for defiance (Seattle P-I)
Irish bishop resigns over Dublin sex-abuse scandal (Seattle P-I)
Portuguese govt aims to permit gay marriage (Bellingham Herald)
NZ church’s Joseph and Mary billboard stirs debate (Daily News)
Spanish Parliament approves abortion bill, sends to Senate (CNN.com)