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"We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI" by Matthew E. Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, $14.95). Bunson, author of more than 30 books and general editor for Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac, says he wanted to provide a 'gentle introduction' to the 78-year-old Benedict XVI. 'Even if he is pope for a short time, I think (his papacy) will be one of considerable surprises,' Bunson says. 'His outreach to the Orthodox churches has already started.'"

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Fr. Lastiri Reassigned

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Local Catholic Church gets priest with troubled past



Lastiri left St. Patrick's Parish in Merced in July 2004 after parishioners accused him of participating in sexual conversations on Internet chat sites and seeking gay lovers on the Web, the Merced Sun-Star reported in May.

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