| Sumario: | The article presents news briefs related to politics and Catholics. The "Catholic vote" sought with such determination in the 2004 presidential race went to President George W. Bush in about the same proportion as the rest of the country's votes. As they study results from this election, analysts are suggesting that the frequency with which people go to church may be a better predictor of how people vote than their religious affiliation. Italian brides and grooms marrying in Catholic churches will no longer "take" each other as husband or wife, but will "accept" each other. The change goes into effect on the First Sunday of Advent with other changes in the rites and rituals for the sacrament of matrimony approved by the Italian bishops. The Diocese of Spokane will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of November, Bishop William S. Skylstad announced. Ground was broken for a $50 million 30,000-square-foot addition for Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University. A judge overseeing some 160 lawsuits in northern California over sexual abuse by members of the Catholic clergy has decided clergy personnel files that are made available to plaintiffs' attorneys will remain confidential unless they are introduced as evidence at a trial.
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