Top 10 Stories of 2007?

Christianity Today offers its list of Top 10 stories of 2007 that "have shaped, or will significantly shape, evangelical life, thought, or mission."  Two or three of them might make it onto an analogous list for Catholicism.  If you had to nominate the Top 5 stories of the year that have shaped or will shape the "Catholicism and public life" relation, what would they be?

Tom B.