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Cuba charges Spaniard in dissident Paya's death
Cuba has charged a Spanish citizen with the equivalent of vehicular manslaughter in a car accident that killed prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya and ...
Pope's Olympic message credits the power of sports
Pope Benedict XVI says he is praying that the London Olympics promote world peace and friendship — a message the Vatican is increasingly emphasizing ...
Pope shocked by 'senseless violence' in Colorado
Pope Benedict XVI says he's "deeply shocked" by the "senseless violence" in the Colorado movie theater shootings and is offering his prayers so the ...
Vatican passes key financial transparency test
The Vatican passed a key European financial transparency test, according to a report card released Wednesday, but received poor grades for the ...
Report card on Vatican transparency to be released
The Vatican's bid to get on the so-called "white list" of financially transparent countries passes a key stage Wednesday with the eagerly awaited ...
Father of pope's imprisoned butler defends son
The father of Pope Benedict XVI's imprisoned butler said in a letter published Sunday his son was honest and that he hopes the truth will emerge ...
Mob violence victim could be 1st S.African saint
Everyone in this poor northern corner of South Africa has a story about Benedict Daswa's kindness to his neighbors, his schoolteacher colleagues, the ...
Legion revamps girls' school program after abuses
The troubled Legion of Christ religious order says it is revamping a specialized high school program for teenage girls after dozens of alumni ...
Vatican still questioning witnesses in leak probe
The Vatican says its investigators will finish questioning witnesses and the pope's butler within two weeks in the probe of leaked documents, ...
AP Exclusive: Abuses surface at Legion school
Dozens of women who attended a high school run by the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order have urged the Vatican to close the program, saying ...
Vatican gets report card on financial transparency
The Vatican got a report card Wednesday on its efforts to be more financially transparent — but it's a secret for now. A Council of Europe committee ...
Pope praises Vatican's No. 2 official
Pope Benedict XVI has defended the Vatican's No. 2 official, saying the Italian media have leveled "unjust criticism" at Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
Pope fires Slovak bishop in rare show of authority
Pope Benedict XVI fired a 52-year-old Slovak bishop for apparently mismanaging his diocese in a rare show of papal power over bishops that could have ...
Pope taps German theologian to head orthodoxy post
The pope named Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller to head the Vatican's all-important orthodoxy office Monday, tapping a German theologian like himself to ...
Israel memorial softens view of WWII pope
Israel's national Holocaust memorial has toned down its account of Pope Pius XII's conduct toward the massacre of Jews during of World War II, ...
Under scrutiny, Vatican bank opens its doors
The Vatican bank, one of the more secretive institutions of the secrecy-obsessed Vatican, opened itself up to a little external scrutiny Thursday in ...
Pope sets stage for historic blending of choirs
The Sistine Chapel Choir, whose boys and men sing for the pope at all his Masses, is about to get some illustrious company. The Westminster Abbey ...
Paraguay's Lugo denounces ouster as president
Fernando Lugo emerged early Sunday to denounce his ouster as Paraguay's president as a "parliamentary coup" and a "foreordained sentence" that was not ...
Paraguay leader tries to quell diplomatic fallout
Paraguay's newly sworn-in president set about forming a new government Saturday as he promised to honor foreign commitments, respect private property ...
Pope convenes cardinals to discuss leak scandal
Pope Benedict XVI convened a special meeting of cardinals Saturday for advice on how to deal with the Vatican's leaked documents scandal — another ...
APNewsBreak: Vatican gets Fox media adviser
The Vatican has brought in the Fox News correspondent in Rome to help improve its communications strategy as it tries to cope with years of ...
Clinton: family planning key to sustainability
Hillary Rodham Clinton took a stand for women's reproductive rights during the Rio+20 United Nations conference on Friday, saying "women must be ...
Sect claims multiple attacks on Nigerian city
At least 138 people have died since Sunday in sect-related violence in Nigeria, officials say, as the government fails to corral rising sectarian ...
Suu Kyi: Myanmar headed for better future
Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, warned Thursday that her country's people need Britain and other allies to act as watchdogs, and not ...
Vatican steps up condemnation of Syria violence
The Vatican is stepping up its condemnation of violence in Syria with Pope Benedict XVI calling for urgent humanitarian aid to reach residents.