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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 ...
Monsignor convicted for covering up abuse claims
Monsignor William Lynn helped the Archdiocese of Philadelphia keep predator-priests in ministry, and the public in the dark, by telling parishes their ...
Palestinians push Nativity church as Heritage site
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is becoming the church of contention, with a bid by the Palestinians to use their position as the newest ...
Former IRA commander to meet Queen Elizabeth II
The Irish Republican Army-linked Sinn Fein party says one of its leaders, Martin McGuinness, will meet Queen Elizabeth II next week — a ...
Justice Dept. sues Arizona, Utah polygamous towns
Authorities in a pair of polygamous Utah-Arizona border towns have supported a campaign of intimidation against the unfaithful, denying them housing ...
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.
Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights
A day after electing their first African-American president in a historic move that strives to erase its legacy of racism, Southern Baptists passed ...
Divided jury returns Friday in Philly priest case
A stubbornly divided jury will have a day off to dwell on clergy-abuse charges pending against two Roman Catholic priests before returning for a 13th ...
Court extends jail time for anti-Putin rockers
A group of feminist punk rockers must remain behind bars as police investigate them for chanting a "punk prayer" against Russian President Vladimir ...
Pope calls for a halt to violence in Nigeria
The pope has appealed for those responsible for multiple attacks in northeastern Nigeria targeting Christians to "stop immediately." A radical ...
Utah town votes against dissolving government
Voters in a tiny Utah town have struck down a measure that would have dissolved their town government, rejecting a proposal that some said would have ...
Nuns start tour protesting Republican budget plan
A group of Roman Catholic nuns began a nine-state bus tour protesting proposed federal budget cuts Monday, saying they weren't trying to flout recent ...
Vatican official blames media -- and the devil
The Vatican's No. 2 official on Monday blamed the media — and the devil — for fueling the scandal over leaked Vatican documents. Secretary of State ...
Vatican blames media for latest scandal - again
The Vatican on Monday blamed the media for fueling the scandal over leaked Vatican documents and insisted there are no power struggles or problems of ...
Nuns' leader decries church environment of fear
The leader of the group representing most American nuns challenged the Vatican's reasons for disciplining her organization, insisting that raising ...
Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy 'a mystery'
Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, ...
Calif jury awards $28M in Jehovah's sex abuse case
A Northern California jury has awarded $28 million in damages to a woman who said the Jehovah's Witnesses allowed an adult member of a Fremont church ...
Pope to meet with cardinals investigating leaks
Pope Benedict XVI is getting a briefing from the three cardinals he appointed in April to investigate a series of leaked Vatican documents that have ...
Catholic hospitals reject birth control compromise
Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation's Catholic hospitals on Friday ...
Vatican offers traditionalists way to reconcile
The Vatican has formally proposed a way to reconcile with a breakaway group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics in a final bid to end a quarter-century ...
Bishops press religious-freedom fight with gov't
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by ...
Dissident priest downplays Pope's denunciation
The Austrian priest who founded a group of clergy who question church teaching on celibacy and women's ordination has downplayed Pope Benedict XVI's ...