Religion News in Brief The Boston Globe | VATICAN CITY-Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to consecrate the famed Sagrada Familia church, his spokesman said. | The Rev. Federico Lombardi told reporters Wednesday that the pope will first go to the western pilgrimage city of Santiago d...
Catholic Diocese Seeks Cash to Pay Irish Victims The New York Times | Filed at 3:36 p.m. ET | DUBLIN (AP) -- A Roman Catholic diocese at the center of Ireland's child-abuse scandals appealed Tuesday to its parishioners to cover some of its more than euro10 million ($14 million) in bills to victims and lawyers. | Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns, the southeast Irish dio...
Call for Catholics to disassociate themselves from the Church The Examiner | Catholic sex scandals are everywhere these days. Last year came the final report of an investigation revealings decades of child abuse taking place at a Catholic-run private school in Ireland that was covered up by high-ranking Church officials for...
Police: Man Eyed in 2nd Teen Murder Investigation The New York Times | Filed at 12:19 a.m. ET | ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) -- A registered sex offender charged with murdering a teen girl last month is a focus of the investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found more than a year after she disa...
For Lil Wayne, Third Sentencing Date Yields a Year at Rikers The New York Times | The rapper Lil Wayne made his final public appearance as a free man for at least the next eight months on Monday afternoon, greeted by a chaotic scene in front of a Manhattan courthouse. John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times | The recording a...
Experts Urge Keeping Civilian and Military Options in Terror Trials The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Leading Congressional Republicans are arguing that getting tough on terrorism means trying all foreign terrorism suspects before military commissions. But national security officials who served in the Bush administration say that...
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Pope denounces 'horror' of Holocaust The News & Observer | VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has marked Holocaust Remembrance Day by denouncing the "horror" of the Shoah and the "unheard of brutality" of death camps created by Nazi Germa...
Pope urges priests to harness Internet The News & Observer | VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog. | The pope, whose own presence on the Web has heavi...
Pope gunman released from prison Chicago Sun-Times | ANKARA, Turkey -- The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison on Monday after more than 29 years behind bars.Mehmet Ali Agca waved to journalists ...
Trial opens in Vikes' challenge of NFL drug policy The Examiner Comments MINNEAPOLIS (Map, News) - The attorney for two Minnesota Vikings challenging the NFL's anti-doping policy opened their closely watched trial Monday by accusing the league of failing to follow state law when it tested them for drugs two years...
Officer kills man near school in Brooklyn The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - A police officer near a school in Brooklyn has shot and killed a man the NYPD says was brandishing a fake pistol. | Police said the fatal shooting occurred Monday afternoon after they received a 911 call from a parent ...
Sex assault trial begins for polygamist group man The Examiner Comments SAN ANGELO, Texas (Map, News) - Jury selection has started in the West Texas trial of a member of a polygamist group accused of sexual assault of an alleged underage bride. | The San Angelo Standard-Times reports that jury selection began Mo...
Wayne Rooney returns to lead Manchester United attack against Milan The Guardian | • In-form striker back after knee injury | • Wes Brown ruled out for four to six weeks | Wayne Rooney, pictured in training with Manchester United this week, injured his knee during England's recent victory over Egypt at Wembley. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images | Sir Alex Ferguson promised a fully-committed, attacking performance fr...
A policy change on abortion, but how radical? Syracuse | (AP) - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear. | Abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America say the House and Senate versions of the bill represent the biggest expansion of abor...
