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• Detroit council's Conyers snarled in bribes probe (AP)
• Miami priest in photo scandal weds girlfriend (AP)
• Polygamous church trust manager pleads not guilty (AP)
• Italy police recover looted relief of Roman god (AP)
• Vatican China envoy to get tough with Beijing (AP)
• Pope taps Ranjith to head Colombo archdiocese (AP)

Detroit council's Conyers snarled in bribes probe (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of a prominent congressman, sought political support from Baptist pastors and prayers from constituents Tuesday as her re-election bid collided with a corruption probe involving cash bribes handed over in fast-food parking lots.

Miami priest in photo scandal weds girlfriend (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:09 PM PDT AP - A telegenic Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach made the relationship official Tuesday, marrying the woman he was involved with for about two years.

Polygamous church trust manager pleads not guilty (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - A court-appointed fiduciary of a polygamous church trust has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor trespassing and other charges related to his management operations.

Italy police recover looted relief of Roman god (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 08:55 AM PDT AP - Italian police say they have recovered an illegally excavated marble bas-relief depicting one ancient Rome's most popular gods, worshipped mainly by the empire's soldiers.

Vatican China envoy to get tough with Beijing (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 08:52 AM PDT AP - The Vatican's top envoy for China says the time has come for the Holy See to get tough with Beijing and not compromise over religious freedom, saying relations are taking a "worrisome slide" for the worse.

Pope taps Ranjith to head Colombo archdiocese (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 05:15 AM PDT AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has named a Vatican official, Monsignor Albert Malcolm Ranjith, to head the Colombo, Sri Lanka archdiocese.

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