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• Easter service at DC church draws Obama family (AP)
• Flooded RI residents hear Easter renewal messages (AP)
• Vatican's Easter Mass infused with defense of pope (AP)
• Obama attends Easter service at historic black church (AFP)
• Pope's immunity could be challenged in Britain (AP)

Easter service at DC church draws Obama family (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and his family marked the Easter holiday by attending a music-filled service at a historically black Methodist church in southeast Washington, an area that was rocked by violence last week.

Flooded RI residents hear Easter renewal messages (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:54 PM PDT AP - A stream of water flowing from the basement of St. Vincent De Paul Church to the parking lot outside welcomed parishioners arriving for Easter services on Sunday, a pesky reminder of the flooding that devastated this town and others in the Northeast in the past week.

Vatican's Easter Mass infused with defense of pope (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - It was the Catholic calendar's holiest moment -- the Mass celebrating the resurrection of Christ. But with Pope Benedict XVI accused of failing to protect children from abusive priests, Easter Sunday also was a high-profile opportunity to play defense.

Obama attends Easter service at historic black church (AFP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:14 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama attended an Easter worship service on Sunday in one of Washington's poorest communities, making an appearance at a historic black church founded during the American Civil War.

Pope's immunity could be challenged in Britain (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 08:27 AM PDT AP - Protests are growing against Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Britain, where some lawyers question whether the Vatican's implicit statehood status should shield the pope from prosecution over sex crimes by pedophile priests.

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