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• Ted Haggard to start new church in Colo. Springs (AP)
• Sisterhood ends where it began for 2 merging nuns (AP)
• 'Wives' of Catholic priests speak out against celibacy (AFP)
• Grim image of division awaits Pope in Cyprus (Reuters)

Ted Haggard to start new church in Colo. Springs (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT AP - Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 3 1/2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal.

Sisterhood ends where it began for 2 merging nuns (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 01:44 PM PDT AP - Sister Mary David Olheiser and Sister Helenette Baltes professed their vows together in 1936 as two of the 21 new sisters to join the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict that year. At the time, their central Minnesota Roman Catholic monastery was overflowing with youth and energy.

'Wives' of Catholic priests speak out against celibacy (AFP) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 09:08 AM PDT AFP - Pope Benedict XVI, still struggling to repair the damage wrought by a wave of paedophile scandals, now faces a fresh challenge, from women loved -- and often abandoned -- by Catholic priests.

Grim image of division awaits Pope in Cyprus (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:49 AM PDT Reuters - Behind the pomp and circumstance of a papal visit, sandbags, abandoned gun positions and a crumbling time warp make up the grim image which will welcome Pope Benedict to Cyprus on Friday, when he visits one of the world's last divided capital cities.

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