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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Pope's aide visits woman who knocked him down (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:36 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by the Pontiff personal body guard Domenico Giani, left, approaches children upon his arrival at a soup kitchen in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, despite raised security fears after he was knocked down by a woman on Christmas Eve. Escorted by heavy security, the pope traveled to the soup kitchen to share a meal with the poor. It was his first appearance outside the Vatican since the attack Thursday evening. The pope smiled at children, caressing the hands of some of them as he entered the center operated by the Sant'Egidio Community, a lay Catholic group based in Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI's personal aide visited the mentally disturbed young woman who jumped over a barrier and knocked the pontiff down in St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve, a Vatican spokesman said Sunday.


Calif. pastor takes in $2.4M after donations plea (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:40 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008  file photo, Pastor Rick Warren signs his book 'The Purpose of Christmas' at Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York. Evangelical pastor Rick Warren says his call for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch has brought in $2.4 million. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)AP - Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.


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