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• Catholic bishops pressured Komen over Planned Parenthood
• Top Cuba dissidents unhappy with church occupiers
• Cuba dissidents vow to stay in church
• Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead
• Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead
• Cuba dissidents vow to stay in church demanding pope talk to govt about rights
• Ambitious Vatican restoration projects moves ahead
• Indonesian court hears militant behind church blasts
• Dissidents occupy Catholic church in Cuba

Catholic bishops pressured Komen over Planned Parenthood Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When he visited the United States four years ago, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a box of silver ribbon-shaped pins for breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure and sent them to its founder, Nancy Brinker. Brinker was touched by the gesture and thanked the pontiff in person on the day of his departure. "He took my hands and blessed me for my work. I couldn't help myself. I burst into tears," she recalls in her memoir, "Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer. ...

Top Cuba dissidents unhappy with church occupiers Posted: The Ladies in White and other prominent Cuban dissidents said Thursday they disagreed with activists who occupied a Catholic church demanding that Pope Benedict XVI press Havana for political freedom.

Cuba dissidents vow to stay in church Posted: A group of 13 Cuban dissidents who have occupied a Havana church for two days are no longer demanding an audience with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits this month, but vowed Thursday to continue their protest.

Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead Posted: An ambitious project to clean the statue-topped colonnade that cradles St. Peter's Square is likely to last at least three more years, the director of the Vatican restoration says.The work on Gian Lorenzo ...

Ambitious Vatican restoration moves ahead Posted: An ambitious project to clean the statue-topped colonnade that cradles St. Peter's Square is likely to last at least three more years, the director of the Vatican restoration says.

Cuba dissidents vow to stay in church demanding pope talk to govt about rights Posted: HAVANA - A group of Cuban dissidents who are holed up in a Havana church say they are changing their demands but vow to continue their protest.

Ambitious Vatican restoration projects moves ahead Posted: Restoration is slowly but steadily proceeding on a Vatican project so ambitious it has been likened to the decades-long cleaning up of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

Indonesian court hears militant behind church blasts Posted: A convicted Indonesian terrorist said suspected Bali bomber Umar Patek also prepared the explosives used in a string of attacks on Jakarta churches in 2000, a court heard Thursday.

Dissidents occupy Catholic church in Cuba Posted: With a papal visit looming, dissidents occupied a Catholic church demanding Pope Benedict XVI press for political freedom in Cuba, religious and dissident sources said.

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