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• Church lawyer: Philly cardinal, aides lied to me
• Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names
• Vatican mystery intensifies, bones found in grave
• Roman Catholic bishops say religious voices should be heard in public debate
• Crypt opened for clues to missing Vatican schoolgirl
• Vatican braced for removal of mobster's tomb over 1983 disappearance of employee's child

Church lawyer: Philly cardinal, aides lied to me Posted: A Roman Catholic cardinal and his top aides lied to their lawyer about shredding a key piece of evidence in the Philadelphia clergy-abuse scandal, the lawyer testified Monday.

Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names Posted: Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian's son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011.

Vatican mystery intensifies, bones found in grave Posted: Forensic police swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investigation into one of the Vatican's most enduring mysteries: the 1983 disappearance of the teenage daughter of one of its employees.

Roman Catholic bishops say religious voices should be heard in public debate Posted: OTTAWA - Canada's Roman Catholic bishops say religious voices have a right to be heard in public debates and shouldn't be shouldered aside in the name of separation of church and state.

Crypt opened for clues to missing Vatican schoolgirl Posted: ROME (Reuters) - Investigators attempting to resolve one of Italy's most enduring mysteries on Monday opened the tomb of a mobster in a Rome basilica for clues to the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl nearly 30 years ago. Enrico "Renatino" De Pedis, the feared head of Rome's Magliana gang which terrorized the capital in the 1980s, has been linked to the disappearance in 1983 of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee. Forensic officials, lawyers and members of the Orlandi family witnessed the exhumation on Monday. ...

Vatican braced for removal of mobster's tomb over 1983 disappearance of employee's child Posted: ROME - Forensic police swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investigation into one of the Vatican's enduring mysteries: the 1983 disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee.

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