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• New season of Spoleto Festival USA ushered in by church bells, fanfare in South Carolina
• Maine churches raising money to fight gay marriage
• Pope's butler arrested in Vatican leaks scandal
• Even After Abuse Exposé, Religious Group Will Continue to Police Itself
• The Butler Did it: Police Say They've Found the Vatican Leaker
• Pope's butler arrested in leaks investigation
• Maine churches raising money to fight gay marriage
• Vatican arrests person with documents in leaks scandal
• Vatican tracks down document holder
• Vatican detains person with documents in leaks scandal
• AP: Churches to raise money to fight gay marriage
• New York's last French church fights to survive
• Baird defends support of Israel, offers few details on religious freedom office

New season of Spoleto Festival USA ushered in by church bells, fanfare in South Carolina Posted: 25 May 2012 03:40 PM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. - Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities.

Maine churches raising money to fight gay marriage Posted: 25 May 2012 12:50 PM PDT Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November's ballot question asking voters to legalize same-sex marriages.

Pope's butler arrested in Vatican leaks scandal Posted: 25 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT Vatican police arrested Friday a man -- reportedly the pope's butler -- on allegations of having leaked confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers.

Even After Abuse Exposé, Religious Group Will Continue to Police Itself Posted: 25 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT A Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn will get 150 new surveillance cameras meant to help catch child predators, but the footage will be controlled not by the police, but by an organization that's been accused of shielding child molesters from authorities. ...

The Butler Did it: Police Say They've Found the Vatican Leaker Posted: 25 May 2012 09:40 AM PDT It's like the Vatican's own real-life version of Clue: the mystery of who leaked Vatican documents, including papal letters, has been a scandal for months, but on Friday Vatican police made an arrest, and it turns out they think the butler did it. Specifically, the "papal butler who serves the apartments of Pope Benedict," according to Reuters, which identified him as Paolo Gabriele in a photo caption but so far not its story. Police say they found him with confidential documents on him. ...

Pope's butler arrested in leaks investigation Posted: 25 May 2012 09:37 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's butler was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into leaks of confidential documents, some alleging cronyism and corruption in Vatican contracts, a senior Vatican source said. The scandal, which has come to be known as "Vatileaks", involves the leaking of a string of documents to Italian media in January and February, including personal letters to the pope. ...

Maine churches raising money to fight gay marriage Posted: 25 May 2012 07:28 AM PDT Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November's ballot question asking ...

Vatican arrests person with documents in leaks scandal Posted: 25 May 2012 07:27 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican police on Friday arrested a person in possession of confidential documents in the first break in an investigation of the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal involving the leaking of secret papers including papal letters. Italian media said the arrested man was someone who worked in the apartments of Pope Benedict but Vatican spokesmen said they would not disclose the man's identity until they had a green light from investigating magistrates. A Vatican source said the person was not a priest. Another senior source said: "It's all very sad". ...

Vatican tracks down document holder Posted: 25 May 2012 05:57 AM PDT The Vatican said Friday that it has arrested someone for illegally holding secret documents as it tries to get to the bottom of an embarrassing leaking scandal.

Vatican detains person with documents in leaks scandal Posted: 25 May 2012 04:11 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, which has been embroiled for months in a scandal involving the leak of secret papers, said on Friday its police had detained a person in possession of confidential documents. The person was being questioned by Vatican magistrates, a statement said but gave no details. A Vatican source said the person was not a prelate. (Reporting By Philip Pullella)

AP: Churches to raise money to fight gay marriage Posted: 25 May 2012 12:04 AM PDT Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November's ballot question asking voters to legalize same-sex marriages.

New York's last French church fights to survive Posted: 24 May 2012 11:50 PM PDT It has long served as the spiritual home of New York's French-speaking Catholics, but the Church of St. Vincent de Paul is nearing its end as the faithful grow fewer and the building lies in disrepair.

Baird defends support of Israel, offers few details on religious freedom office Posted: 24 May 2012 05:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Canada's foreign affairs minister was the keynote speaker Thursday at an event in the U.S. capital honouring religious freedom, forcefully defending his government's strong support of Israel while promoting its plans for an Office of Religious Freedom.

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