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• Economic crisis tests Italian family, Church opens doors
• Nigerian Christians vent frustration after another church attack
• Gunmen open fire on Nigerian church service, kill 19
• Racy novel scuppers Bulgarian's chance as Vatican ambassador
• Church of England sells $3M in News Corp. shares over media giant's phone-hacking scandal
• Earnings roundup: CVS, Church & Dwight
• Church of England dumps News Corp shares
• On the Call: Church & Dwight CEO James Craigie
• Church of England sells $3M in News Corp. shares
• Church & Dwight 2Q profit falls 4 pct, shares drop
• U.S. nuns meet to decide how to respond to Vatican rebuke
• Church & Dwight revenue misses estimates as U.S. personal care sales fall
• Gunmen kill 16 in central Nigeria church attack
• Military: Gunmen attack central Nigeria church, kill 19 and wound others in assault
• Military: 19 killed at central Nigeria church
• Gunmen kill 15 people in attack on Nigerian church
• Alleged victims added to Mont. church abuse suit

Economic crisis tests Italian family, Church opens doors Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - In happier times, ice-cream seller Antonio Siracusa would have considered turning to relatives for help when he lost his job in a cinema in Rome. But these are not happy times. So Siracusa chooses to go to a free canteen run by Christians in the district of Trastevere for dinner, and picks up free food parcels for other meals. "I have siblings, but I don't want anything from them," said Siracusa, as he stood in line at the Sant'Egidio charity's diner, adding that he didn't feel comfortable bothering them in such tough economic times. "The community here are my family. ...

Nigerian Christians vent frustration after another church attack Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:04 PM PDT Twenty five Christian worshippers were killed by gunmen on Monday night during an evening church service in Okene in Kogi state nearby the federal city of Abuja.

Gunmen open fire on Nigerian church service, kill 19 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT Gunmen stormed an evangelical church in central Nigeria, cut the electricity and opened fire once the building was plunged into darkness, killing 19 people including the pastor, officials said Tuesday.

Racy novel scuppers Bulgarian's chance as Vatican ambassador Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT The Vatican said Tuesday it has not accepted Bulgaria's proposed ambassador to the Holy See, apparently rejecting diplomat Kiril Marichkov for writing a racy novel featuring gay sex and prostitution.

Church of England sells $3M in News Corp. shares over media giant's phone-hacking scandal Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:43 AM PDT LONDON - The Church of England says it has sold its shareholding in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. because of findings that the media giant was involved in phone hacking.

Earnings roundup: CVS, Church & Dwight Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:31 AM PDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Aug. 7, from AP Business News:— CVS Caremark Corp.'s second-quarter net income jumped 18.4 percent, as its drugstores took business from rival Walgreen Co. and an ...

Church of England dumps News Corp shares Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:08 AM PDT The Church of England said on Tuesday that it has sold all its shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation because of ethical concerns over Britain's tabloid phone-hacking scandal.

On the Call: Church & Dwight CEO James Craigie Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:57 AM PDT Church & Dwight Co., the maker of Arm & Hammer baking soda, toothpaste and other products, said Tuesday its second-quarter net income fell 4 percent. But its CEO said he sees tremendous sales potential in some newer products, which are also getting an unexpected boost from a popular erotic novel.

Church of England sells $3M in News Corp. shares Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:42 AM PDT The Church of England says it has sold its shareholding in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. because of findings that the media giant was involved in phone hacking.The church says in a statement Tuesday it is ...

Church & Dwight 2Q profit falls 4 pct, shares drop Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:25 AM PDT Church & Dwight Co., which makes Arm & Hammer and Oxi Clean products and Trojan condoms, said Tuesday its second-quarter net income fell 4 percent, as consumers shifted their spending toward the company's less-profitable products.

U.S. nuns meet to decide how to respond to Vatican rebuke Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The largest group for American nuns begins a four-day meeting in St. Louis on Tuesday to consider a response to the Vatican's decision to assign effective control of the group to a trio of bishops because the nuns had strayed from church doctrine. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious is conducting its first national assembly since church leadership accused the group of focusing too much on social-justice issues such as poverty and not enough opposing abortion, gay marriage and euthanasia. ...

Church & Dwight revenue misses estimates as U.S. personal care sales fall Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:58 AM PDT (Reuters) - Consumer goods maker Church & Dwight Co Inc reported quarterly revenue that missed market expectations on lower sales of its higher-margin personal care products in the United States, and forecast a third-quarter profit below estimates. The company, known for its Arm & Hammer brands, expects to earn about 58 cents per share for the third quarter. Analysts on average were expecting 61 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The maker of Trojan condoms and XTRA detergent said net income fell to $79.3 million, or 56 cents per share, for the second quarter from $82. ...

Gunmen kill 16 in central Nigeria church attack Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:40 AM PDT ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 16 people when they fired on worshippers at a church in Nigeria's central Kogi state during a Monday evening service, police said on Tuesday. "A group of three unidentified gunmen stormed the Deeper Life Church in Okene and opened fire on them, killing 16," Simeon Ille, spokesman for the Kogi state police, told Reuters by phone. A witness, who asked not to be identified for fear of being targeted, said around 10 gunmen blocked off the exits to the church before shooting the trapped people inside. ...

Military: Gunmen attack central Nigeria church, kill 19 and wound others in assault Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:30 AM PDT including the pastor — and wounding others in a nation often divided by religion, the military said Tuesday.

Military: 19 killed at central Nigeria church Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT Gunmen fire on a worship service in a church in central Nigeria, killing at least 19 people — including the pastor — and wounding others in a nation often divided by religion, the military said Tuesday.

Gunmen kill 15 people in attack on Nigerian church Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:55 AM PDT Gunmen have opened fire on an evangelical church during a service in central Nigeria, killing at least 15 people in the latest such attack in the country, officials said Tuesday.

Alleged victims added to Mont. church abuse suit Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT New claims of sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic clergy are coming from the Blackfeet Indian reservation, bringing to at least 280 the total number of plaintiffs in two lawsuits seeking damages from the diocese that oversees western Montana.

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