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• As Muslims rage, churches hit Pakistan blasphemy law
• Trial set for butler who hoped to cleanse Vatican "evil"
• Trial of pope's former butler to start September 29: Vatican

As Muslims rage, churches hit Pakistan blasphemy law Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - As a film insulting Islam prompted Muslim leaders in many countries to call for a global law against blasphemy, a major Christian grouping said just such a ban in Pakistan was used to persecute other religions. Abuse of Pakistan's Blasphemy Law put the Islamic country's Christian, Hindu and Ahmadi Muslims in "a state of fear and terror", the World Council of Churches (WCC) said on Monday. ...

Trial set for butler who hoped to cleanse Vatican "evil" Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:52 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican scandal will get an unusually public airing next week when the butler who served the pope's meals and helped him dress goes on trial for leaking Benedict's private papers in the hope of cleaning up what he saw as "evil and corruption everywhere in the Church". The case, which led to the most serious crisis of Benedict's papacy, involves the disclosure of sensitive documents alleging corruption in the Vatican and pointing to a power struggle at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Trial of pope's former butler to start September 29: Vatican Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:45 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The trial of Pope Benedict's former butler on charges of aggravated theft in the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal will start on September 29, the Vatican said on Monday. Paolo Gabriele will be tried alongside Claudio Sciarpelletti, a Vatican computer expert, in a case which involved the leaking of sensitive documents alleging corruption in the Vatican. Gabriele, who helped the pontiff dress, served him his meals and rode in the front seat of the popemobile at general audiences, is accused of taking letters from Benedict's desk and leaking them to reporters. ...

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