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• Poll says most Americans want churches out of politics
• Free Gideon Bible handouts face another public school ban despite pressure
• New archbishop, new attitude atop Montreal Catholic diocese
• Vatican moves toward beatification of Vietnamese cardinal
• Pope's Mexico trip clouded by Legion victim's book
• AP Interview: Hungary's church law criticized
• AP Interview: Hungary's church law criticized
• Christian family evicted from Egypt town
• Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenouda is laid to rest, but anxiety of his flock stays on

Poll says most Americans want churches out of politics Posted: Fifty-four percent of Americans think churches should steer clear of politics, according to a Pew Research Center poll announced Wednesday during a presidential campaign tinged with faith issues.

Free Gideon Bible handouts face another public school ban despite pressure Posted: TORONTO - An expected ban on the free distribution of Gideon Bibles at public schools in a southern Ontario school district has angered those who see the decision as an atheist attack on religious values and children.

New archbishop, new attitude atop Montreal Catholic diocese Posted: MONTREAL - As Montreal's populist archbishop calls it a career, his cerebral successor enters at a time of dwindling numbers at the pews and a shortage of priests.

Vatican moves toward beatification of Vietnamese cardinal Posted: A Vatican delegation is heading to Vietnam to advance the beatification of a cardinal who spent 13 years in detention following the fall of South Vietnam, church media said.

Pope's Mexico trip clouded by Legion victim's book Posted: Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico this week to a very public reminder of one of the Catholic Church's most egregious sex abuse scandals: A new book says internal Vatican documents show the Holy See knew decades ago of allegations that the Mexican founder of the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order was a drug addict and pedophile.

AP Interview: Hungary's church law criticized Posted: The head of the Council of Europe on Wednesday criticized a new law in Hungary that sharply reduced the number of officially recognized churches and changed the procedure they need to follow to gain that status.

AP Interview: Hungary's church law criticized Posted: The head of the Council of Europe on Wednesday criticized a new law in Hungary that sharply reduced the number of officially recognized churches and changed the procedure they need to follow to gain that ...

Christian family evicted from Egypt town Posted: Nabil Gergis, a Coptic Christian, lived for nearly two decades in the Egyptian town of Amriya, raising his children and managing a modest business. Those ties couldn't protect him after a sex video purportedly showing his brother with a Muslim woman began to circulate.

Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenouda is laid to rest, but anxiety of his flock stays on Posted: WADI NATROUN, Egypt - Pope Shenouda III, a giant figure for 40 years at the helm of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, has been laid to rest in a desert monastery after a moving funeral Mass at a Cairo cathedral attended by tens of thousands.

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