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• Car bombing at north Nigeria church kills 15
• Suicide blast at church in northern Nigeria kills 15
• Religious edict seen as aiding embattled Iraq PM
• Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 1 million
• Pope says family values are key to escaping modern ills
• Losing faith in Democrats' religious outreach
• Nigerian church suicide attack kills eight
• Pope criticizes profit-seeking, says his image of heaven is his childhood in Bavaria
• No respite for pope as more documents leaked
• Suicide car bomber kills 12 in Nigeria church
• Nigeria suicide blast strikes church
• Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 850,000 in Milan
• Witnesses: Explosion strikes near church in north Nigeria city, causing unknown injuries
• Nigerian church blast kills eight

Car bombing at north Nigeria church kills 15 Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:23 PM PDT A suicide car bomber drove into a church compound in northern Nigeria Sunday and detonated his explosives as worshippers left an early morning service, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.

Suicide blast at church in northern Nigeria kills 15 Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:58 PM PDT A suicide bomber who tried to drive an explosives-packed car into a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday killed at least 15 people, including himself, and injured 40, officials said.

Religious edict seen as aiding embattled Iraq PM Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:58 AM PDT An Iranian-based Shiite Muslim cleric on Sunday published a religious edict that could undermine efforts to unseat the Iraqi prime minister and also signaled Iran's growing influence over Iraq's politics.

Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 1 million Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:15 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass for 1 million cheering faithful Sunday, capping a weekend visit to Milan viewed as a respite from a Vatican scandal, but fresh leaks of Holy See documents have only fueled the intrigue.

Pope says family values are key to escaping modern ills Posted: 03 Jun 2012 08:55 AM PDT The pope said traditional family values and Sunday rest were key to escaping the ills of modern society and reached out to divorced people at a mass to close the World Meeting of Families in Milan.

Losing faith in Democrats' religious outreach Posted: 03 Jun 2012 07:30 AM PDT In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap," the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church.

Nigerian church suicide attack kills eight Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:54 AM PDT A suicide bomber who tried to drive an explosives-packed car into a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday killed at least nine people, including himself, and injured 35, officials said.

Pope criticizes profit-seeking, says his image of heaven is his childhood in Bavaria Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:20 AM PDT MILAN - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass on Sunday for a million followers, capping three days of activities in Milan aimed at showing support for the family.

No respite for pope as more documents leaked Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:11 AM PDT MILAN (Reuters) - Pope Benedict got no rest on Sunday from a leaks scandal when an Italian newspaper published documents showing that his butler was not the only person in possession of confidential correspondence indicating a Vatican in disarray. Benedict, 85, ended a weekend trip to Italy's industrial and financial capital Milan with a closing mass for an international gathering in which he praised traditional Catholic family values and re-stated his opposition to gay marriage. ...

Suicide car bomber kills 12 in Nigeria church Posted: 03 Jun 2012 05:33 AM PDT YELWA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing 12 people in the latest deadly attack on Christian worshippers, witnesses said. Security forces at a road block nearby said the bomber forced his car through the checkpoint and drove into the church in Yelwa, on the outskirts of the city of Bauchi. A Reuters reporter at the scene counted 12 bodies being pulled from the building. "I had just left after the morning service and was out of the church when I heard a loud explosion. ...

Nigeria suicide blast strikes church Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:39 AM PDT A suicide bomber attacked a church in Nigeria's northeastern Bauchi state on Sunday, causing the building to collapse on the worshippers inside, police and residents said.

Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 850,000 in Milan Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:07 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an open-air Mass before some 850,000 followers as part of three days of activities in Milan aimed at showing support for families.

Witnesses: Explosion strikes near church in north Nigeria city, causing unknown injuries Posted: 03 Jun 2012 02:57 AM PDT BAUCHI, Nigeria - Witnesses and officials say an explosion has struck near a church in north Nigeria.

Nigerian church blast kills eight Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:08 PM PDT A suicide bomber who tried to drive an explosives-packed car into a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday killed at least nine people, including himself, and injured 35, officials said.

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