| Famed Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT  Retired schoolteacher Dolores Rommel has followed the Rev. Robert H. Schuller almost her entire adult life: She was baptized in his church as a young woman, sent her children to his Sunday school and laid her husband to rest near the soaring, glass-paned Crystal Cathedral that was to be the televangelist's ultimate legacy.
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| Vatican bank starts headhunting for new chief Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:13 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The board of the Vatican bank met on Wednesday to start the hunt for a new president to replace Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who was unceremoniously ousted last month. The Vatican said the board, which is made up of outside lay experts, had met to "identify the universally recognized criteria of professionalism and experience" needed for the job. ...
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| Art show riot reflects religious divide in new Tunisia Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT  TUNIS (Reuters) - The artist agreed to be interviewed but asked not to be named. Picking up a piece of work vandalized by Islamist zealots at a recent arts fair in a suburb of Tunis, she said: "Don't describe it or people will know who I am." Tunisian artists have gone to ground since Salafi Islamists broke into Abdeliya Palace on June 10 and destroyed a handful of works at the Printemps des Arts fair to protest against art they deemed insulting to Islam, then ran riot for days. One of the most controversial works on display was an installation depicting veiled women as punching bags. ...
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