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Gunmen kill 17 in twin attacks on Kenyan churches

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:05 PM PDT

A victim of one of the attacks is wheeled by paramedics to a waiting ambulanceMasked gunmen killed 17 people and wounded dozens in gun and grenade attacks on two churches Sunday in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia, officials said.

Attacks on Kenyan churches kill 17

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:46 PM PDT

Paramedics attend to a woman wounded during an attack on the African Inland Church in GarissaNAIROBI (Reuters) - Masked assailants launched simultaneous gun and grenade raids on two churches in a Kenyan town on Sunday, killing at least 17 people in the worst attack in the country since Kenya sent troops into Somalia to crush al Shabaab militants. More than 60 people were wounded in the attacks in Garissa, the north Kenya town which has been used as a base for operations against al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Somalia. "This is the worst single attack since October, when our troops went into Somalia," national police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told Reuters. ...

Kenya police: church attacks kill 15, wound 40

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

An armed Kenyan policeman walks inside the African Inland Church, as a body of one of those killed in the attack lies on the ground underneath church pews, in Garissa, Kenya, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Grenade and gunfire attacks on two Kenyan churches near the border with Somalia killed 10 people and wounded 40 on Sunday in what was likely an attack by militants from Somalia, an official said. (AP Photo/Chris Mann)Gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the congregation from inside and out on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 40, security officials said.

Israel Holocaust museum alters wording on Pope Pius XII

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Pope Pius XII is seen next to a new text in Hebrew and English at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in JerusalemIsrael's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum has altered the wording on a display dealing with the controversial role of the Vatican and Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust, the museum said on Sunday.

Israel Holocaust memorial amends text on Vatican

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:44 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's national Holocaust memorial has amended its account of Pope Pius XII's actions during World War Two, after the original text upset the Vatican by implying he did too little to try to rescue Jews from the Nazis. Yad Vashem, the museum and memorial in Jerusalem, said on Sunday its new display acknowledged that the pope's defenders say his neutrality in the war gave church members more freedom and allowed them to carry out some secret rescue activities. ...

Israel memorial softens view of WWII pope

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008 file photo, a visitor looks at an exhibit showing wartime Pope Pius XII on display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. Israel's national Holocaust memorial has toned down its account of Pope Pius XII's controversial conduct during World War II, following a diplomatic flap with the Vatican. A wall panel at the Yad Vashem memorial inaugurated Sunday, July 1, 2012 still says the wartime pontiff did not do enough on behalf of Europe's Jews. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)Israel's national Holocaust memorial has toned down its account of Pope Pius XII's conduct toward the massacre of Jews during of World War II, following a long diplomatic dispute with the Vatican.

Kenya police: church attacks kill 10, wound 40

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:25 AM PDT

An armed Kenyan policeman walks inside the African Inland Church, as a body of one of those killed in the attack lies on the ground underneath church pews, in Garissa, Kenya Sunday, July 1, 2012. Grenade and gunfire attacks on two Kenyan churches near the border with Somalia killed 10 people and wounded 40 on Sunday in what was likely an attack by militants from Somalia, an official said. (AP Photo/Chris Mann)Gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the congregation with bullets and grenades on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 40, security officials said. Militants from Somalia were immediately suspected.

Gunmen kill 16 in Kenya church attacks

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:08 AM PDT

Kenyan security officers secure the scene of a grenade attack in Nairobi, in 2011Gunmen killed 16 people and wounded dozens when they opened fire and hurled grenades into two churches in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Sunday, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks.

Gunmen kill 10 in Kenya church attacks

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:40 AM PDT

Kenyan security officers secure the scene of a grenade attack in Nairobi, in 2011Gunmen killed 10 people and wounded dozens when they opened fire and hurled grenades into two churches in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Sunday, the latest in a string of attacks, police said.

Israel Holocaust memorial softens view of WW2 pope

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:22 AM PDT

Israel's national Holocaust memorial has toned down its account of Pope Pius XII's controversial conduct during World War II, following a diplomatic flap with the Vatican.

Grenade attacks on Kenya churches kill 10: police

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:55 AM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed in grenade attacks on Sunday at two churches in Garissa, a town in northern Kenya that is an important military base from where ground forces have been deployed into Somalia to fight al Qaeda-linked insurgents. Kenya has been struck by a series of blasts since it sent troops across the border in October to try to crush the al Shabaab militants. The capital and other parts of Kenya have suffered a string of grenade attacks. ...

Mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremony

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 06:45 PM PDT

Chelsea Bair reads a declaration of independence from Mormonism during a mass resignation of Mormons from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake CitSALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A group of about 150 Mormons quit their church in a mass resignation ceremony in Salt Lake City on Saturday in a rare display of defiance ending decades of disagreement for some over issues ranging from polygamy to gay marriage. Participants from Utah, Arizona, Idaho and elsewhere gathered in a public park to sign a "Declaration of Independence from Mormonism." "This feels awesome," said Alison Lucas, from West Jordan, Utah, who took part in the rally amid soaring temperatures. "I don't know if I would have had the courage except in a group. ...

UNESCO votes to put Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on World Heritage list of sites in danger

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:03 AM PDT

UNESCO votes to put Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on World Heritage list of sites in danger.

First lady tells church group to work for change

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:39 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama brought an audience of 10,000 African Methodist Episcopal Church members to their feet as she exhorted them to get involved in the issues that affect their lives.

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