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• Missouri Catholic priest pleads guilty in child porn case
• US nuns consider response to Vatican censure
• Pope finishes trilogy on Jesus Christ's life
• Pope finishes Christ trilogy
• China accuses US of prejudice on religious issues
• China scorns U.S. criticism of religious policies

Missouri Catholic priest pleads guilty in child porn case Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Kansas City Catholic priest pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges on Thursday, admitting to the crimes just weeks before he was scheduled to go on trial for taking sexually explicit photos of several young girls. Shawn Ratigan, 46, pleaded guilty to four counts of producing child pornography and one count of attempting to produce child pornography using girls as young as 2 years old. The photos, taken with still cameras and a cell phone, included close-up pictures of the children's genitals. ...

US nuns consider response to Vatican censure Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT American nuns accused of straying far from Roman Catholic doctrine will decide at a national meeting next week whether they should accept or resist a Vatican-ordered overhaul.

Pope finishes trilogy on Jesus Christ's life Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:36 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict has finished the third volume of his "Jesus of Nazareth" trilogy on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, the Vatican said on Thursday. A publication date will be set once the book has been translated into several languages from the original German, the Vatican said in a statement. It said the third and final volume focuses on Jesus Christ's childhood. Benedict has devoted considerable time in office to writing the major three-part study. The first volume appeared in 2007 and looked at events in Jesus' adult life and public ministry. ...

Pope finishes Christ trilogy Posted: 02 Aug 2012 04:56 AM PDT The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has completed the third installment of his planned trilogy on the life of Christ.

China accuses US of prejudice on religious issues Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:59 AM PDT Beijing rejected Thursday accusations from the United States that it was curbing religious freedoms in its Tibetan regions and urged Washington to cast off its "prejudiced" views of China.

China scorns U.S. criticism of religious policies Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:52 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has blasted a U.S. State Department report that criticized its controls on religion, saying on Thursday that the document was prejudiced and an attempt to meddle in domestic affairs. The Chinese Foreign Ministry's condemnation of the International Religious Freedom Report released this week was predictable -- and the latest reminder of how human rights issues remain a chronic irritant between Washington and Beijing. ...

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