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• Vatican win: Judge says priests aren't employees
• Church & Dwight to buy Avid Health for $650M
• Study: Less religious states give less to charity
• US judge says Vatican isn't priests' employer
• Judge rules in Oregon sex abuse case that priests are not employees of the Vatican
• Pope to visit Lebanon despite Syria conflict: Vatican
• Pakistan Christian girl held, accused of blasphemy
• Pakistan police arrest Christian girl under pressure from neighbours in alleged blasphemy case
• Nigeria gunmen attack school, church and police station

Vatican win: Judge says priests aren't employees Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:05 PM PDT The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ruled that the Holy See is not the employer of molester priests.

Church & Dwight to buy Avid Health for $650M Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:44 PM PDT Church & Dwight Co. said Monday that it will buy Avid Health Inc. for $650 million to expand into the vitamins business.

Study: Less religious states give less to charity Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT States with the least religious residents are also the stingiest about giving money to charity, a new study on the generosity of Americans suggests.

US judge says Vatican isn't priests' employer Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:45 PM PDT The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ruled that the Holy See is not the employer of molester priests.

Judge rules in Oregon sex abuse case that priests are not employees of the Vatican Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:27 PM PDT Judge rules in Oregon sex abuse case that priests are not employees of the Vatican.

Pope to visit Lebanon despite Syria conflict: Vatican Posted: 20 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's trip to Lebanon next month will go forward as planned, the Vatican said on Monday, even as fighting rages in neighboring Syria. Benedict's visit to Lebanon is scheduled for September 14-16. But escalating violence in Syria and sectarian tensions in Lebanon prompted speculation last week that the pontiff might be forced to postpone the trip. "The preparations for the visit are going ahead without any uncertainty on the part of the Vatican," Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Holy See, told reporters. ...

Pakistan Christian girl held, accused of blasphemy Posted: 20 Aug 2012 08:51 AM PDT Pakistani authorities have arrested a young Christian girl after hundreds of furious neighbors gathered outside her house and accused her of violating the country's strict blasphemy laws by burning pages of the Muslim holy book, police and neighbors said Monday. The girl's age was not immediately clear, with reports ranging from 11 to 16, and some have raised the possibility she might be mentally handicapped.

Pakistan police arrest Christian girl under pressure from neighbours in alleged blasphemy case Posted: 20 Aug 2012 06:43 AM PDT ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country's strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbours surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday.

Nigeria gunmen attack school, church and police station Posted: 19 Aug 2012 05:21 PM PDT Gunmen in Nigeria's troubled northeast blew up part of a primary school then attacked a Catholic church and police station before officers fought them off, police said Monday.

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