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• Pope visits Lebanon amid Syria war, Libya protest
• Staunchly Catholic Poland takes a new look at easing abortion laws
• Egypt Coptic Church to choose new pope in December
• Pope's Lebanon visit made urgent by Syria's war

Pope visits Lebanon amid Syria war, Libya protest Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:44 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrives in Lebanon on Friday to bring a message of peace to a region torn by civil war in neighboring Syria and strained by violent Islamist protests against the United States in Libya and Egypt. While those tensions overshadowed preparations for the religiously sensitive visit, security was low-profile in Beirut and the only protests expected against his presence were due to take place far from the capital. ...

Staunchly Catholic Poland takes a new look at easing abortion laws Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT When pregnant women in Poland decide to have an abortion, they take a common but highly secretive step. "I found some phone numbers in the newspaper; I called around," explains a young blonde woman named Jola. The doctors are listed anonymously in the classifieds section offering to "induce menstruation" or provide "full service." Everybody understands.

Egypt Coptic Church to choose new pope in December Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:08 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church will choose a new pope on December 2, after Pope Shenouda who led the church for four decades died in March and left many Christians worrying about their rights under an Islamist-led government. Many Christians, who make up about tenth of Egypt's 83 million people, are concerned by the rise of Islamists who swept to power in parliamentary and presidential elections. President Mohamed Mursi has insisted he will be a leader for the whole nation, but some Christians fear a creeping imposition of conservative religious codes on society. ...

Pope's Lebanon visit made urgent by Syria's war Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:27 AM PDT The brutal civil war in Syria and the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya have given a sense of urgency to Pope Benedict XVI's trip this week to Lebanon, a mission he describes as a pilgrimage of peace for the entire region.

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