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• Suspected gunman in custody after Atlanta church shooting
• Editor of Mormon-themed website quits church to avoid discipline
• Occupy Wall Street leads church to cancel Halloween party
• Christian sister trio Barlowgirl calling it quits
• Pope names six cardinals to put stamp on Church future
• Pope names 6 cardinals, none from Italy
• Rebel Catholic group expels Holocaust-denying bishop

Suspected gunman in custody after Atlanta church shooting Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:35 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - A former employee at a suburban Atlanta megachurch was taken into custody on Wednesday, only hours after he was said to have walked into the church with a gun and opened fire, killing a man leading a prayer service, police said. Multiple gunshots rang out in the chapel of the World Changers Church International in College Park, Georgia, around 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). The suspected gunman was identified as Floyd Palmer, a 52-year-old former church maintenance worker who resigned from his job in August, said Fulton County Police Corporal Kay Lester. ...

Editor of Mormon-themed website quits church to avoid discipline Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Florida-based editor of a Mormon-themed website has left the church rather than face disciplinary action and possible excommunication over writings that he said prompted accusations of apostasy. David Twede's posts on MormonThink.com offer his account of the history of the church's political involvement, criticism of fellow Mormon and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and the author's take on Mormon beliefs about the nature of God and temple ceremonies. ...

Occupy Wall Street leads church to cancel Halloween party Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:56 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A historic Manhattan church has canceled its annual Halloween celebration due to an ongoing standoff with remnants of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Trinity Church, an Episcopalian congregation located where Wall Street meets Broadway, usually invites neighborhood children to watch classic silent films such as "Frankenstein" and "Dracula." The church is breaking the tradition this year due to Occupy protesters and the homeless camping on the sidewalk outside, the latest casualty in an ongoing standoff. ...

Christian sister trio Barlowgirl calling it quits Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:28 AM PDT Christian sister trio Barlowgirl is retiring after nearly a decade of chart-topping success.Alyssa, Lauren and Rebecca Barlow are releasing their final song, "Hope Will Lead Us On," on Oct. 30. ...

Pope names six cardinals to put stamp on Church future Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:13 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict named six new cardinals on Wednesday, including two from countries with large Muslim populations, to put his stamp on the future of the Catholic Church. All six are under 80 years old and thus eligible under Church law to enter a conclave that will one day choose Benedict's successor. Among them is American Archbishop James Michael Harvey who, as head of the "Pontifical Household", was the boss of the pope's former butler Paolo Gabriele. He was convicted this month of stealing papal documents and leaking them to the media. ...

Pope names 6 cardinals, none from Italy Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:06 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI named six new cardinals on Wednesday, adding prelates from Lebanon, the Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia, India and the United States to the ranks of senior churchmen who will elect his successor.

Rebel Catholic group expels Holocaust-denying bishop Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:49 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters)- A rebel Catholic traditionalist group has expelled British-born Bishop Richard Williamson who deeply embarrassed the Vatican by denying the Holocaust shortly before he was readmitted to the Church three years ago. The Swiss-based Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), whose four bishops were excommunicated from 1988 to 2009, said on Wednesday it took the step because Williamson had disobeyed his superiors. ...

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