| Life is beautiful, pope tells fellow elderly Posted: 12 Nov 2012 03:07 PM PST  ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict visited a home for the elderly on Monday and told its residents that life can be beautiful at every age. "I feel younger after being here," the pope, 85, said as he was leaving a home run by the Roman Catholic Sant' Egidio Community in a Rome neighborhood near the Vatican. "In every age we have to know how to discover the presence of the blessings of the Lord and the riches that they contain," he told the residents. "You must never lock yourselves in sadness. Living is beautiful even at our age, even though we have some ailments and limitations," he said. ...
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| Catholic bishops stay course on gay marriage fight Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:47 PM PST  A subdued U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops acknowledged Monday that voters rejected the stands they took against gay marriage and birth control, but church leaders gave no sign they would change their strategy ahead.
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| Election blurring of church, state separation draws complaints Posted: 12 Nov 2012 02:33 PM PST  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Political watchdog and secularist groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate whether Catholic bishops and a Christian evangelical group headed by preacher Billy Graham should lose tax breaks for telling followers how to vote in this year's election. Under constitutional protections of free speech and separation of church and state, churches are free to speak on any issue. But they risk losing tax breaks worth $145 billion in the past decade if they violate Internal Revenue Service rules by promoting or opposing any particular candidate. ...
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