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• Pope stresses family values as gay marriage gains
• Gunman kills woman at Pa. church, 2 men elsewhere
• Woman decorating church 1 of 3 Pa. slaying victims
• DA: At least 1 Pa. victim shot at rural church
• Ridley Scott, Paul Attanasio Working on "Vatican" Pilot for Showtime
• Pope signals inter-faith alliance against gay marriage
• Pope takes anti-gay marriage stance to new level

Pope stresses family values as gay marriage gains Posted: 21 Dec 2012 03:11 PM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope pressed his opposition to gay marriage Friday, denouncing what he described as people eschewing their God-given gender identities to suit their sexual choices — and destroying the very "essence of the human creature" in the process.

Gunman kills woman at Pa. church, 2 men elsewhere Posted: 21 Dec 2012 05:10 PM PST HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in a rural township on Friday before he was shot dead in a gunfight with state troopers.

Woman decorating church 1 of 3 Pa. slaying victims Posted: 21 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST GEESEYTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say one of a gunman's three victims was a woman fatally shot while decorating for a children's Christmas party at a central Pennsylvania church.

DA: At least 1 Pa. victim shot at rural church Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST GEESYTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor says at least one of the three people fatally shot by a gunman who was later killed by state troopers was targeted in or near a rural central Pennsylvania church.

Ridley Scott, Paul Attanasio Working on "Vatican" Pilot for Showtime Posted: 21 Dec 2012 11:48 AM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Showtime is once again preparing to go papal. The network, which already has a Pope-centric hit in the form of "The Borgias," has given the green light to pilot tentatively titled "The Vatican," from Ridley Scott and Paul Attanasio, Showtime said Thursday. A contemporary exploration of the politics and power plays within the Catholic church, "The Vatican" will be written by Attanasio and directed by Scott, marking the first pilot that Scott has directed. ...

Pope signals inter-faith alliance against gay marriage Posted: 21 Dec 2012 08:07 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Friday signaled the Vatican was ready to forge alliances with other religions against gay marriage, saying the family was threatened "to its foundations" by attempts to change its "true structure". The pope's latest denunciation of gay marriage came in a Christmas address to Vatican officials in which he blended religion, philosophy, anthropology and sociology to illustrate the position of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Pope takes anti-gay marriage stance to new level Posted: 21 Dec 2012 04:19 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope took his opposition to gay marriage to new heights Friday, denouncing what he described as people manipulating their God-given gender to suit their sexual choices — and destroying the very "essence of the human creature" in the process.

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