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Church of Scientology sued by two former members over donations

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 01:55 PM PST

MIAMI (Reuters) - Two former members of the Church of Scientology have filed a lawsuit accusing the church of deceiving members into donating millions of dollars to church-backed projects and programs they claim were never completed. Luis and Maria Garcia, a couple from Irvine, California, who quit the church more than two years ago, made the accusation in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Tampa, Florida. The couple allege they donated more than $420,000 to a building project and other church initiatives including counseling services but that the church "improperly utilized" the money. ...

News Summary: Pope weighs in on social networks

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:49 AM PST

REAL, NOT VIRTUAL: Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world ...

Ex-Polish church head, Cardinal Glemp, dies at 83

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:08 AM PST

FILE - The March 1, 2005 file photo shows former leader of Poland's powerful Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Jozef Glemp during a launch of the book " A Sign of Contradiction" by then-Pope John Paul II, in Warsaw, Poland. Glemp, who led Poland's Catholics peacefully through the dramatic time of communist-imposed martial law and helped peacefully bring communism down, died in Warsaw on Wednesday, Jan.23, 2013. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When he was appointed the new leader of Poland's influential Roman Catholic church in July 1981, many Poles were surprised, asking: Jozef who?

NM teen spent time at church after family slain

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 07:48 AM PST

Nehemiah Griego, 15, is seen in an undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment. Griego is charged with killing five family members on Jan. 19, 2013, including his father, mother, and three youngest siblings in Albuquerque, N.M. Authorities in New Mexico say Griego had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people. Instead, they say he texted a picture of his dead mother to his 12-year-old girlfriend, then spent much of Saturday with her. The two went to the church where his father had been a pastor, and Griego eventually confessed to killing his parents and three younger siblings. (AP Photo/Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico teen accused of killing his family and plotting to randomly gun down Wal-Mart shoppers spent much of the day after the early morning slayings at his church, wandering the campus as dozens of Sunday school teachers were being trained on how to deal with a shooter, a security official said.

Pope on social networking: the virtual is real

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 07:07 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to spread the faith to the next generation.

Go forth and Tweet! Pope sees web networks as "portals of truth"

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 04:08 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged Catholics on Thursday to use social networks like Twitter and Facebook to win converts, as he launched his own smartphone app streaming live footage of his speeches. The websites - often associated with endless postings of idle gossip and baby photos - could be used as "portals of truth and faith" in an increasingly secular age, the pontiff said in his 2013 World Communications Day message. ...

NM teen spends time at church after family slain

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:43 AM PST

Nehemiah Griego, 15, is seen in an undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment. Griego is charged with killing five family members on Jan. 19, 2013, including his father, mother, and three youngest siblings in Albuquerque, N.M. Authorities in New Mexico say Griego had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people. Instead, they say he texted a picture of his dead mother to his 12-year-old girlfriend, then spent much of Saturday with her. The two went to the church where his father had been a pastor, and Griego eventually confessed to killing his parents and three younger siblings. (AP Photo/Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico teen accused of killing his family and plotting to randomly gun down Wal-Mart shoppers spent much of the day after the early morning slayings at his church, wandering the campus as dozens of Sunday school teachers were being trained on how to deal with a shooter, a security official said.

Teen spent much of day family slain at church

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:37 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Eric Griego shows Nehemiah Griego. Griego is charged with killing five family members, including his father, mother, and three youngest siblings in Albuquerque, N.M. Authorities in New Mexico say Griego had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people. Instead, they say he texted a picture of his dead mother to his 12-year-old girlfriend, then spent much of Saturday with her. The two went to the church where his father had been a pastor, and Griego eventually confessed to killing his parents and three younger siblings. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Eric Griego)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico teen accused of killing his family and plotting to randomly gun down Wal-Mart shoppers spent much of the day after the early morning slayings at his church, wandering the campus as dozens of Sunday school teachers were being trained on how to deal with a shooter, a security official said.

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