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Simons in confident Christian Dior style evolution
Simons confidently evolves Christian Dior style
Your Real-Time Map of Gambling Odds on the Next Pope
Husband and wife behind 'The Bible' miniseries
Play about a pope resigning heading off-Broadway
Vatican takes first steps running pope-less church
Christian-Muslim tension flares in southern Egypt
Pope's first hours as retiree: Prayer, TV, books
With no pope, Catholic Church leaderless for now
How growing support for gay rights restricts religious freedom

Simons in confident Christian Dior style evolution

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:15 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — The fourth day of Paris fashion week saw Raf Simons unveil the latest chapter of his journey after nearly a year at the design helm of Christian Dior.

Simons confidently evolves Christian Dior style

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:16 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — The fourth day of Paris fashion week saw Raf Simons unveil the latest chapter of his journey after nearly a year at the design helm of Christian Dior.

Your Real-Time Map of Gambling Odds on the Next Pope

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:55 PM PST

As with basically everything else in the world that has any semblance of an uncertain outcome, people are betting on who will replace Joseph Ratzinger as Pope. Not American people, mind you — we're not allowed. But elsewhere, big money is being spent.

Husband and wife behind 'The Bible' miniseries

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:19 AM PST

Mark Burnett was taken aback by the scale of what his wife, actress Roma Downey, had in mind when she suggested over tea one morning four years ago that they make a television miniseries based on the Bible."Momentarily, ...

Play about a pope resigning heading off-Broadway

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:47 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The debut of Tom Attea's new play is likely to benefit from some holy timing — he's written a play about a pope resigning.

Vatican takes first steps running pope-less church

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:17 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next.

Christian-Muslim tension flares in southern Egypt

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:47 AM PST

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Dozens of Muslim residents threw firebombs and rocks at police on Friday as they tried to storm a church in southern Egypt in search of a woman suspected of converting to Christianity, security officials said.

Pope's first hours as retiree: Prayer, TV, books

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 05:05 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Benedict XVI has spent his first few hours as a retiree praying, watching TV and taking walks.

With no pope, Catholic Church leaderless for now

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:17 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church awoke Friday with no leader following the resignation of Benedict XVI, who pledged obedience to his successor and described himself as "simply a pilgrim" starting the final journey of his life.