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• Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual
• Holy Week pilgrims visit NM shrine under new pope
• Holy Week pilgrims head to NM shrine amid new pope
• Pope includes women for first time in Holy Thursday rite
• Holy Week pilgrims head to 'El Santuario de Chimayo' in NM amid first pope from the Americas
• Pope names successor in Buenos Aires
• Germany urged to grant Muslims days off for religious festivals
• Myanmar president, in first remarks on religious riots, says force could be used to end unrest
• "Criminal Minds" star Vangsness tops with church-going Americans
• Pope names his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires
• Can Your Child Be Too Religious?

Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual Posted: 28 Mar 2013 03:20 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women, at a juvenile detention center in a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men.

Holy Week pilgrims visit NM shrine under new pope Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:30 AM PDT CHIMAYO, N.M. (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected during Easter weekend to visit El Santuario de Chimayo, one of the most popular Catholic shrines in the Americas.

Holy Week pilgrims head to NM shrine amid new pope Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:09 AM PDT CHIMAYO, N.M. (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected during Easter Weekend to visit El Santuario de Chimayo, one of the most popular Catholic shrines in the Americas.

Pope includes women for first time in Holy Thursday rite Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:09 AM PDT By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Two young women were among 12 people whose feet Pope Francis washed and kissed at a traditional ceremony in a Rome youth prison on Holy Thursday, the first time a pontiff has included females in the rite. The pope traveled to the Casal del Marmo prison on Rome's outskirts for the traditional Mass, which commemorates Jesus's gesture of humility towards his apostles the night before he died. The ceremony has been traditionally limited to men because all of Jesus' apostles were male. ...

Holy Week pilgrims head to 'El Santuario de Chimayo' in NM amid first pope from the Americas Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:29 AM PDT CHIMAYO, N.M. - Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit one of the most popular Catholic shrines in the Americas this weekend for Easter, which comes just weeks after the first pope from the Americas was elected.

Pope names successor in Buenos Aires Posted: 28 Mar 2013 08:50 AM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Francis has made his first appointment of a bishop, naming Mario Poli on Thursday to succeed him as archbishop of Buenos Aires and the top churchman in Argentina.

Germany urged to grant Muslims days off for religious festivals Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:17 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Muslims living in Germany should be granted two days of official holiday a year to mark important religious festivals, a leading member of the country's Muslim community said, drawing criticism from within Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives. Aiman Mazyek told Thursday's edition of the regional Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) that providing German Muslims with a legal holiday in the holy fasting month of Ramadan and another during the Feast of the Sacrifice would be "an important sign of integration". ...

Myanmar president, in first remarks on religious riots, says force could be used to end unrest Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:46 AM PDT YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar President Thein Sein has said his government will use force if necessary to quell deadly religious rioting affecting several towns since last week.

"Criminal Minds" star Vangsness tops with church-going Americans Posted: 28 Mar 2013 05:35 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Criminal Minds" star Kirsten Vangsness topped a list on Thursday of the most appealing TV actors among faith-based audiences, while Sandra Bullock was the most popular movie star among that group. Vangsness, 40, who plays fun-loving FBI technical analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS show "Criminal Minds, is openly gay and announced her engagement to her longtime girlfriend in 2009. ...

Pope names his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires Posted: 28 Mar 2013 04:24 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mario Auerlio Poli, 65, of the Argentine diocese of Santa Rosa to succeed him as archbishop of Buenos Aires, the Vatican said on Thursday. Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, was archbishop of the Argentine capital until his election as pope on March 13. (Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Can Your Child Be Too Religious? Posted: 28 Mar 2013 02:45 AM PDT Religion can be a source of comfort that improves well-being. But some kinds of religiosity could be a sign of deeper mental health issues.

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