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• Kin of '63 church bombing victims split over medal
• Egypt's Copts lash out at government's anti-Christian rhetoric
• Pope meets Vatican administrators ahead of changes at top

Kin of '63 church bombing victims split over medal Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:41 AM PDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Relatives of four black girls killed when Ku Klux Klan members bombed an Alabama church are split over how to mark the crime 50 years later, with some favoring a congressional medal honoring the victims and others seeking financial compensation.

Egypt's Copts lash out at government's anti-Christian rhetoric Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:05 AM PDT An attack on the main cathedral of the Coptic Orthodox Church has provoked the church's strongest criticism of Egypt's leaders in decades, an indication of deepening worry over the deteriorating situation for Christians in Egypt.

Pope meets Vatican administrators ahead of changes at top Posted: 12 Apr 2013 07:18 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis held his first meeting on Friday with staff of the Vatican department that was at the center of last year's scandal over leaked documents alleging corruption, ahead of expected changes to its leadership. The person he chooses to succeed Cardinal Tarciscio Bertone as head of the Secretariat of State will be among his most important decisions because he will be instrumental in helping Francis set the tone for a humbler Church following a period of scandals. ...

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