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• Tanzania releases UAE, Saudi citizens held over church bombing
• Saudi Arabia to punish men over Christian woman convert: paper
• Pope Francis Names 800 New Saints In One Go

Tanzania releases UAE, Saudi citizens held over church bombing Posted: 13 May 2013 09:36 AM PDT By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has released three Emiratis and one Saudi held in connection with the bombing of a church this month and charged a local man with murder, Tanzanian police said. Three people were killed in the attack on the Catholic church in Arusha, north Tanzania. More than 60 were injured. Tanzania police said in a statement on Monday that the four had been released without charge after investigations proved they were not involved in the bombing. ...

Saudi Arabia to punish men over Christian woman convert: paper Posted: 13 May 2013 01:18 AM PDT RIYADH (Reuters) - A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two men to lashes and prison terms for converting a woman to Christianity and helping her flee the conservative Islamic kingdom, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday. A Lebanese man was sentenced to six years in prison and 300 lashes for converting the woman, while a Saudi man was sentenced to two years and 200 lashes for aiding her escape abroad, the English-language daily said. It added that the pair had challenged the verdict and would appeal. A spokesman at the justice ministry could not immediately be reached for comment. ...

Pope Francis Names 800 New Saints In One Go Posted: 12 May 2013 04:59 PM PDT Pope Francis's first canonization ceremony was a record-breaking one. The new pontiff named over 800 new saints on Sunday. That's already almost double the number of saints declared by Pope John Paul II, whose 480-odd canonizations were, at the time, more than those of all of his predecessors since 1588, combined. But the latest canonization bonanza is notable for another reason: most of the 800 new saints are 15th-century martyrs, who were approved as a group for sainthood by Francis's predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. ...

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