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• Catholic soldier says her Muslim-sounding name made her a target for harassment in US Army
• Egypt's pope in 1st visit to Vatican in 40 years
• Vatican cardinal says Mexico's folk Death Saint is blasphemous, decries its worship by gangs

Catholic soldier says her Muslim-sounding name made her a target for harassment in US Army Posted: 09 May 2013 01:13 PM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. - Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to.

Egypt's pope in 1st visit to Vatican in 40 years Posted: 09 May 2013 06:20 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years.

Vatican cardinal says Mexico's folk Death Saint is blasphemous, decries its worship by gangs Posted: 08 May 2013 09:13 PM PDT MEXICO CITY - The Vatican's culture minister says Mexico's folk Death Saint is a blasphemous symbol that shouldn't be part of any religion.

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