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• Court rejects Obamacare challenge by Christian college
• Pope lets Catholics join Anglican converts
• Northern Ireland braces for Protestant marches
• Pa. man guilty of killing organist ex in church
• Pope criminalizes leaks, sex abuse in first laws
• Pope signals concern, oversees bank reform meeting
• Pope Francis targets child abuse, leaks in Vatican legal reform
• Pope, UN crack down on church child abuse
• Vatican broadens child abuse crimes in legal reform
• Egypt: Suspected militants kill Christian

Court rejects Obamacare challenge by Christian college Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:35 PM PDT By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected a Christian university's challenge to President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, which the school said unconstitutionally imposes costly burdens on large employers and infringes religious liberty. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, rejected Liberty University's argument that the law violated the constitution's Commerce Clause by forcing large employers to provide health insurance to full-time workers and violated First Amendment religious protections by subsidizing abortions. ...

Pope lets Catholics join Anglican converts Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:18 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is letting baptized Catholics join the new church structure created to receive Anglican converts.

Northern Ireland braces for Protestant marches Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm and police braced for trouble in advance of Friday's Protestant parades and bonfires on "the Twelfth," an annual sectarian holiday that always inflames tensions with the Catholic minority.

Pa. man guilty of killing organist ex in church Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:49 AM PDT COUDERSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A former elementary school music teacher will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting his ex-wife — also a music teacher — while she played the organ during a church service in northern Pennsylvania last year.

Pope criminalizes leaks, sex abuse in first laws Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis overhauled the laws that govern the Vatican City State on Thursday, criminalizing leaks of Vatican information and specifically listing sexual violence, prostitution and possession of child pornography as crimes against children that can be punished by up to 12 years in prison.

Pope signals concern, oversees bank reform meeting Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:37 AM PDT By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made it clear on Thursday that he would personally oversee reform of the troubled Vatican bank by attending the first meeting of an investigative commission he set up last month to shed light on its murky financial dealings. "Francis wanted to be present to encourage the work of the commission," the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano said, adding that the meeting had taken place a day earlier. ...

Pope Francis targets child abuse, leaks in Vatican legal reform Posted: 11 Jul 2013 08:55 AM PDT By Catherine Hornby VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, acting to end years of scandals damaging the Catholic Church, overhauled Vatican law on Thursday to specify sexual violence against children as a crime and impose tough penalties for staff who leak confidential Vatican information. Issuing a "Motu Proprio", a decree of his own initiative, Francis also said he would renew the Holy See's commitment to international conventions against organized crime and terrorism. ...

Pope, UN crack down on church child abuse Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:22 AM PDT Vatican officials announced Thursday that Pope Francis has bolstered legislation against child abuse within the grounds of the small city-state. At the same time, a United Nations committee has demanded that the church reveal its procedures for dealing with child abuse allegations.RECOMMENDED: How much do you know about the Catholic Church? Take our quiz!

Vatican broadens child abuse crimes in legal reform Posted: 11 Jul 2013 05:20 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican unveiled changes to its law on Thursday that name the sexual abuse of children as a specific crime and aim to implement international anti-money laundering norms as the city state seeks to end years of scandal. Under the changes, child prostitution, sexual violence and sexual acts with children and child pornography will be included in a broader definition of the category of crimes against minors, the Vatican said in a statement. ...

Egypt: Suspected militants kill Christian Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:24 AM PDT EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Security officials say suspected militants have killed a Christian merchant in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

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