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• Ten crushed to death, 120 injured at Angola church event
• Do gays need a church of their own anymore?
• Pope convinced of peace in 2013 despite world woes
• Pope hopes for 2013 of peace, slams unbridled capitalism

Ten crushed to death, 120 injured at Angola church event Posted: 01 Jan 2013 02:13 PM PST LISBON (Reuters) - Ten people were crushed to death and 120 injured in the Angolan capital Luanda as they tried to enter an overcrowded stadium for a vigil organized by a Pentecostal church, the state news agency Angop reported on Tuesday. Angop cited an emergency services spokesman as saying the victims, including four children, were crushed at the gates of the Cidadela Desportiva stadium, where the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD) organized a vigil on Monday night. ...

Do gays need a church of their own anymore? Posted: 01 Jan 2013 09:28 AM PST On that Sunday in 1968 when Troy Perry borrowed a minister's robe and started a church for gays in his living room, the world was a very different place.

Pope convinced of peace in 2013 despite world woes Posted: 01 Jan 2013 08:05 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he is convinced that peace will prevail in 2013, despite the inequality, terrorism and "unregulated financial capitalism" that afflict the world today.

Pope hopes for 2013 of peace, slams unbridled capitalism Posted: 01 Jan 2013 04:20 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said in his New Year's message on Tuesday he hoped 2013 would be a year of peace and that the world was under threat from unbridled capitalism, terrorism and criminality. The 85-year-old pope rang in the new year with a mass for about 10,000 people in St Peter's Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks its World Day of Peace with initiatives around the world. He also spoke of peace after the mass, addressing tens of thousands of people who had followed the service from outside in St Peter's Square. "A new year is like a trip. ...

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