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• Church can't withhold names in Calif. priest files
• Judge orders Los Angeles priest files released without names of church officials redacted
• Vatican rejects rebel bishop's denunciation of Jews
• Egypt's pope urges Copts to 'not be afraid'
• Pope worries about gap between the rich and poor
• Judge ponders allowing LA archdiocese to black out names of church leaders in priest files
• Tulsa church: Mother can't claim damages for abuse
• Stop war in Syria before it becomes "field of ruins": pope
• Pope calls for urgent aid for civilians in Syria

Church can't withhold names in Calif. priest files Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:00 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles must release the names of church leaders and pedophile priests identified in thousands of pages of internal documents recounting sexual abuse allegations dating back decades, a judge ruled Monday.

Judge orders Los Angeles priest files released without names of church officials redacted Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:02 PM PST Judge orders Los Angeles priest files released without names of church officials redacted.

Vatican rejects rebel bishop's denunciation of Jews Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:05 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday dismissed anti-Semitic comments by the head of a rebel Catholic traditionalist group, saying the Roman church did not see Jews as enemies. Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the rebel Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), said last month that Jews were among those "who over centuries have been enemies of the Church". Jewish support for the modernizing reforms of the 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council showed they were opposed to the Church, he said. ...

Egypt's pope urges Copts to 'not be afraid' Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:40 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's pope urged his congregants to be joyful and "not be afraid" in his Mass for Coptic Christmas, trying to reassure a community feeling anxious about the rise of Islamists to power here.

Pope worries about gap between the rich and poor Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:28 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI urged world leaders on Monday to try to reduce the growing gap between the rich and the poor in regions such as Europe as they reform their economies.

Judge ponders allowing LA archdiocese to black out names of church leaders in priest files Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:04 AM PST LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A judge is weighing whether the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles can release thousands of pages from the confidential files of priests accused of sex abuse with the names of church higher-ups blacked out.

Tulsa church: Mother can't claim damages for abuse Posted: 07 Jan 2013 05:41 AM PST TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa megachurch is asking for the dismissal of a civil lawsuit that accuses employees of trying to cover up the rape of a 13-year-old girl by a worker on the church's campus.

Stop war in Syria before it becomes "field of ruins": pope Posted: 07 Jan 2013 05:09 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged the world on Monday to end what he called the endless slaughter in Syria before the entire country becomes a "a field of ruins". Speaking in his yearly "state of the world" address to diplomats from nearly 180 countries and global organizations, Benedict also condemned "terrorist attacks" against Christians in Nigeria and violence in Mali, where Islamist rebels in the north are seeking to erase a more moderate religious tradition. The 85-year-old leader of 1. ...

Pope calls for urgent aid for civilians in Syria Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:47 AM PST Pope Benedict XVI has urged diplomats to supply urgent aid to Syria to relieve civilian suffering, while expressing hope that Jerusalem would become "a city of peace and not of division."Benedict ...

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