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- NM teen spent day at church after family slain
- Former Polish church head, Cardinal Glemp, dies
- Syrian rebels destroy Shi'ite site, loot churches: HRW
- Pedophile victims urge renewed probe of Los Angeles Catholic leaders
NM teen spent day at church after family slain Posted: 23 Jan 2013 05:11 PM PST ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Just hours after a New Mexico teen allegedly gunned down his parents and younger siblings inside the family's home, he was spotted walking the campus of one of Albuquerque's largest Christian churches as security personnel conducted a safety class for dozens of Sunday school teachers. |
Former Polish church head, Cardinal Glemp, dies Posted: 23 Jan 2013 03:46 PM PST WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Cardinal Jozef Glemp, the head of Poland's influential Roman Catholic church from 1981 to 2004 — a time when it played a historic role in the fight against communism — has died at the age of 83. |
Syrian rebels destroy Shi'ite site, loot churches: HRW Posted: 23 Jan 2013 03:13 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels in Syria have burned and looted the religious sites of minorities, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, as the longest and deadliest of the Arab Spring revolts becomes increasingly sectarian. The 22-month-old rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad started as a peaceful protest movement but has turned into civil war, pitting mostly Sunni Muslim rebels against a state security and military establishment dominated by Assad's minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. ... |
Pedophile victims urge renewed probe of Los Angeles Catholic leaders Posted: 22 Jan 2013 07:42 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Victims of pedophile priests called on Tuesday for renewing a criminal investigation into the role of Catholic Church leaders in Los Angeles, including Cardinal Roger Mahony, in covering up child sexual abuse as revealed in newly released Church records. Documents made public on Monday showed that Mahony, then archbishop of the nation's largest Catholic archdiocese, worked with a top adviser to shield known molesters in the clergy from law enforcement scrutiny in the 1980s. ... |
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