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• Papal vote preparations start in earnest at Vatican
• Catholics ponder future with new pope
• Gunmen attack church in Libya's Benghazi: state media
• Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual behaviour fell 'below the standards' of church.
• Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual behavior fell 'below the standards' of church
• Exclusive: Women deserve bigger role in Church, says key cardinal
• NY Cardinal Dolan a 'happy warrior' for church

Papal vote preparations start in earnest at Vatican Posted: 03 Mar 2013 03:28 PM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it. The idea is to have the new pope elected during next week and officially installed several days later so he can preside over the Holy Week ceremonies starting with Palm Sunday on March 24 and culminating in Easter the following Sunday. ...

Catholics ponder future with new pope Posted: 03 Mar 2013 01:25 PM PST SAO PAULO (AP) — Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next lead the Roman Catholic Church, with people suggesting everything from a Latin American pope to one more like the conservative, Polish-born John Paul II. What most agreed on, however, was the church is in dire need of a comeback.

Gunmen attack church in Libya's Benghazi: state media Posted: 03 Mar 2013 12:37 PM PST TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked an Egyptian Coptic church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, assaulting two priests, the official LANA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Sunday. The foreign ministry said it "strongly condemned Thursday's attack on the Egyptian church ... and the aggression towards Father Paul Isaac and his assistant by the irresponsible armed men," LANA quoted a foreign ministry statement as saying. ...

Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual behaviour fell 'below the standards' of church. Posted: 03 Mar 2013 09:58 AM PST LONDON - The cardinal who until recently served as Britain's highest-ranking Catholic leader has admitted to unspecified sexual misbehaviour and promised to play "no further part" in the public life of the church.

Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual behavior fell 'below the standards' of church Posted: 03 Mar 2013 09:37 AM PST Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual behavior fell 'below the standards' of church.

Exclusive: Women deserve bigger role in Church, says key cardinal Posted: 03 Mar 2013 06:55 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church must open itself up to women in the next pontificate, giving them more leadership positions in the Vatican and beyond, according to a senior cardinal who will be influential in electing the next pope. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 69, an Argentine, also said the next pope should not be chosen according to a geographic area but must be a "saintly man" qualified to lead the Church in a time of crisis. ...

NY Cardinal Dolan a 'happy warrior' for church Posted: 03 Mar 2013 02:44 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Challenging a White House mandate for birth control coverage in health insurance, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan sounded like a general rallying the troops.

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