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• Vatican brings flowers amid debate on women's role
• Conclave to elect new pope to start March 12
• Holy hockey rink? The spot where papal candidate broke a leg on path to Vatican
• Conclave to elect new pope to start on March 12: Vatican
• Cardinals set Tuesday as start date for conclave to elect new pope
• Vatican: conclave likely to start early next week
• The Hush-Hush Pope Vote Is Very Close
• 'Pope Rambo I,' a Marathon Refund, and Mariano Rivera's Goodbye
• Ky.: Bill to save Christian health care revived
• House stalls new tax exemptions for churches
• Vatican: conclave likely to start early next week; cardinals to vote soon on start date
• How you can help pick the next pope — or at least bet on it
• Voices from Catholic Africa: Church modernization is a mistake

Vatican brings flowers amid debate on women's role Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's spokesman came to his press briefing Friday bearing flowers for female journalists to mark International Women's Day. "On behalf of all of us men, congratulations and happy Women's Day!" said a beaming Rev. Federico Lombardi.

Conclave to elect new pope to start March 12 Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:26 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals will enter a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict on March 12, the Vatican said on Friday, with no clear favorite emerging so far to take charge of the troubled Church. Benedict's surprise abdication last month has brought most of the world's cardinals to the Vatican for discussions on the problems facing the 1.2 billion-member Church, and to decide on the profile of the man they want to lead them. ...

Holy hockey rink? The spot where papal candidate broke a leg on path to Vatican Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:08 AM PST CADILLAC, Que. - Canadians have long considered hockey sacred — and soon they might actually get a holy hockey site.

Conclave to elect new pope to start on March 12: Vatican Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:13 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals will start their conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict on the afternoon of Tuesday March 12, the Vatican said in a statement on Friday. A total of 115 cardinals will take part in the elaborate ritual, which continues until one man receives a two-thirds majority. The vote follows Benedict's surprise abdication last month after a troubled, eight-year reign. There is no clear favorite to take the helm of Church, which faces an array of problems, from sexual abuse scandals to internal strife at the heart of the Vatican administration. ...

Cardinals set Tuesday as start date for conclave to elect new pope Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:47 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals set Tuesday as start date for conclave to elect new pope.

Vatican: conclave likely to start early next week Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:41 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Friday the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week, signaling that cardinals are coming to an end of discussions about the state of the church and who best among them might lead it.

The Hush-Hush Pope Vote Is Very Close Posted: 08 Mar 2013 06:54 AM PST The Vatican is officially on lockdown as the College of Cardinals makes final preparations for the papal conclave early next week—including countermeasures to prevent any leaks. The actual conclave has not started yet, but the discussions about it have, and they are supposed to be completely confidential. So when an Italian newspaper, La Stampa, published details of the private deliberations, the Cardinals were placed on radio silence and forbidden from talking to the media or doing any more press conferences until it's all over with.

'Pope Rambo I,' a Marathon Refund, and Mariano Rivera's Goodbye Posted: 08 Mar 2013 06:41 AM PST Behind the New York Times pay wall, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

Ky.: Bill to save Christian health care revived Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:32 AM PST A Christians-only health care ministry would be allowed to resume operating in Kentucky under a measure that had been languishing in the Legislature only to be revived by a House committee on Thursday.The ...

House stalls new tax exemptions for churches Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:14 AM PST An effort to broaden tax exemptions for religious organizations is facing bipartisan opposition in the Arizona House of Representatives.House leaders moved to stall a vote Thursday on the measure that ...

Vatican: conclave likely to start early next week; cardinals to vote soon on start date Posted: 08 Mar 2013 04:31 AM PST VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week.

How you can help pick the next pope — or at least bet on it Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:43 AM PST If you don't believe the power of prayer can help you influence the cardinals' ultimate choice, you can at least play a Sweet Sistine bracket game

Voices from Catholic Africa: Church modernization is a mistake Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:07 PM PST LUWERO, Uganda (Reuters) - Over the past century, the Catholic Church has been growing fastest in one of the regions other Catholics know least. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for only one percent of the world Catholic population in 1910. By 2010, that had jumped to 16 percent. The faith here has a strength and exuberance that reminds some of early Christians. "These people are living a kind of New Testament experience," says U.S. theologian George Weigel. It is also highly conservative. ...

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