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• Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time
• How native Americans hid in the Vatican for more than 500 years
• Ex-Pope Benedict back at Vatican to live out retirement
• Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time since resignation, Pope Francis greets him
• Church & Dwight's 1st-quarter net income rises
• Struggling Catholic schools strategize to draw new students
• Benedict comes home to new house, new pope
• EU considers action, Pope weighs in, after Bangladesh disaster

Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time Posted: 02 May 2013 12:14 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb. 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of having a retired pontiff living alongside a reigning one.

How native Americans hid in the Vatican for more than 500 years Posted: 02 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus set foot on the shores of the New World, what may be the first ever depiction of the native Americans he encountered has been discovered hidden in a Vatican painting.

Ex-Pope Benedict back at Vatican to live out retirement Posted: 02 May 2013 09:11 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Benedict XVI moved back to the Vatican on Thursday, opening an uncertain era in Catholic Church history where an "emeritus pope" and a ruling pontiff will live as neighbors for the first time. Benedict, the first pope to abdicate in 600 years, will live out his retirement in a restored convent in the Vatican gardens with a view of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and just a short walk from the residence of his successor, Francis. ...

Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time since resignation, Pope Francis greets him Posted: 02 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time since resignation, Pope Francis greets him.

Church & Dwight's 1st-quarter net income rises Posted: 02 May 2013 07:36 AM PDT Church & Dwight Co., which makes consumer products including Arm & Hammer and other cleaning products, said Thursday that its first-quarter net income rose 12 percent because of cost-cutting and strong ...

Struggling Catholic schools strategize to draw new students Posted: 02 May 2013 06:53 AM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - For years, headlines about Catholic schools in the United States have told gloomy tales of falling enrollment and multiple closings. Between 2000 and 2013, 2,090 U.S. Catholic schools closed or consolidated and enrollment fell 24.5 percent, according to the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). In places like Chicago's Leo Catholic High School for boys, student numbers have plummeted from 1,200 students in the 1950s to 157 this year. In New York, the Catholic Archdiocese plans to close 24 schools. ...

Benedict comes home to new house, new pope Posted: 02 May 2013 03:09 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI comes home on Thursday to a new house and a new pope, as an unprecedented era begins of a retired pontiff living side-by-side with a reigning one inside the Vatican gardens.

EU considers action, Pope weighs in, after Bangladesh disaster Posted: 01 May 2013 07:49 PM PDT By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a building collapse killed more than 400 factory workers. Pope Francis condemned the conditions of workers who died in the disaster as "slave labor", while in Dhaka several thousand workers rallied to mark Labour Day, some calling for capital punishment for those responsible for the tragedy. "The owner of the building ... ...

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