| NC protests split on Bible's message to help poor Posted: 12 Jun 2013 03:14 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Over the last two months, hundreds of protesters have walked out of North Carolina's capitol in handcuffs to show their opposition to policies by the GOP-controlled Legislature.
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| Pope laments 'gay lobby,' corruption in Vatican: report Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:37 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" and a "stream of corruption" in the Vatican, according to reports in Catholic media not denied by the Vatican. The pope made the remarks last week in Spanish during a private meeting with representatives of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious (CLAR), according to the Chilean Catholic website "Reflection and Liberation". On Tuesday it published what it said was a summary of the conversation written by participants after the June 6 meeting in the Vatican. ...
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