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• Pope nixes popemobile for Rio trip
• Catholic Church lobbies against Calif. abuse bill
• Pa. man gets life for killing ex at church service
• Pope to shun bullet-proof vehicles during Brazil trip
• First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over 'Allah'
• Catholic Church fights Calif. sex abuse bill

Pope nixes popemobile for Rio trip Posted: 17 Jul 2013 09:39 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is forgoing the bulletproof popemobile for his upcoming trip to Brazil for the Catholic Church's youth festival, further evidence that he has no qualms about tweaking the Vatican's security operations for the sake of getting closer to the faithful.

Catholic Church lobbies against Calif. abuse bill Posted: 17 Jul 2013 07:08 AM PDT Tony Quarry suppressed his memories of being abused by a Roman Catholic priest for nearly 30 years and decided to sue only after finding out that his five brothers were molested by the same man — just ...

Pa. man gets life for killing ex at church service Posted: 17 Jul 2013 05:52 AM PDT COUDERSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A northern Pennsylvania man who fatally shot his ex-wife while she played the organ at a Sunday church service has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Pope to shun bullet-proof vehicles during Brazil trip Posted: 17 Jul 2013 05:13 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will not use bullet-proof popemobiles on his visit to Brazil next week to allow him more direct contact with crowds despite the security risks, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The Argentine pope, who arrives in Brazil on Monday for his first trip outside Italy, will use the same open-top jeeps he has preferred to use during his general audiences in St. Peter's Square to enable him to reach out and touch people. ...

First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over 'Allah' Posted: 17 Jul 2013 03:46 AM PDT By Siva Sithraputhran KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Vatican's first envoy to Malaysia has opened a storm of controversy by apparently supporting the use of the word "Allah" by Christians, prompting a rebuke from the government and condemnation from nationalist Malay groups in the majority-Muslim country. The row underlines growing intolerance in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious country following an election in May that deepened the divide between majority Muslim Malays and minority ethnic Chinese, many of whom are Christian. ...

Catholic Church fights Calif. sex abuse bill Posted: 17 Jul 2013 12:28 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Making its way through the California State Legislature is a bill seeking to give more alleged child abuse victims time to sue.

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