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• Quebec separatists reap first casualty in religious symbol drive
• Vatican to cooperate in Dominican Republic pedophilia investigation
• Loose baggy pants foil Florida church robbery suspect's getaway
• Across Egypt, piles of ash where church pews once stood
• Orthodox archbishop testifies in his own defence at Winnipeg sex assault trial
• Will Pope Francis let priests get married?
• Pope Francis to drive his own 'popemobile' inside Vatican City
• Hammami: From Deep South Bible school to 'rapping jihadi'

Quebec separatists reap first casualty in religious symbol drive Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:48 PM PDT By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - The separatist Bloc Quebecois kicked one of its five members of Parliament out of its caucus on Thursday after she took a strong stand against a proposal by Quebec's separatist government to ban public workers from wearing most religious symbols. Demonstrating how the controversial proposal has caused divisions even among those who want Quebec to leave Canada, legislator Maria Mourani and a group of other separatists said the Parti Quebecois government was making a big error with its proposed Charter of Quebec Values in a bid for short-term gains. ...

Vatican to cooperate in Dominican Republic pedophilia investigation Posted: 12 Sep 2013 10:27 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Thursday it would cooperate with Dominican Republic authorities investigating the Holy See's former ambassador on suspicion of pedophilia and denied the envoy had been recalled to protect him from local justice. Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, 55, was recalled in August and relieved of his duties after local media accused him of sexual abuse of children. In the first formal statement on the case, the Vatican said its sex crimes prosecutor had opened an investigation into the allegations. ...

Loose baggy pants foil Florida church robbery suspect's getaway Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:47 AM PDT By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A robber who was running away with his hands full of loot from a Florida church was caught when his baggy pants started slipping off, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. She said the man, Anthony Jason Garcia, 31, had been praying in the sanctuary of a large Catholic Church near Walt Disney World on Wednesday when he arose, went into the gift shop, grabbed the cash drawer and ran toward the courtyard with church maintenance director Joe Larkin in pursuit. ...

Across Egypt, piles of ash where church pews once stood Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:37 AM PDT When a wave of attacks on churches and Christian properties swept across Egypt last month, this city was hit the worst.

Orthodox archbishop testifies in his own defence at Winnipeg sex assault trial Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:22 AM PDT WINNIPEG - An Orthodox archbishop accused of sexually assaulting two brothers is taking the stand in his own defence.

Will Pope Francis let priests get married? Posted: 12 Sep 2013 06:44 AM PDT Pope Francis has promised to shake up the Catholic Church, and his new secretary of state did just that this week, saying that the tradition of priestly celibacy should be open to debate.

Pope Francis to drive his own 'popemobile' inside Vatican City Posted: 12 Sep 2013 06:15 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis plans to drive around Vatican City at the wheel of a "popemobile" that is a lot like him: frugal, clad in white, and with a fair bit of mileage. The 1984 Renault 4 economy car with 300,000 km (186,000 miles) on the clock was given to him by a 70-year-old priest from northern Italy, Father Renzo Zocca, who took the pope for a spin inside the walls of the tiny city-state. "I think the pope will drive it a bit himself inside the Vatican," the Holy See's deputy spokesman, Father Ciro Benedettini, said on Thursday. ...

Hammami: From Deep South Bible school to 'rapping jihadi' Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:53 AM PDT American extremist Omar Hammami, who was reported killed in Somalia on Thursday, switched a mundane life in Alabama for a spot in the global Jihad, earning a $5 million bounty on his head from the US but eventually falling foul of his fellow fighters.

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