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• Report: NJ archdiocese to get 2nd archbishop
• Pakistani Christians protest deadly church bombing
• Why Fellini's films speak to the pope
• Ga. church votes to make way for Falcons stadium
• Church bombing threatens Pakistan's push for Taliban talks
• Why atheists are starting their own global church
• Official: Death toll from Pakistan church bombings rises to 81; Christians protest attack
• Death toll from Pakistan church blasts rises to 81

Report: NJ archdiocese to get 2nd archbishop Posted: 23 Sep 2013 02:51 PM PDT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A second archbishop is to be named in the Roman Catholic Church's archdiocese in Newark, N.J., where the archbishop is nearing retirement age and has been under fire for his handling of the case of a priest barred from unsupervised contact with minors, a Catholic publication reported Monday.

Pakistani Christians protest deadly church bombing Posted: 23 Sep 2013 12:12 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Christians rallied Monday to denounce the deadliest attack ever in this country against the religious minority as the death toll from the church bombings the day before climbed to 85.

Why Fellini's films speak to the pope Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:01 AM PDT By Annette Insdorf La Strada may be almost 60 years old, but Federico Fellini's masterpiece is in the news. In an interview published late last week, Pope Francis called La Strada his favorite film. Some might have expected a more church-friendly movie, like Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City — which Fellini c0-wrote — about a priest helping the Italian Resistance fight Nazi occupiers during World War Two. While he also mentions it, the pontiff's favorite choice crystallizes his embrace of the fallible and the marginalized. ...

Ga. church votes to make way for Falcons stadium Posted: 23 Sep 2013 07:33 AM PDT An Atlanta church congregation has voted to accept a $19.5 million offer to relocate so the Atlanta Falcons can build a new stadium downtown. Friendship Baptist Church members voted Sunday to accept the ...

Church bombing threatens Pakistan's push for Taliban talks Posted: 23 Sep 2013 06:26 AM PDT A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 80 and wounded some 120 at a Christian church in the northern city of Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday. It's being called the largest attack of its kind against Christians in Pakistan.

Why atheists are starting their own global church Posted: 23 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT Pope Francis is significantly upping the Catholic Church's buzz quotient, but another congregation is hoping to take America (and other countries) by storm. Like Methodism and Episcopalianism, the Sunday Assembly is a British import, but with a difference: This church doesn't believe in God. It's motto is "live better, help often, and wonder more." It's striving to be a global atheist religion.

Official: Death toll from Pakistan church bombings rises to 81; Christians protest attack Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:50 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistan police official says the death toll from a church bombing has risen to 81 as angry Christians protested the deadliest attack ever in Pakistan against members of their faith.

Death toll from Pakistan church blasts rises to 81 Posted: 22 Sep 2013 10:21 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistan police official says the death toll from a church bombing has risen to 81 as angry Christians protested the deadliest attack ever in Pakistan against members of their faith.

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