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• 'Pharmacist' pope hands out rosaries as spiritual medicine
• 2 Chileans charged with causing Spain church blast
• Pa. pastor facing church trial over gay marriage
• Pope jokes he's a pharmacist, prescribing prayers
• Church services held in typhoon-shattered city

'Pharmacist' pope hands out rosaries as spiritual medicine Posted: 17 Nov 2013 10:37 AM PST Pope Francis on Sunday advised Catholics to take a special dose of spiritual medicine, offering some 20,000 boxes of "mercy" -- containing rosaries -- to pilgrims in St Peter's Square. "I now want to suggest a medicine.

2 Chileans charged with causing Spain church blast Posted: 17 Nov 2013 10:32 AM PST MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge on Sunday charged two Chileans with belonging to a terrorist organization, detonating an explosion in a cathedral last month, and conspiring to stage a similar attack at a monastery.

Pa. pastor facing church trial over gay marriage Posted: 17 Nov 2013 09:22 AM PST A Pennsylvania pastor charged under United Methodist law with officiating his son's same-sex marriage is scheduled to go on trial Monday.

Pope jokes he's a pharmacist, prescribing prayers Posted: 17 Nov 2013 06:08 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Joking that he's like a pharmacist, Pope Francis is promoting prayer as medicine for the heart.

Church services held in typhoon-shattered city Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:42 AM PST TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Hours after the storm hit, the Rev. Amadero Alvero was on the streets, sprinkling holy water over the dead and praying for them. By late afternoon, the 44-year-old priest had blessed about 50 corpses in the remains of this Philippine shattered city.

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