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WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

CNN -- Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests attacked each other with brooms and stones inside the Church of the Nativity as long-standing rivalries erupted in violence during holiday cleaning on Thursday. The basilica, built over the grotto in Bethlehem where.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Priests have tried unsuccessfully to persuade members of a doomsday cult to leave a cave in southern Russia where they remain barricaded inside despite the intervention of their leader. The cult members -- including four children -- holed themselves up in.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 29, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Bitter memories of Spain's civil war were on center stage Sunday, as the Vatican put 498 slain Spanish priests and nuns from that divisive era on the path to sainthood. The Mass recognizing the Catholic men and women killed around the time of the 1936-.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 14, 2006 @ 6:03pm neoform

New Zeland Herald -- Pope Benedict has called a meeting of Vatican advisers for a "reflection" on issues related to celibacy in the Church following a schism led by a renegade African archbishop who wants priests to be able to marry... Read More