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http://news.yahoo.com/religion/ Get the latest Religion news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Religion news, including analysis and opinion on top Religion stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 17 May 2013 18:34:18 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/religion/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/85-old-wife-mormon-church-president-dies-145535009.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ib5.8DzlMhWKMfTVARhpAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/82cef4408d522310320f6a7067007fcb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference, in Salt Lake City. Frances Monson died early Friday, May 17, 2013, at a hospital in Salt Lake City. She was 85. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. The church says she had been hospitalized for several weeks and was surrounded by her family at the time of death. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Tom Smart, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference, in Salt Lake City. Frances Monson died early Friday, May 17, 2013, at a hospital in Salt Lake City. She was 85. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. The church says she had been hospitalized for several weeks and was surrounded by her family at the time of death. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Tom Smart, File)" border="0" /></a>SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? The wife of the Mormon church&#039;s president shied away from the spotlight, but her lifelong work behind the scenes left a lasting impression on those who knew her.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/85-old-wife-mormon-church-president-dies-145535009.htmlFri, 17 May 2013 18:34:18 -0400Associated Press85-old-wife-mormon-church-president-dies-145535009<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/85-old-wife-mormon-church-president-dies-145535009.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ib5.8DzlMhWKMfTVARhpAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/82cef4408d522310320f6a7067007fcb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference, in Salt Lake City. Frances Monson died early Friday, May 17, 2013, at a hospital in Salt Lake City. She was 85. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. The church says she had been hospitalized for several weeks and was surrounded by her family at the time of death. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Tom Smart, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 3, 2011 file photo, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, wave to the crowd after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 181st Annual General Conference, in Salt Lake City. Frances Monson died early Friday, May 17, 2013, at a hospital in Salt Lake City. She was 85. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. The church says she had been hospitalized for several weeks and was surrounded by her family at the time of death. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Tom Smart, File)" border="0" /></a>SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? The wife of the Mormon church&#039;s president shied away from the spotlight, but her lifelong work behind the scenes left a lasting impression on those who knew her.</p><br clear="all"/>VICTORIA - Invaluable, historic artifacts stolen from the Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria last week have been recovered.http://news.yahoo.com/police-recover-historic-artifacts-victoria-church-days-theft-185852155.htmlFri, 17 May 2013 14:58:52 -0400Associated Presspolice-recover-historic-artifacts-victoria-church-days-theft-185852155<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gaucho-exhibition-vatican-tribute-popes-homeland-144700551.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XdEqU3FFwcjkEksg0Wh3Yg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-17T144700Z_1_CBRE94G152Y00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-POPE-GAUCHOS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Woman takes picture inside exhibition &quot;Argentina - The gaucho, Tradition, Art and Faith&quot; at St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican" align="left" title="Woman takes picture inside exhibition &quot;Argentina - The gaucho, Tradition, Art and Faith&quot; at St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican" border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary Argentine cowboys from the vast Pampas of Pope Francis&#039;s homeland, are being celebrated in a rare exhibition in no less a place than St. Peter&#039;s Square. Called &quot;Argentina - The Gaucho, Tradition, Art and Faith,&quot; it opened on Friday in the Braccio Carlo Magno exhibition space under the square&#039;s left colonnade. But the pope, who is expected to visit it privately, had nothing to do with bringing a taste of his homeland&#039;s celebrated cowboy culture to the Vatican. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gaucho-exhibition-vatican-tribute-popes-homeland-144700551.htmlFri, 17 May 2013 10:47:00 -0400Reutersgaucho-exhibition-vatican-tribute-popes-homeland-144700551<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gaucho-exhibition-vatican-tribute-popes-homeland-144700551.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XdEqU3FFwcjkEksg0Wh3Yg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-17T144700Z_1_CBRE94G152Y00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-POPE-GAUCHOS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Woman takes picture inside exhibition &quot;Argentina - The gaucho, Tradition, Art and Faith&quot; at St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican" align="left" title="Woman takes picture inside exhibition &quot;Argentina - The gaucho, Tradition, Art and Faith&quot; at St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican" border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary Argentine cowboys from the vast Pampas of Pope Francis&#039;s homeland, are being celebrated in a rare exhibition in no less a place than St. Peter&#039;s Square. Called &quot;Argentina - The Gaucho, Tradition, Art and Faith,&quot; it opened on Friday in the Braccio Carlo Magno exhibition space under the square&#039;s left colonnade. But the pope, who is expected to visit it privately, had nothing to do with bringing a taste of his homeland&#039;s celebrated cowboy culture to the Vatican. ...</p><br clear="all"/>When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented. An atheist, Buckner ...http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-governor-engaged-bible-dispute-125757816.htmlFri, 17 May 2013 08:57:57 -0400Associated Pressgeorgia-governor-engaged-bible-dispute-125757816By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality disorder" and "voyeuristic disorder" to "delayed ejaculation," "kleptomania" and "intermittent explosive disorder"), each limning the potential woes of being human. ...http://news.yahoo.com/psychiatrists-unveil-long-awaited-diagnostic-bible-040517566.htmlFri, 17 May 2013 00:05:17 -0400Reuterspsychiatrists-unveil-long-awaited-diagnostic-bible-040517566Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major ...http://news.yahoo.com/pope-blasts-cult-money-tyrannizes-124031786.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 12:23:59 -0400Associated Presspope-blasts-cult-money-tyrannizes-124031786By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Bank, a center of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said. Ernst von Freyberg told the bank's employees of the changes, which should be in place by the end of the year, this week, according to Vatican Radio. ...http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-bank-publish-yearly-report-launch-website-124228513.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 08:42:28 -0400Reutersvatican-bank-publish-yearly-report-launch-website-124228513By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Bank, a center of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said. Ernst von Freyberg told the bank's employees of the changes, which should be in place by the end of the year, this week, according to Vatican Radio. ...http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-bank-publish-accounts-launch-website-101317691.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 06:13:17 -0400Reutersvatican-bank-publish-accounts-launch-website-101317691The first thing visitors will see when they enter the Vatican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale?an art show dedicated to the modern and cutting edge?will be a nod to the past: a three-paneled triptych on which the 20th-century Italian artist Tano Festa reproduced details from Michelangelo?s Sistine Chapel. The paintings, in tones of tan and ocher, serve two functions. They remind viewers of the Vatican?s past importance as a sponsor of art, and they serve as a frame for the rest of the show inside.http://news.yahoo.com/first-time-vatican-enters-prestigious-venice-biennale-070059339.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 03:00:59 -0400Time.comfirst-time-vatican-enters-prestigious-venice-biennale-070059339VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-brings-genesis-interpretation-venice-biennale-return-arts-222246520.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 18:22:46 -0400Associated Pressvatican-brings-genesis-interpretation-venice-biennale-return-arts-222246520WASHINGTON (AP) ? Two conservative religious groups say they were also the subject of unusual scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service.http://news.yahoo.com/religious-groups-were-scrutinized-irs-211507563.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 17:56:40 -0400Associated Pressreligious-groups-were-scrutinized-irs-211507563<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope-180658039.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nz9olBmG.6NFJRZKWao2NA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a461f36e4f3ff210310f6a706700082d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 11, 2013 photo, newspaper vendor Nicolas Schandor smiles from his kiosk where he also sells calendars featuring Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country&#039;s capital city has launched a series of guided tours, that include Schandor&#039;s news stand, where the former archbishop used to buy the newspaper on the weekends. The three-hour weekend bus trips are a modest, and so far non-commercial first step at papal tourism. The tour bus winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday and can carry about 40 passengers, cruising past 24 sites linked to the new pope. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)" align="left" title="In this May 11, 2013 photo, newspaper vendor Nicolas Schandor smiles from his kiosk where he also sells calendars featuring Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country&#039;s capital city has launched a series of guided tours, that include Schandor&#039;s news stand, where the former archbishop used to buy the newspaper on the weekends. The three-hour weekend bus trips are a modest, and so far non-commercial first step at papal tourism. The tour bus winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday and can carry about 40 passengers, cruising past 24 sites linked to the new pope. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)" border="0" /></a>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ? You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope-180658039.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 15:26:08 -0400Associated Pressbuenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope-180658039<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope-180658039.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nz9olBmG.6NFJRZKWao2NA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a461f36e4f3ff210310f6a706700082d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 11, 2013 photo, newspaper vendor Nicolas Schandor smiles from his kiosk where he also sells calendars featuring Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country&#039;s capital city has launched a series of guided tours, that include Schandor&#039;s news stand, where the former archbishop used to buy the newspaper on the weekends. The three-hour weekend bus trips are a modest, and so far non-commercial first step at papal tourism. The tour bus winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday and can carry about 40 passengers, cruising past 24 sites linked to the new pope. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)" align="left" title="In this May 11, 2013 photo, newspaper vendor Nicolas Schandor smiles from his kiosk where he also sells calendars featuring Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country&#039;s capital city has launched a series of guided tours, that include Schandor&#039;s news stand, where the former archbishop used to buy the newspaper on the weekends. The three-hour weekend bus trips are a modest, and so far non-commercial first step at papal tourism. The tour bus winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday and can carry about 40 passengers, cruising past 24 sites linked to the new pope. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)" border="0" /></a>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ? You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut.</p><br clear="all"/>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut.http://news.yahoo.com/buenos-aires-launches-tours-dedicated-fans-first-argentine-182248650.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 14:22:48 -0400Associated Pressbuenos-aires-launches-tours-dedicated-fans-first-argentine-182248650<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/disgraced-cardinal-obrien-leave-scotland-penance-vatican-122131006.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q8yISyXrwLTzaGoGwBjTsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-15T122131Z_1_CBRE94E0YC100_RTROPTP_2_ROM138D.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="SCOTTISH CARDINAL KEITH MICHAEL PATRICK O&#039;BRIEN KISSES THE POPE&#039;S HAND." align="left" title="SCOTTISH CARDINAL KEITH MICHAEL PATRICK O&#039;BRIEN KISSES THE POPE&#039;S HAND." border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O&#039;Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of &quot;prayer and penance&quot;, the Vatican said on Wednesday. A brief Vatican statement did not say where O&#039;Brien, once Britain&#039;s most senior Catholic cleric, was going, or spell out why he was quitting Scotland. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/disgraced-cardinal-obrien-leave-scotland-penance-vatican-122131006.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 11:11:00 -0400Reutersdisgraced-cardinal-obrien-leave-scotland-penance-vatican-122131006<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/disgraced-cardinal-obrien-leave-scotland-penance-vatican-122131006.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q8yISyXrwLTzaGoGwBjTsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-15T122131Z_1_CBRE94E0YC100_RTROPTP_2_ROM138D.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="SCOTTISH CARDINAL KEITH MICHAEL PATRICK O&#039;BRIEN KISSES THE POPE&#039;S HAND." align="left" title="SCOTTISH CARDINAL KEITH MICHAEL PATRICK O&#039;BRIEN KISSES THE POPE&#039;S HAND." border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O&#039;Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of &quot;prayer and penance&quot;, the Vatican said on Wednesday. A brief Vatican statement did not say where O&#039;Brien, once Britain&#039;s most senior Catholic cleric, was going, or spell out why he was quitting Scotland. ...</p><br clear="all"/>VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says the Scottish cardinal who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct will leave Scotland for several months of prayer and atonement.http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-cardinal-obrien-leaves-scotland-pray-atone-admitting-123636225.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 08:36:36 -0400Associated Pressvatican-cardinal-obrien-leaves-scotland-pray-atone-admitting-123636225<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square-093603219.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PDgfxjqW3itwPpVVYppjbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d3017e484d55e910310f6a706700480b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis frees a dove during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his Wednesday audience with the public, someone at the edge of the crowd thrust a white bird cage at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the cage, containing a pair of white doves, and handed it to Francis. Without hesitation, the pope opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted one dove, and with a flick of his hand, sent the bird flying over the square. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" align="left" title="Pope Francis frees a dove during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his Wednesday audience with the public, someone at the edge of the crowd thrust a white bird cage at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the cage, containing a pair of white doves, and handed it to Francis. Without hesitation, the pope opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted one dove, and with a flick of his hand, sent the bird flying over the square. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter&#039;s Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square-093603219.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 08:32:33 -0400Associated Presspope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square-093603219<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square-093603219.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PDgfxjqW3itwPpVVYppjbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d3017e484d55e910310f6a706700480b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis frees a dove during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his Wednesday audience with the public, someone at the edge of the crowd thrust a white bird cage at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the cage, containing a pair of white doves, and handed it to Francis. Without hesitation, the pope opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted one dove, and with a flick of his hand, sent the bird flying over the square. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" align="left" title="Pope Francis frees a dove during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his Wednesday audience with the public, someone at the edge of the crowd thrust a white bird cage at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the cage, containing a pair of white doves, and handed it to Francis. Without hesitation, the pope opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted one dove, and with a flick of his hand, sent the bird flying over the square. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter&#039;s Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singapore-church-trial-pop-star-scandal-070612225.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UPoSKPkMdVJ4YC8IVPexOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/487b4aa44d1ee810310f6a70670004d4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday June 27, 2012 file photo, Singaporean pop music singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, get on a car as she leaves the Subordinate Courts in Singapore. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support for the accused who prosecutors say diverted the congregation&#039;s funds into &quot;sham&quot; investments to advance the career of aspiring star Ho. Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday June 27, 2012 file photo, Singaporean pop music singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, get on a car as she leaves the Subordinate Courts in Singapore. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support for the accused who prosecutors say diverted the congregation&#039;s funds into &quot;sham&quot; investments to advance the career of aspiring star Ho. Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)" border="0" /></a>SINGAPORE (AP) ? Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday of six church leaders accused of embezzling more than $40 million to fund the pop music career of the wife of their evangelical movement&#039;s founder.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singapore-church-trial-pop-star-scandal-070612225.htmlWed, 15 May 2013 04:13:35 -0400Associated Presssingapore-church-trial-pop-star-scandal-070612225<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singapore-church-trial-pop-star-scandal-070612225.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UPoSKPkMdVJ4YC8IVPexOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/487b4aa44d1ee810310f6a70670004d4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday June 27, 2012 file photo, Singaporean pop music singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, get on a car as she leaves the Subordinate Courts in Singapore. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support for the accused who prosecutors say diverted the congregation&#039;s funds into &quot;sham&quot; investments to advance the career of aspiring star Ho. Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday June 27, 2012 file photo, Singaporean pop music singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, get on a car as she leaves the Subordinate Courts in Singapore. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support for the accused who prosecutors say diverted the congregation&#039;s funds into &quot;sham&quot; investments to advance the career of aspiring star Ho. Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)" border="0" /></a>SINGAPORE (AP) ? Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday of six church leaders accused of embezzling more than $40 million to fund the pop music career of the wife of their evangelical movement&#039;s founder.</p><br clear="all"/>CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana Abdel-Nour, who was arrested on Wednesday, was accused by her Muslim students' parents of insulting Islam and comparing it to Christianity by saying that the late Coptic Pope Shenouda was better than the Prophet Mohammad. ...http://news.yahoo.com/christian-teacher-tried-egypt-insulting-islam-210452075.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 17:04:52 -0400Reuterschristian-teacher-tried-egypt-insulting-islam-210452075The Vatican bank, long a source of secret and scandal for the Holy See, plans to publish its annual report online as part of its efforts to be more financially transparent. Vatican Radio said Tuesday that ...http://news.yahoo.com/secretive-vatican-bank-publish-annual-193049576.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 15:30:49 -0400Associated Presssecretive-vatican-bank-publish-annual-193049576<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-enters-art-world-venice-biennale-173436209.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vVnxXY8.gGhXDQ.0z61Tjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cec007912f21d410310f6a706700325c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" align="left" title="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-enters-art-world-venice-biennale-173436209.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 13:38:31 -0400Associated Pressvatican-enters-art-world-venice-biennale-173436209<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-enters-art-world-venice-biennale-173436209.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vVnxXY8.gGhXDQ.0z61Tjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cec007912f21d410310f6a706700325c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" align="left" title="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-pavilion-venice-biennale-modern-art-exhibit-143154375.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gjnJgpMe8BuPToTEbRn4Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-14T161726Z_1_CBRE94D199400_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-VATICAN-BIENNALE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout picture of a multimedia presentation inspired by Genesis" align="left" title="Handout picture of a multimedia presentation inspired by Genesis" border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - For most people, the relationship between contemporary art and the Vatican - home of some of the world&#039;s greatest old masterpieces - is like oil and water - they just don&#039;t mix. The Vatican&#039;s &quot;culture minister,&quot; Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, wants to change that perception and so for the first time the Holy See will have its own pavilion this year at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, a sacred cow of modern art. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-pavilion-venice-biennale-modern-art-exhibit-143154375.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 11:37:43 -0400Reutersvatican-pavilion-venice-biennale-modern-art-exhibit-143154375<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-pavilion-venice-biennale-modern-art-exhibit-143154375.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gjnJgpMe8BuPToTEbRn4Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-14T161726Z_1_CBRE94D199400_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-VATICAN-BIENNALE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout picture of a multimedia presentation inspired by Genesis" align="left" title="Handout picture of a multimedia presentation inspired by Genesis" border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - For most people, the relationship between contemporary art and the Vatican - home of some of the world&#039;s greatest old masterpieces - is like oil and water - they just don&#039;t mix. The Vatican&#039;s &quot;culture minister,&quot; Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, wants to change that perception and so for the first time the Holy See will have its own pavilion this year at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, a sacred cow of modern art. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LUXOR, Egypt (AP) ? An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said.http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail-134536402.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 11:14:28 -0400Associated Pressegypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail-134536402<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-brings-genesis-venice-biennale-art-show-093049883.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vVnxXY8.gGhXDQ.0z61Tjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cec007912f21d410310f6a706700325c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" align="left" title="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-brings-genesis-venice-biennale-art-show-093049883.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 08:35:01 -0400Associated Pressvatican-brings-genesis-venice-biennale-art-show-093049883<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-brings-genesis-venice-biennale-art-show-093049883.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vVnxXY8.gGhXDQ.0z61Tjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/cec007912f21d410310f6a706700325c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" align="left" title="Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world&#039;s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/christian-churches-back-jews-facing-anti-semitism-hungary-073707738.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TlJZGFb_bQn05BGnDRFsCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-14T073707Z_1_CBRE94D0L6000_RTROPTP_2_HUNGARY-JEWS-INTERFAITH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Protestant pastor Lorant Hegedus hides behind the stage as his wife Eniko Kovacs Hegedus steps up to speak, during a rally against World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly attended by hundreds of far-right supporters in Budapest" align="left" title="Protestant pastor Lorant Hegedus hides behind the stage as his wife Eniko Kovacs Hegedus steps up to speak, during a rally against World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly attended by hundreds of far-right supporters in Budapest" border="0" /></a>By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel. Lorant Hegedus could have preached the same anti-Semitism as his wife, a deputy for the populist Jobbik party in parliament. But his part in launching the rally may cost him his role as the far-right&#039;s favorite clergyman. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/christian-churches-back-jews-facing-anti-semitism-hungary-073707738.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 03:37:07 -0400Reuterschristian-churches-back-jews-facing-anti-semitism-hungary-073707738<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/christian-churches-back-jews-facing-anti-semitism-hungary-073707738.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TlJZGFb_bQn05BGnDRFsCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-14T073707Z_1_CBRE94D0L6000_RTROPTP_2_HUNGARY-JEWS-INTERFAITH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Protestant pastor Lorant Hegedus hides behind the stage as his wife Eniko Kovacs Hegedus steps up to speak, during a rally against World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly attended by hundreds of far-right supporters in Budapest" align="left" title="Protestant pastor Lorant Hegedus hides behind the stage as his wife Eniko Kovacs Hegedus steps up to speak, during a rally against World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly attended by hundreds of far-right supporters in Budapest" border="0" /></a>By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel. Lorant Hegedus could have preached the same anti-Semitism as his wife, a deputy for the populist Jobbik party in parliament. But his part in launching the rally may cost him his role as the far-right&#039;s favorite clergyman. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tanzania-releases-uae-saudi-citizens-held-over-church-140159975.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wa1X62n7YN8ODBCyX8vOXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-13T140633Z_1_CBRE94C137000_RTROPTP_2_TANZANIA-BLAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A general view shows faithful near the scene of an explosion at the new Catholic church in Arusha" align="left" title="A general view shows faithful near the scene of an explosion at the new Catholic church in Arusha" border="0" /></a>By Fumbuka Ng&#039;wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has released three Emiratis and one Saudi held in connection with the bombing of a church this month and charged a local man with murder, Tanzanian police said. Three people were killed in the attack on the Catholic church in Arusha, north Tanzania. More than 60 were injured. Tanzania police said in a statement on Monday that the four had been released without charge after investigations proved they were not involved in the bombing. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tanzania-releases-uae-saudi-citizens-held-over-church-140159975.htmlMon, 13 May 2013 12:36:27 -0400Reuterstanzania-releases-uae-saudi-citizens-held-over-church-140159975<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tanzania-releases-uae-saudi-citizens-held-over-church-140159975.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wa1X62n7YN8ODBCyX8vOXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-13T140633Z_1_CBRE94C137000_RTROPTP_2_TANZANIA-BLAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A general view shows faithful near the scene of an explosion at the new Catholic church in Arusha" align="left" title="A general view shows faithful near the scene of an explosion at the new Catholic church in Arusha" border="0" /></a>By Fumbuka Ng&#039;wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has released three Emiratis and one Saudi held in connection with the bombing of a church this month and charged a local man with murder, Tanzanian police said. Three people were killed in the attack on the Catholic church in Arusha, north Tanzania. More than 60 were injured. Tanzania police said in a statement on Monday that the four had been released without charge after investigations proved they were not involved in the bombing. ...</p><br clear="all"/>RIYADH (Reuters) - A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two men to lashes and prison terms for converting a woman to Christianity and helping her flee the conservative Islamic kingdom, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday. A Lebanese man was sentenced to six years in prison and 300 lashes for converting the woman, while a Saudi man was sentenced to two years and 200 lashes for aiding her escape abroad, the English-language daily said. It added that the pair had challenged the verdict and would appeal. A spokesman at the justice ministry could not immediately be reached for comment. ...http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-punish-men-over-christian-woman-convert-081856796.htmlMon, 13 May 2013 04:18:56 -0400Reuterssaudi-arabia-punish-men-over-christian-woman-convert-081856796<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-names-800-saints-one-235904106.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f_4PXEU2mZ.9laUoxvGD9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Pope_Francis_Names_800_New-160e0662aa78fc74f8527eb10822348a" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis Names 800 New Saints In One Go" align="left" title="Pope Francis Names 800 New Saints In One Go" border="0" /></a>Pope Francis&#039;s first canonization ceremony was a record-breaking one. The new pontiff named over 800 new saints on Sunday. That&#039;s already almost double the number of saints declared by Pope John Paul II, whose 480-odd canonizations were, at the time, more than those of all of his predecessors since 1588, combined.?But the latest canonization bonanza is notable for another reason: most of the 800 new saints are 15th-century martyrs, who were approved as a group for sainthood by Francis&#039;s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-names-800-saints-one-235904106.htmlSun, 12 May 2013 19:59:04 -0400The Atlantic Wirepope-francis-names-800-saints-one-235904106<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-names-800-saints-one-235904106.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f_4PXEU2mZ.9laUoxvGD9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Pope_Francis_Names_800_New-160e0662aa78fc74f8527eb10822348a" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis Names 800 New Saints In One Go" align="left" title="Pope Francis Names 800 New Saints In One Go" border="0" /></a>Pope Francis&#039;s first canonization ceremony was a record-breaking one. The new pontiff named over 800 new saints on Sunday. That&#039;s already almost double the number of saints declared by Pope John Paul II, whose 480-odd canonizations were, at the time, more than those of all of his predecessors since 1588, combined.?But the latest canonization bonanza is notable for another reason: most of the 800 new saints are 15th-century martyrs, who were approved as a group for sainthood by Francis&#039;s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. ...</p><br clear="all"/>JERUSALEM (AP) ? A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during Orthodox Easter services.http://news.yahoo.com/holy-land-church-leaders-clergy-mistreated-174733203.htmlSun, 12 May 2013 13:47:33 -0400Associated Pressholy-land-church-leaders-clergy-mistreated-174733203<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-gives-church-hundreds-saints-081235504.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2nMTuW.AGqSg1UufUk.REQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/848c461bf06aa00f310f6a706700326e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis, middle, kisses the altar as he arrives to celebrate his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" align="left" title="Pope Francis, middle, kisses the altar as he arrives to celebrate his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter&#039;s Square.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-gives-church-hundreds-saints-081235504.htmlSun, 12 May 2013 09:15:42 -0400Associated Presspope-francis-gives-church-hundreds-saints-081235504<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-gives-church-hundreds-saints-081235504.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2nMTuW.AGqSg1UufUk.REQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/848c461bf06aa00f310f6a706700326e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis, middle, kisses the altar as he arrives to celebrate his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" align="left" title="Pope Francis, middle, kisses the altar as he arrives to celebrate his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter&#039;s Square.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/look-saints-canonized-pope-francis-090426604.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pXPkREyBxbGe_9aALISncA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b41c2fbf065a00f310f6a7067003eeb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The tapestry of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia hangs from a balcony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican prior to the start of the canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" align="left" title="The tapestry of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia hangs from a balcony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican prior to the start of the canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Catholic Church&#039;s highest honor:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/look-saints-canonized-pope-francis-090426604.htmlSun, 12 May 2013 08:58:38 -0400Associated Presslook-saints-canonized-pope-francis-090426604<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/look-saints-canonized-pope-francis-090426604.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pXPkREyBxbGe_9aALISncA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b41c2fbf065a00f310f6a7067003eeb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The tapestry of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia hangs from a balcony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican prior to the start of the canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" align="left" title="The tapestry of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia hangs from a balcony in St. Peter&#039;s Square at the Vatican prior to the start of the canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Square. Here is a look at the

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