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Police: Burglar uses church equipment to view porn
AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night....
Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself....
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AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A campaign to give elderly Netherlands residents the right to assisted suicide has gathered more than 100,000 signatures, enough to force a parliamentary debate on the matter....
Santorum makes pitch for Iowa evangelical voters
WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa (AP) -- As he speaks to hundreds of Iowa evangelicals about his "faith walk," it's clear former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is connecting with the audience....
Police make 3rd arrest in Calif. church shooting
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- Police say they've made another arrest in a shooting at a Northern California church that injured two teenage brothers....
Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports
BERLIN (AP) -- The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it....
Archbishop defends decision on lesbians' children
DENVER (AP) -- The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple....
Dutch bishops announce sex abuse investigation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch Catholic bishops announced an independent inquiry Tuesday into allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests at church schools, and apologized to victims....
German minister critical of Vatican rule on abuse
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's justice minister said Monday that a Vatican secrecy rule has played a role in a "wall of silence" surrounding sexual abuse of children....
