Obama and pope meet for first time

Victor L. Simpson ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on ...

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• Hard times hit church retreats

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  Camp Sumatanga has meant Bible stories and softball games for generations of Methodist families. Young and old alike come to the old church retreat for renewal in its quiet coves and chapels. Continue reading »

• Vatican replaces cardinal in Holocaust controversy

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  Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday replaced the cardinal responsible for lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop as part of the Vatican's effort to reconcile with an ultraconservative group. Continue reading »

• Oldest Bible saved digitally

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  The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited - digitally. Continue reading »

• Pope proposes new financial order guided by ethics

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  Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good, denouncing the profit-at-all-cost mentality blamed for bringing about the global financial meltdown. Continue reading »

• Rick Warren envisions coalition of faith

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  The Rev. Rick Warren, one of America's best-known evangelical Protestant pastors, pleaded with about 8,000 Muslim listeners on Saturday night to work together to solve the world's greatest problems by cooperating in a series of ... Continue reading »