Associated Press – March 17, 2008 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged Iraqi Christians on Monday to find the strength to keep working for a peaceful future after the death of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul. Benedict celebrated a memorial Mass in a Vatican chapel in honor of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho.…

By ADELLE M. BANKS c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The outgoing pastor of Sen. Barack Obama’s black megachurch in Chicago has come under fire for sermons that some have called racist, offensive, even dangerous. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has called the federal government the “U.S. of K.K.K. A.” Just after the 9/11 terrorist…

Associated Press – March 14, 2008 WARSAW, Poland – A new book released Friday presents testimony from the archives of the late Pope John Paul II’s beatification process, offering a look into how the Polish-born pontiff touched the lives of those around the world. “Cuda,” or “Miracles,” contains 150 written testimonies that people from around…

Associated Press – March 14, 2008 BEIJING – Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing through the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. A radio report said two people had been killed. The U.S. and the European Union called on China…

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