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(RNS) A judge sentenced two Oregon parents to 16 months in prison on Monday (March 8), calling their decision to not seek medical care for their 16-year-old son a “crime that was a product of an unwillingness to respect the boundaries of freedom of expression.” Marci Beagley sobbed as the sentencing was read, and shortly…

(RNS) Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the head of Germany’s Catholic bishops on Friday (March 12) to discuss allegations of widespread sexual abuse of children in the pope’s homeland. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, said through a spokesman that he will brief Benedict on some 170 abuse allegations…

BERLIN – An ever-widening sexual abuse scandal involving Germany’s Roman Catholic Church spilled into the heart of Pope Benedict XVI’s homeland Friday when a former member of a boy’s choir led for 30 years by his brother claimed he was a victim. A former singer came forward with allegations church employees had sexually abused him…

WASHINGTON – On the other side of the obstacle course that President Barack Obama must clear to get his health care overhaul, a final trapdoor is lurking: the divisive politics of abortion. The issue pits House Democrats against each other just when Obama is calling on them to unite for one last push on health…
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