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A Scottish appeals court ruled Wednesday that two midwives, both Roman Catholics, can opt out of planning staffing for abortions.
Pope Francis delivered the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing to a packed crowd at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Easter Sunday.
Pope Francis urges courage at first mass
Pope Francis, in his first mass as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Thursday urged the church to have courage.
Black smoke means no new pope yet
Black smoke poured from a chimney on the Vatican's Sistine Chapel Tuesday, signaling cardinals had failed to elect a successor to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
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Pope Benedict holds last public mass
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday mass, his last public mass and first public appearance since he announced his resignation.
Pope Benedict XVI's papal ring will be destroyed after he steps down at the end of the month, a Vatican spokesman said Tuesday.
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Cardinal Jozef Glemp, who led Poland's Roman Catholics through the transition from Communism to democracy, has died at age 83, the Archbishop of Warsaw said.
The ban on Catholic spouses for British monarchs and their heirs is an 18th-century anachronism, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Tuesday.
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Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch