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Middle East April 11, 2019

South Sudan leaders' retreat in Vatican enters second day

A retreat at the Vatican for the leaders of South Sudan enters its second day, a month before the end of the pre-transitional period of a shaky peace deal.

Good News April 11, 2019

Sister Mary Jo Sobieck, nun whose perfect first pitch went viral, gets her own baseball card

A nun who went viral for throwing a perfect pitch hit another milestone — by being recognized with her very own baseball card.

RELIGION April 11, 2019

Benedict says Vatican legal system protected accused clergy

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI says in a new document that protections built into the Vatican's legal protections worked in favor of clergy accused of sex abuse to the point of making a conviction "nearly impossible" in past decades.

RELIGION April 11, 2019

Pakistan court lets converted Hindu girls live with husbands

A Pakistani court is allowing two teenage sisters from the minority Hindu community to live with their Muslim husbands after a government probe concluded they're both adults and hadn't been forced to convert and marry the men.

RELIGION April 11, 2019

Report: Myanmar rebels kidnap civilians from police base

Myanmar state media report three people were killed and seven civilians abducted in an attack on a police installation that authorities blame on the Arakan Army rebel group.

RELIGION April 11, 2019

Japan Catholic Church to begin investigating sex abuse cases

The Catholic Church in Japan is preparing to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against minors by its priests, including accusations from 20 years ago, amid widening pedophilia scandals.

RELIGION April 10, 2019

Pope calls Nicaragua bishop to Rome

Pope Francis has asked one of Nicaragua's most outspoken bishops to come to Rome for an undetermined period of time, church officials said Wednesday.

Outbreaks April 10, 2019

Orthodox Jews decry public backlash over measles outbreak

As New York officials sound alarms this week about the measles outbreak in urban and suburban areas that include concentrations of Orthodox Jews, leaders of those communities are pushing back, saying that they are being stigmatized as being anti-vaccination and indifferent about public health.

RELIGION April 10, 2019

Spain's Supreme Court upholds priest's sex abuse conviction

Spain's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a priest for the sexual abuse of two 12-year-old boys and confirmed a lower court's sentence of 17 years and seven months in prison.

RELIGION April 10, 2019

Pope invites foreign press association to Vatican next month

Pope Francis, who travels with journalists aboard the papal plane, is expanding his reach when he meets with members of Italy's 400-strong foreign press association at the Vatican on May 18.