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Vatican Reports Number of Catholics Worldwide Up 1.6 Percent

Catholics now make up 17.4 percent of the world population, up 1.6 percent. Pope donates $7 million in humanitarian aide.

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Italian Police Arrest Five in Plot to Bomb Fresco

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Send Sex Offenders to Monasteries? Monks Say 'No Way'

Bishops shouldn't make monasteries a dumping ground for problem priests, say monastic communities.

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Nuns Targeted

Priests exploit, rape young nuns in Africa, elsewhere, reports allege.

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Denver Archbishop Orders Priests to Cease Gay Masses

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