C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC MOBS LAUNCH ETHNIC ATTACKS
By KRISTA LARSON A French soldier screams at mobs of Christians attacking suspected Seleka members before firing warning shots near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9,…
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SEIZURE OF NUNS STOKES SYRIAN CHRISTIAN FEARS
By LEE KEATH A Syrian acolyte girl listens to the sermon, during prayers for nuns held by rebels, at the Greek Orthodox Mariamiya Church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8,…
QUOTES FROM SOUTH AFRICAN SERMONS HONORING MANDELA
By The Associated Press A mourner is silhouetted in front of a stained-glass window of Nelson Mandela at a morning mass in his memory at the Regina Mundi church, which…
NEARLY 100 DEAD IN CAR BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE
By KRISTA LARSON Shrouded bodies lay in a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. Over…
POPE PRAYS FOR 12 NUNS ABDUCTED IN SYRIA BY REBELS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Vatican Pope Pope Francis delivers his…
VATICAN, OXFORD PUT ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS ONLINE
By NICOLE WINFIELD Msgr. Cesare Pasini, prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, shows a 10th century digitalized Bible during an interview with The Associated Press , at the Apostolic Library,…
EGYPT’S CONSTITUTIONAL PANEL HOLDS FINAL MEETING
By HAMZA HENDAWI Egyptian security forces detain one of the protesters demonstrating against the government in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police on Sunday used…
POPE WANTS CLOSER LOOK AT VATICAN’S FINANCE REFORM
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis grabs a shirt thrown to him by faithful as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the…