VATICAN FACING UN SHOWDOWN ON SEX AB– USE RECORD
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Holy See’s chief sex crimes prosecutor, meets journalists in Rome. The…
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UK ORDERS INQUIRY INTO BRITISH ROLE IN TEMPLE RAID
By RAPHAEL SATTER FILE – In this June 6, 1984 file photo, Indian troops take up position on rooftops around the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, India, after soldiers started to…
IRAN’S ROUHANI CASTS NUKE DEAL AS WIN FOR NATION
FILE- In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006 file photo, an aerial view of a heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak. Iran’s reformers and moderate conservatives welcomed…
SWEDISH DOCTORS TRANSPLANT WOMBS INTO 9 WOMEN
By MALIN RISING and MARIA CHENG In this April 4, 2012 photo made available by the University of Goteborg in Sweden, the Swedish research team practices before the operations to…
RUSSIA: ASSAD MULLING OPEN HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
By LARA JAKES and LORI HINNANT US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center,…
FRENCH FIRST LADY HOSPITALIZED AFTER AFFAIR REPORT
By LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, file photo, French President Francois Hollande, left, and his companion Valerie Trierweiler arrive for a state dinner at the…
GERMAN MINISTER PLEDGES FAMILY-FRIENDLY MILITARY
FILE – In this Dec. 17, 2013 file picture German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen pass soldiers during an office handing-over ceremony at the defense ministry in Berlin, Germany.…
POPE NAMES 19 NEW CARDINALS, FOCUSING ON THE POOR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2013 file photo Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin waves to faithful prior to the start of Pope Francis’s Vespers…