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Pope Benedict shares the "outrage, betrayal and shame" felt by the Irish people over a government report that said Church leaders covered up widespread sexual abuse of children for 30 years, the Vatican said on Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI has has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Roman Catholic Church.

Controversial US abortion doctor George Tiller has been shot dead at a church in his home state of Kansas, officials say.

Brevard Public School District's risk-management department has threatened to boot New Hope Church out of Sherwood Elementary because of a worship series titled "Great Sex for You."

A tornado destroyed dozens of homes and businesses in a small Mississippi community early Thursday, injuring several people and flattening a church although there were no immediate reports of fatalities.

An Alabama church, whose congregation has grown dramatically under a new pastor, has run up against the sensibilities of a conservative community with a monthlong focus on sex.

A megachurch paid a 20-year-old man to keep silent about a sexual relationship he had with disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard, a senior church pastor said.