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Monday, April 29, 2013  Man vaults pews and lashes out at New Mexico choir, sending 4 churchgoers to hospital with stab wounds

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Alleged Los Angeles clergy sex abuse victims seek Catholic religious order files in fight over records

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak and poor at official start of papacy

Sunday, March 17, 2013  St. Peter's Catholic Church was a full house on Sunday. It was the first mass for 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world under the newly elected Pope Francis.

Friday, March 15, 2013  U.S. clergy abuse victims want punishment, transparency under new pope; many not optimistic

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Pope Francis' election stirs up Argentine 'dirty war' allegations; biographer calls it unfair

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Wednesday's announcement of the first South American Pontiff is giving local Catholics lots to be excited about.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  The Catholic church has chosen a new pope -- Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio. Bergoglio will go by the name Pope Francis

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  More black smoke points to divisions among cardinals over who should be next pope

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Cardinals locked into Sistine Chapel to pick pope amid upheaval, divisions in Catholic church

Monday, March 11, 2013  Who's up, who's down: Cardinals hold final talks amid debate over manager or pastoral pope

Friday, March 01, 2013  Here in the Midlands, St. John Neumann Church offered a special mass in honor of the holy father.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  The pope's title and what he would wear has been a major question ever since Benedict stunned the world and announced he would resign on Thursday, the first pontiff to do so in 600 years.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The confidential records filed in a lawsuit against the archdiocese disclose how the church handled abuse allegations for decades and also reveal dissent.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Update: Judge orders files released with church hierarchy names made public.