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  "State-Sponsored Persecution" Of Christians: Trinamool Writes To Vatican

  Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress wrote to the Vatican today, alleging "state-sponsored persecution of Christians" in Assam. Party spokesman Saket Gokhale wrote to the Embassy of the Holy See of the Vatican.

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  Vatican Jails Priest For Possessing Child Pornography

  A Vatican court on Saturday jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the Holy See's Washington embassy, for possessing and sharing child pornography.

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  Catholic Priest Admits To Possessing Child Pornography In Trial

  A Catholic priest who worked as a diplomat at the Vatican's embassy in Washington admitted at the start of his trial on Friday that he had possessed child pornography while based in the United States.

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  Vatican Arrests Ex-Diplomat In Child Sex Abuse Probe

  The Vatican said on Saturday a monsignor who was a former advisor at its US embassy in Washington has been arrested on suspicion of watching child sex abuse.

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  Pope Francis Met With Gay Couple in US Visit

  Pope Francis met with a gay couple at the Vatican Embassy in Washington during the pontiff's visit to the United States last week in a quiet gesture to the gay and lesbian community.

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  Pope Francis Met Secretly in United States With Anti-Gay Marriage County Clerk: Report

  Pope Francis met secretly while in the United States with a Kentucky county clerk who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing her lawyer.

• Mortar shell hits Vatican embassy in Damascus

  Eyewitnesses say a mortar shell has slammed into a Damascus building that houses the Vatican's embassy.