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Italy defies Vatican to allow gay unions

Italy's lawmakers aren't listening to the Catholic Church's words on the family and the sanctity of marriage. On Wednesday, Italy's parliament approved same-sex civil unions and gave some rights to unmarried heterosexual couples on Wednesday.

20-something woman euthanized because PTSD considered incurable

A woman suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder—after a decade of sexual abuse as a child—has been given a lethal injection under Dutch euthanasia laws. Doctors and psychiatrists concluded the woman's PTSD and other conditions that resulted from the sexual abuse were incurable.

Boxer threatened by Islamic militants fears for wife and children

President of Philippines claims Abu Sayyaf terrorists, located on the island of Mindanao nearly 600 miles from Manila, are plotting to snatch Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao and hold him for ransom. Pacquiao said he doubts the report but isn't taking any chances with the lives of his wife and ...

'Atheist pastor' may be rejected by liberal denomination

The United Church of Canada, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, may be close to removing a Toronto minister from her pulpit 15 years after she first told her congregation that she didn't believe in an all-powerful God who gets involved in the everyday lives of people.

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