• Vatican Releases New List of Sinful Acts

  A Vatican official has listed drugs, pollution and genetic manipulations as well as social and economic injustices as new areas of sinful behavior.

• Muscle Cream Caused NYC Teen's Death

  A medical examiner blamed a 17-year-old track star's death on the use of too much muscle cream, the kind used to soothe aching legs after exercise.

  

• Report: China Detains Bishop Again

  An elderly bishop in China's underground Catholic church has been detained again by police, nine months after his release from their custody.

• Protestant, Jewish Leaders Urge End to Sit-In at German Church Slated to Become Synagogue

  Protestant and Jewish leaders on Friday appealed to a group of 15 parishioners to end an eight-week sit-in at a church in western Germany that is slated to be converted into a synagogue.

• Not Much Chance for 'God' to Be in New EU Constitution, Says Merkel

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel told European religious leaders Tuesday there was no chance of including a mention of God or Europe's Christian roots in a redrafted European Union constitution.