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Republican senators wobble on House health plan
Vatican asks Beijing for positive signs to help dialogue
Vatican trial finds three El Salvadoran priests guilty of sex abuse
Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery of US women
Pope Francis the manager: surprising, secretive, shrewd
Rome 'decorum cops' remove mural showing pope as graffiti artist
Kansas trio pleads not guilty in plot to bomb apartment, mosque
Israel follows rocket attack from Gaza with air strike
North Dakota pipeline fight gives spark to Native American activism
US gov't seeks halt to North Dakota oil pipeline
France buries priest murdered by Islamist militants
Salvadoran Supreme Court invalidates civil war amnesty law
Iran condemns attacks in Saudi Arabia, calls for regional unity
Report: Benedict XVI's memoirs say 'gay lobby' tried to wield power
Cardinal suspends four priests accused of molesting minors
Pride parades tinged with sadness after Orlando massacre
White House denounces senators as cowards on gun control
Fifty killed in Florida nightclub shooting, worst in U.S. history
Obama mourns dead in Hiroshima, calls for world without nuclear arms
