Tells journalists to expect conscience clause protection for health care workers

Obama said his encounters with the cardinal continue to influence him, particularly his "seamless garment" approach to a multitude of social justice issues. He also told the group of eight reporters to expect a conscience clause protection for health care workers currently under review by the administration that will be no less protective than what existed previously.

The Vatican waited until the last day of the year of St. Paul to wow the world with two surprising scientific findings: the presumed bones of the apostle and the oldest known portrait of the saint.

During a vespers service at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls June 28, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the presumed tomb of St. Paul contains bone fragments from a human who lived between the first and second century.

Parishioners try to keep parishes open, but official options are few

WASHINGTON — No matter the night, someone sleeps in St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate, Mass. It's been that way since October 2004.

One night it's 8-year-old triplets, their mother and their aunt. The next it might be a middle-age couple accompanied by friends. Then it could be a group of retirees who have always called the church home.