Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to account: Obama (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would hold to account those who missed warning signs that could have prevented a shooting rampage on a Texas army base earlier this month that killed 13 people.

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AP - The bishop of Malta says Pope Benedict XVI will visit the tiny Mediterranean island April 17-18 to mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck.

Ex-pastor Ted Haggard holds home prayer meeting (AP)

 
AP - Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church, but a sign of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal.

Police say 2nd suspect admitted kidnapping NC girl (AP)

 
AP - A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park.

Lawyer: FBI asked Mass. suspect to be informant (AP)

 
AP - The lawyer for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring in an alleged terror plot says his client was charged only after he refused three attempts by the FBI to recruit him as an informant.

Army: Fort Hood suspect charged with murder (AP)

AP - The Army psychiatrist suspected in a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has been charged in a military court with 13 counts of premeditated murder.

Catholic documents in oldest US city preserved (AP)

 
AP - Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of the oldest known European records from the United States.

Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing (AP)

 
AP - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.

AP: Pa. music church settles suit, bans concerts (AP)

AP - The leader of a western Pennsylvania church is settling a federal lawsuit by pulling the plug on jam band concerts he says were religious services.

Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest (AP)

AP - A Marine reservist has been charged with attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he mistook for an Arab terrorist.

Priests Spar Over What It Means to Be Catholic (Time.com)

Time.com - A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics

Vatican opens door to Anglicans (AFP)

 
AFP - The Vatican eased the way Monday for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England's ordination of female and homosexual clergy to convert to Catholicism.

4th Chicago teen charged in videotaped beating (AP)

AP - A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.

Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings (AP)

AP - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.

4th Chicago teen charged in videotaped beating (AP)

AP - A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.