Top five news stories:

1) On May 9, Benedict XVI will visit a Brazil that's not so Catholic anymore.

2) African bishops say they weren't condoning Mugabe, but they don't retract their statement.

3) New Zealand and California consider legislation on smacking children

4) A priest-imam soccer game was cancelled because the priests' team included women.

5) Archaeologists say they have discovered Herod's tomb.

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