COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 3 1/2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal.

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (AP) -- Iran's girls' soccer team was thrown out of the Youth Olympics because FIFA rules prevent players from wearing an Islamic headscarf.

LONDON (AP) -- Researchers say a new find near the famous Stonehenge monument shows the religious significance of the site.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland immediately after he arrived in Israel Monday, a stance that could put him at odds with his hosts on a trip aimed at easing strains between the Vatican and Jews.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI carried a tall, lit candle symbolizing Christian hope into a dramatically darkened St. Peter's Basilica packed with faithful Saturday night in the traditional start of the Vatican's vigil Mass on the eve of Easter.

Speaking out two years after being embroiled in a gay sex scandal, former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard said Friday his sexual identity is complex and can't be put into "stereotypical boxes," but that his relationship with his wife is stronger than ever.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh is suing its breakaway parishes to recover $20 million in assets it believes were wrongfully taken when the conservative branches split from the liberal diocese in October.

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- The Irish government ordered a new investigation Wednesday into how a Roman Catholic bishop mishandled complaints against sexually abusive priests in his diocese.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The state's high court has prohibited three Southern California parishes who left the U.S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay ministers from retaining ownership of their church buildings and property.

DANIELSVILLE, GA (AP) -- A former deputy clerk in Madison County has been charged with theft for stealing $80,000 in county funds.

OLYMPIA, WA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have rallied at Washington's state Capitol to protest a holiday display that disparages religion and says there is no God.

BLAIRSVILLE, PA (AP) -- A tiny western Pennsylvania church is stunned by the largesse of a frugal farmer who left the congregation more than $2 million when he died.

JENSEN BEACH, FL (AP) -- Police in Florida say they've arrested a Connecticut man after he tried to steal communion wafers during a church service.