51.   A man pleaded guilty Friday to charges involving the desecration of religious statues at Catholic churches across Brooklyn, and was sentenced to five years probation.

52.   A rural Roman Catholic church was burned to the ground early Monday, in the third attack on Catholic churches in three days.

53.   After centuries of Portuguese control, Macau has developed a hybrid culture that mixes Chinese temples and Catholic churches, fried rice with red Portuguese wine.

54.   Arsonists damaged two unoccupied Catholic churches in predominantly Protestant parts of Northern Ireland early Sunday, the latest expression of rising sectarian tensions in this divided society.

55.   Authorities, alarmed by recent bombings aimed at Catholic churches and organizations, are mobilizing thousands of police and security officers.

56.   Bosnian Serb fighters blew up two other Catholic churches Sunday.

57.   Bosnian Serb fighters blew up two Catholic churches Sunday.

58.   But the progress was marred Thursday by police reports that seven Catholic churches were damaged in overnight arson attacks throughout Northern Ireland.

59.   Catholic churches across the country canceled Mass and told worshipers to head downtown.

60.   Explosions hit two Catholic churches.