Top religion news in 2010 evoked sense of déjà vu

The calendar may have said 2010, but for Pope Benedict XVI and much of his global flock, it looked and felt a lot like 2002.

For
the second time in a decade, damning charges of child molestation at
the hands of Catholic priests dominated headlines, this time reaching
the highest levels of the Vatican, as critics questioned whether
Benedict himself mishandled abuse cases.

The Roman Catholic Church
wasn't the only institution battling a sense of déjà vu, as some of the
most controversial religion stories from the past 20 years returned to
the headlines.