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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media. Full Story »

SALT LAKE CITY - Defense attorneys for the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart argued Monday that testimony by experts in Mormon fundamentalism and religious extremism is irrelevant and should not be allowed at a hearing to decide his mental competency. Full Story »

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The outreach director for the northern Virginia mosque where the suspected Fort Hood shooter sometimes attended prayer services says Maj. Nidal Hasan was not an active member. Full Story »

VATICAN CITY (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. Full Story »

A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics Full Story »

Less than 1% of America's 1.4 million troops are Muslim -- and that number is the military's best guess, since just 4,000 troops have declared their faith in service records Full Story »

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy. Full Story »

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The Vatican on Monday promulgated new rules under which Anglicans -- many of whom are unhappy with the Church of England's moves to embrace female and homosexual clergy -- can join the Catholic fold. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas - A key U.S. senator called Sunday for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's top general expressed concern on Sunday that last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, blamed on a Muslim Army officer, could fuel a backlash in the military against Muslim troops. Full Story »

BRESCIA, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Full Story »

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change. Full Story »

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's family says he confided in them that he felt harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military — and wasn't treated as an American and soldier should be. Full Story »

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday. Full Story »

As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning on Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor unleashed a massacre at a US military base, killing 13. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an Army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas. Full Story »