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  • Church of England bishop says gays should 'repent'

    AP – 26 mins ago

    LONDON - A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.

  • Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims

    AP – Sat Jul 4, 10:14 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.

  • Pope urges G8 leaders to act on crisis

    AP – Sat Jul 4, 10:34 am ET

    VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting in Italy next week to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn, the Vatican said Saturday.

  • Obama believes pope will share view on Middle East: report

    AFP – Fri Jul 3, 3:06 pm ET

    ROME (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said in an interview published Friday he thought Pope Benedict XVI would "share my approach" on policy in the Middle East.

  • Pope OKs miracle to beatify UK Cardinal Newman

    AP – Fri Jul 3, 2:23 pm ET

    VATICAN CITY - Cardinal John Henry Newman, an influential 19th-century Anglican theologian who converted to Roman Catholicism, moved a step closer to possible sainthood Friday after the pope approved a miracle attributed to his intercession.

  • Vatican newspaper praises French Protestant John Calvin

    AFP – Fri Jul 3, 1:45 pm ET

    VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The Vatican newspaper Friday praised influential French Protestant John Calvin, a critic of the Roman Catholic Church, hailing him an "extraordinary" figure.

  • NYC Muslims push to add holidays to school year

    AP – Fri Jul 3, 1:25 pm ET

    NEW YORK - Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.

  • Lightning strike destroys Mass. church steeple

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 7:40 pm ET

    MEDWAY, Mass. - Lightning has struck a historic eastern Massachusetts church, damaging its roof and destroying its steeple.

  • Obama says he gets daily prayers on his BlackBerry

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 5:51 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry.

  • Obama hasn't yet picked a church for his family

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 5:38 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he is taking his time picking a church because his choice will undergo political scrutiny.

  • Mennonites protest church exclusion of gays

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 5:07 pm ET

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a quiet act of defiance, gay and lesbian Mennonites dressed in bright pink gathered outside the church's official convention in Columbus on Thursday and criticized its leaders for trying to push them out.

  • Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says

    Reuters – Thu Jul 2, 12:11 pm ET

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official said on Thursday in a rare self-criticism.

  • Religion News in Brief

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 11:28 am ET

    SALT LAKE CITY - The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

  • Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 6:54 am ET

    NEW YORK - Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back.

  • Muslims not just concerned about US policy: envoy

    AFP – Wed Jul 1, 11:38 pm ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US envoy tasked with reaching out to Muslims around the world said she expects to go beyond criticism of Washington's foreign policy, outlining an ambitious program of reconciliation.

  • CORRECTION: U.S. senators press Vietnam on jailed priest

    Reuters – Wed Jul 1, 6:58 pm ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators urged Vietnam's president on Wednesday to free a Catholic priest as human rights groups said his imprisonment justified putting Hanoi on a U.S. religious freedom blacklist.

  • GOP loses last Jewish senator with Coleman loss

    AP – Wed Jul 1, 5:50 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century.

  • Ancient Iraqi sect struggles to keep culture in US

    AP – Wed Jul 1, 5:22 am ET

    FERNDALE, Mich. - When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.

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