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http://news.yahoo.com/religion/ Get the latest Religion news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Religion news, including analysis and opinion on top Religion stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 21 Aug 2012 17:22:32 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/religion/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/philly-catholic-high-schools-outside-manager-145708520.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1_SOM0QB78Q66Wz8zoGlsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5d0355ba8cd3e817180f6a706700422c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput speaks at a news conference at Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Philadelphia. Chaput announced Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will be independently managed by the church-affiliated Faith in the Future Foundation, an unusual arrangement that officials hope will reinvigorate a system decimated by low enrollment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" align="left" title="Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput speaks at a news conference at Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Philadelphia. Chaput announced Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will be independently managed by the church-affiliated Faith in the Future Foundation, an unusual arrangement that officials hope will reinvigorate a system decimated by low enrollment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will soon be managed by a private foundation, a historic arrangement that could reinvigorate a system decimated by high costs and low enrollment, church officials announced Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/philly-catholic-high-schools-outside-manager-145708520.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 17:22:32 -0400Associated Pressphilly-catholic-high-schools-outside-manager-145708520<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/philly-catholic-high-schools-outside-manager-145708520.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1_SOM0QB78Q66Wz8zoGlsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5d0355ba8cd3e817180f6a706700422c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput speaks at a news conference at Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Philadelphia. Chaput announced Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will be independently managed by the church-affiliated Faith in the Future Foundation, an unusual arrangement that officials hope will reinvigorate a system decimated by low enrollment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" align="left" title="Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput speaks at a news conference at Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Philadelphia. Chaput announced Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will be independently managed by the church-affiliated Faith in the Future Foundation, an unusual arrangement that officials hope will reinvigorate a system decimated by low enrollment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area will soon be managed by a private foundation, a historic arrangement that could reinvigorate a system decimated by high costs and low enrollment, church officials announced Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>A US man who sued the Vatican after years of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of a Roman Catholic priest plans to appeal a court ruling dismissing the case, his attorney said Tuesday.http://news.yahoo.com/appeal-planned-vatican-sex-abuse-suit-lawyer-204406962.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 16:44:06 -0400AFPappeal-planned-vatican-sex-abuse-suit-lawyer-204406962<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-opening-little-religion-173412596.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.LqOpS1Ndap3oL418K0.fg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/eb087f348cefe817180f6a706700af6f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Manchester N.H. Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and lay leadership in the church, heeding pleas from backers who hope it could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Manchester N.H. Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and lay leadership in the church, heeding pleas from backers who hope it could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and his lay leadership in the church, following pleas from backers who say that talking about his faith could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romney-opening-little-religion-173412596.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 14:27:43 -0400Associated Pressromney-opening-little-religion-173412596<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-opening-little-religion-173412596.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.LqOpS1Ndap3oL418K0.fg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/eb087f348cefe817180f6a706700af6f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Manchester N.H. Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and lay leadership in the church, heeding pleas from backers who hope it could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Manchester N.H. Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and lay leadership in the church, heeding pleas from backers who hope it could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and his lay leadership in the church, following pleas from backers who say that talking about his faith could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters.</p><br clear="all"/>Shares of Church & Dwight Co. rose Tuesday after the company said it will buy vitamin maker Avid Health.THE SPARK: Church & Dwight said Monday that it will buy Avid for $650 million in stock. Avid's products ...http://news.yahoo.com/church-dwight-rises-agreeing-buy-172851886.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 13:28:51 -0400Associated Presschurch-dwight-rises-agreeing-buy-172851886The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ruled that the Holy See is not the employer of molester priests.The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman ...http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-win-judge-says-priests-170612731.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 13:06:12 -0400Associated Pressvatican-win-judge-says-priests-170612731<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-less-religious-states-less-charity-130341432.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KVzQF3KxHub9QyU1Lydk8A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70b1b8607258cc17180f6a7067007590.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 photo, John Alves, of Dartmouth, Mass., uses a basket while taking collection during Mass at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in New Bedford, Mass. A study on the generosity of Americans, released Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, found that states with populations that are less religious are also the stingiest about giving money to charity. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)" align="left" title="In this Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 photo, John Alves, of Dartmouth, Mass., uses a basket while taking collection during Mass at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in New Bedford, Mass. A study on the generosity of Americans, released Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, found that states with populations that are less religious are also the stingiest about giving money to charity. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)" border="0" /></a>States with the least religious residents are also the stingiest about giving money to charity, a new study on the generosity of Americans suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/study-less-religious-states-less-charity-130341432.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 12:16:54 -0400Associated Pressstudy-less-religious-states-less-charity-130341432<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-less-religious-states-less-charity-130341432.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KVzQF3KxHub9QyU1Lydk8A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70b1b8607258cc17180f6a7067007590.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 photo, John Alves, of Dartmouth, Mass., uses a basket while taking collection during Mass at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in New Bedford, Mass. A study on the generosity of Americans, released Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, found that states with populations that are less religious are also the stingiest about giving money to charity. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)" align="left" title="In this Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 photo, John Alves, of Dartmouth, Mass., uses a basket while taking collection during Mass at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in New Bedford, Mass. A study on the generosity of Americans, released Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, found that states with populations that are less religious are also the stingiest about giving money to charity. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)" border="0" /></a>States with the least religious residents are also the stingiest about giving money to charity, a new study on the generosity of Americans suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>Republican Paul Ryan is criticizing President Barack Obama for a remark the Democrat made four years ago about voters clinging to guns and religion.http://news.yahoo.com/ryan-says-hes-happy-cling-guns-religion-161233642.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 12:12:33 -0400Associated Pressryan-says-hes-happy-cling-guns-religion-161233642RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Its leaders call themselves devout Christians and say life is sacred. But its supporters march with spears, machetes and clubs and anoint themselves with magic potions to ward off police bullets. By taking on South Africa's powerful mining houses and the politically-connected NUM mineworkers' union, breakaway union AMCU has put itself at the heart of national soul-searching after Thursday's police shooting of 34 striking platinum miners at a mine northwest of Johannesburg. ...http://news.yahoo.com/militant-south-africa-union-marches-bible-witchcraft-154721092--finance.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 11:47:21 -0400Reutersmilitant-south-africa-union-marches-bible-witchcraft-154721092--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/three-religions-meet-suburban-paris-prayer-space-111505495.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lgkYpxSOoVr.SS.XVDBIeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-21T153815Z_1_CBRE87K17FU00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-TEMPLE-RELIGION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Workmen prepare the European Regional Temple in Bussy-Saint Georges" align="left" title="Workmen prepare the European Regional Temple in Bussy-Saint Georges" border="0" /></a>BUSSY-SAINT-GEORGES, France (Reuters) - Chief Abbess Manchen Shih gazed through a first-floor window of her vast wood and concrete temple as shaven-headed nuns in mustard robes prepared for midday prayers, cooking rice as an offering to the Buddha. &quot;Look! You can see the mosque and the Laotian temple,&quot; she said, gesturing at two half-finished buildings rising from a weed-ridden site in Bussy-Saint-Georges, 30 km (20 miles) east of Paris. Like many of the new towns that have sprung up since the 1960s to ease urban overcrowding, more than half of Bussy&#039;s 25,000 residents are immigrants. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/three-religions-meet-suburban-paris-prayer-space-111505495.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 11:38:15 -0400Reutersthree-religions-meet-suburban-paris-prayer-space-111505495<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/three-religions-meet-suburban-paris-prayer-space-111505495.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lgkYpxSOoVr.SS.XVDBIeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-21T153815Z_1_CBRE87K17FU00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-TEMPLE-RELIGION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Workmen prepare the European Regional Temple in Bussy-Saint Georges" align="left" title="Workmen prepare the European Regional Temple in Bussy-Saint Georges" border="0" /></a>BUSSY-SAINT-GEORGES, France (Reuters) - Chief Abbess Manchen Shih gazed through a first-floor window of her vast wood and concrete temple as shaven-headed nuns in mustard robes prepared for midday prayers, cooking rice as an offering to the Buddha. &quot;Look! You can see the mosque and the Laotian temple,&quot; she said, gesturing at two half-finished buildings rising from a weed-ridden site in Bussy-Saint-Georges, 30 km (20 miles) east of Paris. Like many of the new towns that have sprung up since the 1960s to ease urban overcrowding, more than half of Bussy&#039;s 25,000 residents are immigrants. ...</p><br clear="all"/>The leader of Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church said Tuesday that senior clergy and staff earning over ?2,000 ($2,460) a month are in for salary cuts as the island nation's ongoing financial crisis has seen church revenue dwindle.http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-orthodox-church-feels-cash-crunch-114714674--finance.htmlTue, 21 Aug 2012 08:14:11 -0400Associated Presscyprus-orthodox-church-feels-cash-crunch-114714674--financeNEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans in Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and Idaho gave the highest percentage of their income to charities in 2008, according to a report released on Monday analyzing the most recent comprehensive data from the Internal Revenue Service. With two of the top states home to large Mormon populations and seven others comprising the so-called Bible Belt of heavily Protestant Christian states, rates of charitable giving appeared linked to religion, the report said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/mormon-bible-belt-states-top-givers-charities-report-035234869.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 23:52:34 -0400Reutersmormon-bible-belt-states-top-givers-charities-report-035234869CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge in Oregon dismissed a clergy sexual abuse case on Monday that was the first to try to hold the Vatican responsible for moving an offending priest into unsuspecting parishes, lawyers in the case said. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman in Portland, Oregon, ruled the Holy See in Rome could not be shown to be the "employer" of the late Father Andrew Ronan, who abused children in Chicago and later in Portland. ...http://news.yahoo.com/judge-dismisses-clergy-abuse-case-accused-vatican-002558666.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 20:25:58 -0400Reutersjudge-dismisses-clergy-abuse-case-accused-vatican-002558666Church & Dwight Co. said Monday that it will buy Avid Health Inc. for $650 million to expand into the vitamins business.http://news.yahoo.com/church-dwight-buy-avid-health-650m-214426160--finance.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 17:44:26 -0400Associated Presschurch-dwight-buy-avid-health-650m-214426160--financeThe Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ruled that the Holy See is not the employer of molester priests.http://news.yahoo.com/us-judge-says-vatican-isnt-priests-employer-193428031.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 15:45:55 -0400Associated Pressus-judge-says-vatican-isnt-priests-employer-193428031Judge rules in Oregon sex abuse case that priests are not employees of the Vatican.http://news.yahoo.com/judge-rules-oregon-sex-abuse-case-priests-not-192756650.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 15:27:56 -0400Associated Pressjudge-rules-oregon-sex-abuse-case-priests-not-192756650<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-visit-lebanon-despite-syria-conflict-vatican-164209686.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uC7YyWSlKIkqOC.LeT0Z_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-20T164209Z_1_CBRE87J1AEC00_RTROPTP_2_POPE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Benedict XVI blesses during the Angelus prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castelgandolfo" align="left" title="Pope Benedict XVI blesses during the Angelus prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castelgandolfo" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict&#039;s trip to Lebanon next month will go forward as planned, the Vatican said on Monday, even as fighting rages in neighboring Syria. Benedict&#039;s visit to Lebanon is scheduled for September 14-16. But escalating violence in Syria and sectarian tensions in Lebanon prompted speculation last week that the pontiff might be forced to postpone the trip. &quot;The preparations for the visit are going ahead without any uncertainty on the part of the Vatican,&quot; Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Holy See, told reporters. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pope-visit-lebanon-despite-syria-conflict-vatican-164209686.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 12:42:09 -0400Reuterspope-visit-lebanon-despite-syria-conflict-vatican-164209686<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pope-visit-lebanon-despite-syria-conflict-vatican-164209686.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uC7YyWSlKIkqOC.LeT0Z_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-20T164209Z_1_CBRE87J1AEC00_RTROPTP_2_POPE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Benedict XVI blesses during the Angelus prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castelgandolfo" align="left" title="Pope Benedict XVI blesses during the Angelus prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castelgandolfo" border="0" /></a>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict&#039;s trip to Lebanon next month will go forward as planned, the Vatican said on Monday, even as fighting rages in neighboring Syria. Benedict&#039;s visit to Lebanon is scheduled for September 14-16. But escalating violence in Syria and sectarian tensions in Lebanon prompted speculation last week that the pontiff might be forced to postpone the trip. &quot;The preparations for the visit are going ahead without any uncertainty on the part of the Vatican,&quot; Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Holy See, told reporters. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-christian-girl-held-accused-blasphemy-155137613.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4LwRgTGxOFudwughkJm95Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9775359f725acc17180f6a7067005e17.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People gathered outside the locked house of a Christian girl in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country&#039;s strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday. The arrest of the girl and outrage among the local community demonstrates the deep emotion that suspected blasphemy cases can evoke in this conservative Muslim country, where rising extremism often means religious minorities live in fear of persecution.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" align="left" title="People gathered outside the locked house of a Christian girl in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country&#039;s strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday. The arrest of the girl and outrage among the local community demonstrates the deep emotion that suspected blasphemy cases can evoke in this conservative Muslim country, where rising extremism often means religious minorities live in fear of persecution.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0" /></a>Pakistani authorities have arrested a young Christian girl after hundreds of furious neighbors gathered outside her house and accused her of violating the country&#039;s strict blasphemy laws by burning pages of the Muslim holy book, police and neighbors said Monday. The girl&#039;s age was not immediately clear, with reports ranging from 11 to 16, and some have raised the possibility she might be mentally handicapped.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-christian-girl-held-accused-blasphemy-155137613.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 11:51:37 -0400Associated Presspakistan-christian-girl-held-accused-blasphemy-155137613<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-christian-girl-held-accused-blasphemy-155137613.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4LwRgTGxOFudwughkJm95Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9775359f725acc17180f6a7067005e17.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People gathered outside the locked house of a Christian girl in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country&#039;s strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday. The arrest of the girl and outrage among the local community demonstrates the deep emotion that suspected blasphemy cases can evoke in this conservative Muslim country, where rising extremism often means religious minorities live in fear of persecution.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" align="left" title="People gathered outside the locked house of a Christian girl in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country&#039;s strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday. The arrest of the girl and outrage among the local community demonstrates the deep emotion that suspected blasphemy cases can evoke in this conservative Muslim country, where rising extremism often means religious minorities live in fear of persecution.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0" /></a>Pakistani authorities have arrested a young Christian girl after hundreds of furious neighbors gathered outside her house and accused her of violating the country&#039;s strict blasphemy laws by burning pages of the Muslim holy book, police and neighbors said Monday. The girl&#039;s age was not immediately clear, with reports ranging from 11 to 16, and some have raised the possibility she might be mentally handicapped.</p><br clear="all"/>ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country's strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbours surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-police-arrest-christian-girl-under-pressure-neighbours-134319919.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 09:43:19 -0400Associated Presspakistan-police-arrest-christian-girl-under-pressure-neighbours-134319919<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-romney-pass-sunday-church-families-191958108.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W9S6liQ1ZrTqlmqWqfaHwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5625505f5904b617180f6a7067001f99.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to a nearby church to attend services Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to a nearby church to attend services Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney spent a quiet Sunday attending church with their families, resting up for the campaign&#039;s final 11 weeks and the approaching party nominating conventions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-romney-pass-sunday-church-families-191958108.htmlMon, 20 Aug 2012 09:12:20 -0400Associated Pressobama-romney-pass-sunday-church-families-191958108<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-romney-pass-sunday-church-families-191958108.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W9S6liQ1ZrTqlmqWqfaHwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5625505f5904b617180f6a7067001f99.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to a nearby church to attend services Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to a nearby church to attend services Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney spent a quiet Sunday attending church with their families, resting up for the campaign&#039;s final 11 weeks and the approaching party nominating conventions.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-gunmen-attack-school-church-police-station-002146089.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u0FXb3OBnr6TxZ8jxR1Law--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345465293449-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People demonstrate during violence in Kano, Nigeria in 2011" align="left" title="People demonstrate during violence in Kano, Nigeria in 2011" border="0" /></a>Gunmen in Nigeria&#039;s troubled northeast blew up part of a primary school then attacked a Catholic church and police station before officers fought them off, police said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-gunmen-attack-school-church-police-station-002146089.htmlSun, 19 Aug 2012 20:21:46 -0400AFPnigeria-gunmen-attack-school-church-police-station-002146089<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-gunmen-attack-school-church-police-station-002146089.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u0FXb3OBnr6TxZ8jxR1Law--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345465293449-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People demonstrate during violence in Kano, Nigeria in 2011" align="left" title="People demonstrate during violence in Kano, Nigeria in 2011" border="0" /></a>Gunmen in Nigeria&#039;s troubled northeast blew up part of a primary school then attacked a Catholic church and police station before officers fought them off, police said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-attend-sunday-historic-church-163028421.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mHqIj6xX7EL6tn9qOOKtBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b6402fb590ab717180f6a706700b680.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a Sunday services at a nearby church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a Sunday services at a nearby church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama has attended a worship service at a historic church steps away from the White House.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-attend-sunday-historic-church-163028421.htmlSun, 19 Aug 2012 12:31:15 -0400Associated Pressobamas-attend-sunday-historic-church-163028421<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-attend-sunday-historic-church-163028421.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mHqIj6xX7EL6tn9qOOKtBQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9b6402fb590ab717180f6a706700b680.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a Sunday services at a nearby church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama, left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Sasha and Malia, second from left, walk from the White House in Washington to attend a Sunday services at a nearby church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama has attended a worship service at a historic church steps away from the White House.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-takes-break-campaign-attends-church-143330430.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UD80Ybwd1d0j9qpWCIVg2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6f101d14106a717180f6a70670061c8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets into his car to attend a fundraising event on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 in Nantucket, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets into his car to attend a fundraising event on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 in Nantucket, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney is attending church Sunday and relaxing with family as he prepares for a campaign sprint towards next week&#039;s Republican convention in Florida.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romney-takes-break-campaign-attends-church-143330430.htmlSun, 19 Aug 2012 10:48:01 -0400Associated Pressromney-takes-break-campaign-attends-church-143330430<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-takes-break-campaign-attends-church-143330430.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UD80Ybwd1d0j9qpWCIVg2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c6f101d14106a717180f6a70670061c8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets into his car to attend a fundraising event on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 in Nantucket, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets into his car to attend a fundraising event on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 in Nantucket, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>Mitt Romney is attending church Sunday and relaxing with family as he prepares for a campaign sprint towards next week&#039;s Republican convention in Florida.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prince-philip-miss-church-health-scare-103228002.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v4kKyCYUDnxZh_Xwx3EG_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345371002608-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip attended the Olympics opening ceremony last month" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip attended the Olympics opening ceremony last month" border="0" /></a>Queen Elizabeth II was to attend a church service near Balmoral on Sunday without her husband Prince Philip by her side as he remains in hospital for a fifth day.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prince-philip-miss-church-health-scare-103228002.htmlSun, 19 Aug 2012 06:32:28 -0400AFPprince-philip-miss-church-health-scare-103228002<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prince-philip-miss-church-health-scare-103228002.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v4kKyCYUDnxZh_Xwx3EG_A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345371002608-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip attended the Olympics opening ceremony last month" align="left" title="Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip attended the Olympics opening ceremony last month" border="0" /></a>Queen Elizabeth II was to attend a church service near Balmoral on Sunday without her husband Prince Philip by her side as he remains in hospital for a fifth day.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-orthodox-church-forgives-pussy-riot-120400925.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zkB9sb2B.Whb5mD3CzINbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/898039b326b18c17180f6a706700c611.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation as an emblem of Russia&#039;s intolerance of dissent. T-shirt on right worn by Tolokonnikova is Spanish and translates to &quot;They shall not pass&quot;, a slogan often used to express determination to defend a position against an enemy. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)" align="left" title="Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation as an emblem of Russia&#039;s intolerance of dissent. T-shirt on right worn by Tolokonnikova is Spanish and translates to &quot;They shall not pass&quot;, a slogan often used to express determination to defend a position against an enemy. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)" border="0" /></a>Two top clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church said Saturday that it has forgiven the members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot who were convicted of hooliganism and sent to prison for briefly taking over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-orthodox-church-forgives-pussy-riot-120400925.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 10:09:58 -0400Associated Pressrussian-orthodox-church-forgives-pussy-riot-120400925<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-orthodox-church-forgives-pussy-riot-120400925.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zkB9sb2B.Whb5mD3CzINbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/898039b326b18c17180f6a706700c611.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation as an emblem of Russia&#039;s intolerance of dissent. T-shirt on right worn by Tolokonnikova is Spanish and translates to &quot;They shall not pass&quot;, a slogan often used to express determination to defend a position against an enemy. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)" align="left" title="Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation as an emblem of Russia&#039;s intolerance of dissent. T-shirt on right worn by Tolokonnikova is Spanish and translates to &quot;They shall not pass&quot;, a slogan often used to express determination to defend a position against an enemy. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)" border="0" /></a>Two top clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church said Saturday that it has forgiven the members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot who were convicted of hooliganism and sent to prison for briefly taking over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aPMul.fRYA2Cq9Hkt0FP4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-17T231151Z_1_CBRE87G1SFX00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" align="left" title="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago&#039;s Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George had cancerous cells removed from his kidney and liver this week, six years after he underwent surgery for bladder cancer, the diocese said on Friday. George, who oversees 2.3 million Catholics in the nation&#039;s third-largest diocese after Los Angeles and New York, had a procedure on Wednesday removing the cancerous cells in his kidney and a nodule on his liver. He discussed a course of treatment with his doctors, the archdiocese said in a brief statement on its website. George, a former president of the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 19:11:51 -0400Reuterschicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-catholic-cardinal-george-recurrence-cancer-231151781.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aPMul.fRYA2Cq9Hkt0FP4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-17T231151Z_1_CBRE87G1SFX00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" align="left" title="Chicago Cardinal Francis George offers a graveside blessing to the remains of indigent people at Mt. Olivet cemetery on the southwest side of Chicago" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago&#039;s Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George had cancerous cells removed from his kidney and liver this week, six years after he underwent surgery for bladder cancer, the diocese said on Friday. George, who oversees 2.3 million Catholics in the nation&#039;s third-largest diocese after Los Angeles and New York, had a procedure on Wednesday removing the cancerous cells in his kidney and a nodule on his liver. He discussed a course of treatment with his doctors, the archdiocese said in a brief statement on its website. George, a former president of the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/activists-2-years-anti-putin-church-stunt-211220391.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KyAZmAFUYGuB6r71zbLuWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6bfb00ac0ae66a17180f6a7067001f69.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow?s main cathedral. Theyare awaiting the verdict on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)" align="left" title="FILE In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow?s main cathedral. Theyare awaiting the verdict on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)" border="0" /></a>Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, a decision that drew protests around the world as it highlighted the Russian president&#039;s intensifying crackdown on dissent.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/activists-2-years-anti-putin-church-stunt-211220391.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 17:14:20 -0400Associated Pressactivists-2-years-anti-putin-church-stunt-211220391<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/activists-2-years-anti-putin-church-stunt-211220391.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KyAZmAFUYGuB6r71zbLuWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6bfb00ac0ae66a17180f6a7067001f69.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow?s main cathedral. Theyare awaiting the verdict on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)" align="left" title="FILE In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Three members of Pussy Riot were jailed in March and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after their punk performance against President Putin in Moscow?s main cathedral. Theyare awaiting the verdict on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)" border="0" /></a>Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, a decision that drew protests around the world as it highlighted the Russian president&#039;s intensifying crackdown on dissent.</p><br clear="all"/>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church urged the state to show mercy to three women from the rock group Pussy Riot jailed on Friday over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, raising the possibility that it could back a pardon or a reduction of their terms. The church reiterated its criticism of the women from the punk collective, saying their protest in Moscow's Christ the Saviour cathedral was "blasphemy" and displayed "crude hostility towards millions of people". ...http://news.yahoo.com/russian-church-urges-state-show-mercy-pussy-riot-172259744.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:22:59 -0400Reutersrussian-church-urges-state-show-mercy-pussy-riot-172259744<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-police-arrest-governors-aide-over-church-massacre-163452955.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IiWaffXcyP6sDxi.VdPtfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345221250453-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nigerian police stand on guard during the country&#039;s elections in 2011" align="left" title="Nigerian police stand on guard during the country&#039;s elections in 2011" border="0" /></a>Nigerian police said Friday they had arrested a governor&#039;s aide over a church massacre and an attack on a military patrol that killed 23 people, but his involvement was not clear.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-police-arrest-governors-aide-over-church-massacre-163452955.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 12:34:52 -0400AFPnigerian-police-arrest-governors-aide-over-church-massacre-163452955<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-police-arrest-governors-aide-over-church-massacre-163452955.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IiWaffXcyP6sDxi.VdPtfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1345221250453-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nigerian police stand on guard during the country&#039;s elections in 2011" align="left" title="Nigerian police stand on guard during the country&#039;s elections in 2011" border="0" /></a>Nigerian police said Friday they had arrested a governor&#039;s aide over a church massacre and an attack on a military patrol that killed 23 people, but his involvement was not clear.</p><br clear="all"/>Before last year?s revolution, police would drop by the Librairie Mille Feuilles in this upscale Tunis suburb to look for books deemed politically deviant. The bookshop has since attracted a different kind of scrutiny.http://news.yahoo.com/books-art-pit-freedom-religion-against-free-speech-161732117.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 12:17:32 -0400Christian Science Monitorbooks-art-pit-freedom-religion-against-free-speech-161732117<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-polish-churches-appeal-forgiveness-145703109.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XjGJuyHqxcwkZIROFPlJRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa35a2070c4e7117180f6a7067007ba1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Patriarch Kirill , leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, left, and head of Poland&#039;s Roman Catholic church archbishop Jozef Michalik smile after talks in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Patriarch Kirill came to Poland for a four day official visit. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)" align="left" title="Patriarch Kirill , leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, left, and head of Poland&#039;s Roman Catholic church archbishop Jozef Michalik smile after talks in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Patriarch Kirill came to Poland for a four day official visit. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)" border="0" /></a>The leaders of Russia&#039;s Orthodox church and Poland&#039;s Catholic church signed a document Friday that urges their nations to forgive each other for past wrongs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-polish-churches-appeal-forgiveness-145703109.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 10:57:03 -0400Associated Pressrussian-polish-churches-appeal-forgiveness-145703109<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-polish-churches-appeal-forgiveness-145703109.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XjGJuyHqxcwkZIROFPlJRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa35a2070c4e7117180f6a7067007ba1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Patriarch Kirill , leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, left, and head of Poland&#039;s Roman Catholic church archbishop Jozef Michalik smile after talks in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Patriarch Kirill came to Poland for a four day official visit. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)" align="left" title="Patriarch Kirill , leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, left, and head of Poland&#039;s Roman Catholic church archbishop Jozef Michalik smile after talks in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Patriarch Kirill came to Poland for a four day official visit. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)" border="0" /></a>The leaders of Russia&#039;s Orthodox church and Poland&#039;s Catholic church signed a document Friday that urges their nations to forgive each other for past wrongs.</p><br clear="all"/>

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