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USA (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - At the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, President Obama said he is ordering an expansion and refocusing of the office of faith-based initiatives started under former President George W. Bush. Obama said such initiatives will not blur the lines between church and state nor show any favoritism.

Holocaust denial: Vatican shifts into damage control (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - After unprecedented outcry in Pope Benedict XVI's home country of Germany by Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders worldwide, the Vatican this week clarified efforts to reconcile with an ultra-right-wing set of bishops excommunicated in 1988, one of whom denies that the Holocaust, or the Shoah, took the lives of 6 million Jews during Nazi rule here in World War II.

Atheists welcome in Obama's big church (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:23 AM CST AFP - America's perennial culture wars are being fought on a new front as President Barack Obama reaches out to adherents of all religious faiths -- and to atheists too.

Clinton reaching out to Muslims with Indonesia visit (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:09 PM CST AFP - New US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has chosen to visit Indonesia on her first overseas trip because she wants to "reach out" to the Muslim world, a spokesman said Thursday.

Anglicans seek extended moratorium on gay bishops (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:30 PM CST AP - Anglican leaders urged their churches Thursday to maintain a 5-year-old moratorium on consecrating another openly gay bishop and developing prayers for same-sex unions, as they try to restore unity in their fractured fellowship.

British Christians launch pro-God ads after atheist blitz (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:09 PM CST AFP - A British Christian group is to run a pro-God poster campaign on the side of London buses, to counter a recent atheist advertising blitz which claimed there was no deity, it said Thursday.

White House: First couple still looking for church (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:01 PM CST AP - The White House says Michelle and Barack Obama have visited several churches and will see a few more, but haven't decided on a place to worship.

Obama says faith shouldn't be used to divide (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 08:53 AM CST AP - President Barack Obama is telling the National Prayer Breakfast that even though faith too often has been used "as a tool to divide us from one another," there is no religion in the world that is based on hatred.

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