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The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion Bill (Time.com) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:40 AM CST Time.com - The Freedom of Choice Act has become an anti-abortion rallying cry. The trouble is, it doesn't exist

U.S. seeks to improve image in Muslim Indonesia (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:31 AM CST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made small talk on a popular music TV show and toured U.S.-funded aid projects on Thursday as she tried to improve America's image in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Pope tells Nancy Pelosi life must be protected (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:35 PM CST AP - Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in America, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life "at all stages of its development." The U.S. House speaker, a Catholic, was the first top Democrat to meet with Benedict since the election of Barack Obama, who won a majority of the U.S. Catholic vote despite differences with the Vatican on abortion.

Suspicious Ala. church fires ruled arson cases (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 03:25 PM CST AP - Authorities say two fires that destroyed churches in rural Alabama last weekend are likely arsons.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 11:20 AM CST AP - Boston College officials have quietly placed crucifixes in every classroom and Christian artwork around the Roman Catholic university's campus, stirring some faculty complaints.

Catholic schools trying to survive (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 11:16 AM CST AP - Maryland is considered the cradle of Roman Catholic education in America, but if that heritage is to endure, decisive action must be taken soon to address falling enrollment at Baltimore's parochial schools, the archbishop said.

Pope admonishes Pelosi on duty to protect unborn (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:54 AM CST AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday admonished visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who advocates abortion rights, that "all Catholics" should uphold the Church's teachings on life.

Clinton sees new role for Indonesia in US 'smart power' (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 02:28 PM CST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said Indonesia -- as a democratic and mainly Muslim country -- would play a key role in the Obama administration's new commitment to "smart power".

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