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• Fla.'s 'Father Oprah': Church is about forgiveness (AP)
• Kansas abortion doctor shot dead at church (Reuters)
• Obama seeks new start with Muslim world (AFP)
• Obama may meet pope during July visit to Italy: report (AFP)
• Abortion doctor shot dead in Kansas church (AFP)
• Kan. abortion doc killed in church; suspect held (AP)
• Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy (Reuters)
• Obama's Vatican Pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics, Disarming Catholic Critics (Time.com)

Fla.'s 'Father Oprah': Church is about forgiveness (AP) Posted: 31 May 2009 04:58 PM PDT AP - A popular Miami priest nicknamed "Father Oprah" said Sunday that "church is about forgiveness" during his first sermon since leaving the Roman Catholic Church to become Episcopalian amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach.

Kansas abortion doctor shot dead at church (Reuters) Posted: 31 May 2009 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - A Kansas doctor reviled by anti-abortion groups for his work providing so-called "late-term" abortions was shot and killed in his Wichita, Kansas, church on Sunday, and police said they captured the man responsible.

Obama seeks new start with Muslim world (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama will journey to the center of Arab-Muslim civilization this week, to begin the daunting task of draining deep mistrust of the United States felt across the Islamic world.

Obama may meet pope during July visit to Italy: report (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2009 04:22 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama may meet with Pope Benedict XVI in July when he is in Italy for a Group of Eight summit, the ANSA news agency reported Sunday, without citing its sources.

Abortion doctor shot dead in Kansas church (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2009 03:52 PM PDT AFP - Authorities here on Sunday arrested a suspect in the death of a controversial provider of late-term abortions, who was fatally shot as he walked into services at his Kansas church, officials said.

Kan. abortion doc killed in church; suspect held (AP) Posted: 31 May 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher.

Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy (Reuters) Posted: 31 May 2009 05:14 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will try to repair America's tarnished image in the Muslim world on Thursday, as he looks to mobilize support for restarting Middle East peacemaking and thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Obama's Vatican Pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics, Disarming Catholic Critics (Time.com) Posted: 30 May 2009 10:40 PM PDT Time.com - In selecting Catholic scholar Miguel Diaz to be the new Vatican ambassador, Obama neutralized potential controversy and highlighted a potential weakness of the American Catholic Church these days

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