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• Obama believes pope will share view on Middle East: report (AFP)
• Pope OKs miracle to beatify UK Cardinal Newman (AP)
• Vatican newspaper praises French Protestant John Calvin (AFP)
• NYC Muslims push to add holidays to school year (AP)

Obama believes pope will share view on Middle East: report (AFP) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 12:06 PM PDT 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) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 11:23 AM PDT AP - 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) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:45 AM PDT 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) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:25 AM PDT AP - 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.

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