Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing (AP)
• Catholic documents in oldest US city preserved (AP)
• Pope urges Europe to defend religious heritage (AP)

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST AP - Sweden's Lutheran church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, just two weeks after it gave clergy the right to wed same-sex couples.

Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:36 AM PST AP - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.

Catholic documents in oldest US city preserved (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:18 AM PST AP - Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of the oldest known European records from the United States.

Pope urges Europe to defend religious heritage (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:20 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage.

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