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Important painting found in Minn. church closet (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 01:04 PM PDT AP - An important 19th century painting has been brought back to public view after languishing for decades, forgotten beneath a pile of reproductions in a church closet. The Rev. Steven Olson of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Dassel approached the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 2007, looking for advice on how to preserve a painting he had found in a janitor's closet.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 08:39 AM PDT AP - The new Roman Catholic archbishop of Detroit has visited one of the nation's largest mosques, part of a continuing outreach to Muslims and other faith groups.

Modern art is sacred for Pope Benedict XVI (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2009 08:09 AM PDT AP - The long tradition of Vatican patronage of the arts has given rise to such monuments to Christianity as St. Peter's Basilica and Renaissance masterpieces including the Sistine Chapel.

Calif. GOP lawmaker to return Buddhist donations (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 08:11 PM PDT AP - A California lawmaker plans to return more than $6,000 that two Buddhist temples and a related research group donated to his campaign in violation of their tax-exempt religious status, the lawmaker's staff said Tuesday.

Vatican to inspect Legionaries after scandal (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 09:51 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI has taken the extraordinary step of ordering an investigation into a conservative Roman Catholic order that recently disclosed that its late founder had fathered a child.

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