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• 'Father Oprah' is big news in Hispanic community (AP)
• Judge allows public school commencement at church (AP)
• Obama to address tough issues in speech to Muslims (Reuters)
• Polygamist church's late payment rejected in Utah (AP)
• In Cairo, Obama must thank moderate Muslims (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama sees U.S. as "role model" to Muslim world (Reuters)
• Obama's Vatican Pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics, Disarming Catholic Critics (Time.com)

'Father Oprah' is big news in Hispanic community (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - It has the makings of a telenovela: A handsome Cuban-American priest and TV personality caught cavorting with his girlfriend on a Florida beach. After much soul-searching, he decides to leave the Catholic Church for his love.

Judge allows public school commencement at church (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:54 PM PDT AP - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Wisconsin school district may continue to hold its graduation ceremonies in a church because the location doesn't necessarily make it a religious event.

Obama to address tough issues in speech to Muslims (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2009 10:32 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will try to repair U.S. ties to the Islamic world this week in a speech from the Middle East that aides say will reach out to Muslims but deal with tough issues like the peace process and violent extremism.

Polygamist church's late payment rejected in Utah (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2009 08:26 AM PDT AP - A court-appointed accountant has rejected a payment from a polygamous church sect whose properties were taken over by the courts because of alleged mismanagement by their leader, Warren Jeffs.

In Cairo, Obama must thank moderate Muslims (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - If President Obama really wants to touch the world's 1 billion Muslims in his June 4 speech in Egypt, he doesn't need to spell out a new US policy or recite American expectations of liberties for Islamic nations.

Obama sees U.S. as "role model" to Muslim world (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 09:56 PM PDT Reuters - The United States can be a "role model" to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.

Obama's Vatican Pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics, Disarming Catholic Critics (Time.com) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 06:10 PM PDT Time.com - In selecting Catholic scholar Miguel Diaz to be the new Vatican ambassador, Obama has neutralized a potential controversy and highlighted a potential weakness of the U.S. Catholic Church these days

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