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• Lightning strike destroys Mass. church steeple (AP)
• Obama says he gets daily prayers on his BlackBerry (AP)
• Obama hasn't yet picked a church for his family (AP)
• Mennonites protest church exclusion of gays (AP)
• Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says (Reuters)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims (AP)
• Muslims not just concerned about US policy: envoy (AFP)

Lightning strike destroys Mass. church steeple (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - Lightning has struck a historic eastern Massachusetts church, damaging its roof and destroying its steeple.

Obama says he gets daily prayers on his BlackBerry (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry.

Obama hasn't yet picked a church for his family (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he is taking his time picking a church because his choice will undergo political scrutiny.

Mennonites protest church exclusion of gays (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - In a quiet act of defiance, gay and lesbian Mennonites dressed in bright pink gathered outside the church's official convention in Columbus on Thursday and criticized its leaders for trying to push them out.

Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 09:11 AM PDT Reuters - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official said on Thursday in a rare self-criticism.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:28 AM PDT AP - The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:54 AM PDT AP - Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back.

Muslims not just concerned about US policy: envoy (AFP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 08:38 PM PDT AFP - The US envoy tasked with reaching out to Muslims around the world said she expects to go beyond criticism of Washington's foreign policy, outlining an ambitious program of reconciliation.

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