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• US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation (AP)
• Court nixes religious displays in postal station (Reuters)
• Pope names Orlando tourist ministry a basilica (AP)
• Ramadan begins Saturday in Egypt, summer cut short (AFP)
• Excerpts from Lutheran report on human sexuality (AP)

US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman Catholic leaders is at risk because of a recent U.S. bishops' statement on salvation.

Court nixes religious displays in postal station (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:56 PM PDT Reuters - A Connecticut church may operate a postal station without violating the constitutional separation of church and state, as long as it clearly distinguishes it from private space, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.

Pope names Orlando tourist ministry a basilica (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:25 PM PDT AP - Even though Mary Jo Smith and her husband had just arrived in Orlando to start their vacation late the night before, they still showed up for noon Mass at the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe before hitting the theme parks with their five children.

Ramadan begins Saturday in Egypt, summer cut short (AFP) Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:17 PM PDT AFP - The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday in Egypt, where authorities are turning the clocks back a month early in a bid to reduce daylight hours for those fasting.

Excerpts from Lutheran report on human sexuality (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:03 PM PDT AP - On Wednesday, leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved a "social statement on human sexuality" — a precursor to Friday's expected vote on a proposal to allow pastors in committed same-sex relationships to serve as clergy in individual congregations of the country's largest Lutheran denomination.

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