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• Meeting considers future of SC Episcopal diocese (AP)
• Vietnam Buddhist case shows suppression: watchdog (AFP)
• Will Catholic Bishops Try to Block Health-Care Reform? (Time.com)
• Farrakhan: Don't be 'pacified' by Obama election (AP)
• Diocese seeks Chapter 11 protection in sex abuse cases (Reuters)

Meeting considers future of SC Episcopal diocese (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:36 PM PDT AP - Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina will consider resolutions this week to distance the diocese from the national Episcopal Church because of its positions on same-sex marriage and ordination of gays.

Vietnam Buddhist case shows suppression: watchdog (AFP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:31 AM PDT AFP - The forced expulsion of more than 300 followers of one of the world's most influential Buddhists highlights Vietnam's suppression of religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

Will Catholic Bishops Try to Block Health-Care Reform? (Time.com) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:50 AM PDT Time.com - After decades of support for health-care reform, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is signaling concern over how new plans will handle abortion

Farrakhan: Don't be 'pacified' by Obama election (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:30 PM PDT AP - Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged his followers not to become complacent by President Barack Obama's election and to work to repair communities.

Diocese seeks Chapter 11 protection in sex abuse cases (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:46 PM PDT Reuters - Delaware's Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to block the start of the first civil trial relating to more than 140 sex-abuse claims against diocese priests.

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