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• Haggard surprised by attention on prayer meetings (AP)
• Judge hears arguments on Smart case witness list (AP)
• Imam condemns support of alleged Ft. Hood shooter (AP)
• Vatican opens door to Anglicans (AFP)
• Priests Spar Over What It Means to Be Catholic (Time.com)
• Fort Hood: Army Gains with Muslim Soldiers May Be Lost (Time.com)
• Vatican on Anglicans: celibacy rule unchanged (AP)
• Vatican outlines rules for Anglicans to convert (AFP)

Haggard surprised by attention on prayer meetings (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:35 PM PST AP - Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media.

Judge hears arguments on Smart case witness list (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 03:07 PM PST AP - Defense attorneys for the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart argued Monday that testimony by experts in Mormon fundamentalism and religious extremism is irrelevant and should not be allowed at a hearing to decide his mental competency.

Imam condemns support of alleged Ft. Hood shooter (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:30 PM PST AP - The outreach director for the northern Virginia mosque where the suspected Fort Hood shooter sometimes attended prayer services says Maj. Nidal Hasan was not an active member.

Vatican opens door to Anglicans (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 08:52 AM PST AFP - The Vatican eased the way Monday for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England's ordination of female and homosexual clergy to convert to Catholicism.

Priests Spar Over What It Means to Be Catholic (Time.com) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 07:05 AM PST Time.com - A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics

Fort Hood: Army Gains with Muslim Soldiers May Be Lost (Time.com) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 07:05 AM PST Time.com - Less than 1% of America's 1.4 million troops are Muslim -- and that number is the military's best guess, since just 4,000 troops have declared their faith in service records

Vatican on Anglicans: celibacy rule unchanged (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 06:35 AM PST AP - The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy.

Vatican outlines rules for Anglicans to convert (AFP) Posted: 09 Nov 2009 04:18 AM PST AFP - The Vatican on Monday promulgated new rules under which Anglicans -- many of whom are unhappy with the Church of England's moves to embrace female and homosexual clergy -- can join the Catholic fold.

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