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Autopsy: Detroit imam shot 20 times at FBI raid (AP)
Earth religions get worship area at AF Academy (AP)
South African church sheltering migrants face uncertain future (AFP)
Pope to visit UK; urges church to accept Anglicans (AP)
$3M bond set in Ohio church parking lot slaying (AP)
LA megachurch hopes to win Super Bowl ad contest (AP)
New NIreland pact elusive, dashing premiers' hopes (AP)
Idaho church prays for Americans held in Haiti (AP)
Muslim washing rite goes hi-tech with "wudu" machine (Reuters)

Autopsy: Detroit imam shot 20 times at FBI raid (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:05 PM PST

AP - A Muslim prayer leader accused of encouraging his followers to commit violence against the U.S. government was shot 20 times during an FBI raid at a suburban warehouse last fall, according to an autopsy report released Monday.

Earth religions get worship area at AF Academy (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:53 PM PST

AP - The Air Force Academy has set aside an outdoor worship area for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers, school officials said Monday.

South African church sheltering migrants face uncertain future (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST

AFP - For thousands of Zimbabweans who flee their troubled country, the Methodist church in downtown Johannesburg is the only home they know.

Pope to visit UK; urges church to accept Anglicans (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:57 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Monday he would visit Britain later this year, a trip that has grown fraught following his move to welcome into the Roman Catholic Church groups of Anglicans upset over the ordination of gays and women.

$3M bond set in Ohio church parking lot slaying (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:21 AM PST

AP - An Ohio judge has set bond at $3 million for a teenager accused of fatally shooting an 80-year-old woman in the head during a robbery as she left church.

LA megachurch hopes to win Super Bowl ad contest (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:24 AM PST

AP - Pastors have long competed with the NFL on Sundays, but this season a hipster megachurch is turning the tables with a 30-second ad that could muscle its way into that all holiest of sporting events: the Super Bowl.

New NIreland pact elusive, dashing premiers' hopes (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:46 AM PST

AP - Northern Ireland's major Protestant party unexpectedly withheld support Monday for a painstakingly negotiated deal with its Catholic partners to save their 2 1/2-year-old administration.

Idaho church prays for Americans held in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

AP - A tearful Idaho congregation heard their pastor warn that church members detained in Haiti after attempting to take 33 children into the Dominican Republic could face child trafficking charges. Then the pastor urged them to pray.