Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• US lawyer wants to question pope on child sex cases (AFP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Traveling rabbi serves tiny Southern congregations (AP)
• Catholic bishops intervene in British election (AP)
• Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Rio de Janeiro (Reuters)
• Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favorite fatwa (Reuters)

US lawyer wants to question pope on child sex cases (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:40 PM PDT AFP - A US lawyer has filed a legal motion to have Pope Benedict XVI questioned over the child sex scandal that is rocking the Roman Catholic church, he told AFP Wednesday.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 10:09 AM PDT AP - The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), struggling financially, is offering severance packages to about 30 employees at the denomination's Louisville headquarters.

Traveling rabbi serves tiny Southern congregations (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 09:50 AM PDT AP - As the sun inched below the horizon in this Mississippi River town, people arrived alone or in small groups and walked up the steps of Temple B'nai Israel on Shabbat.

Catholic bishops intervene in British election (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 09:20 AM PDT AP - Senior Catholic bishops are urging British worshippers to carefully consider candidates' policies toward marriage and abortion when they vote in the looming national election — a move likely to benefit the opposition Conservatives.

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's capital of samba and Carnival, is a city forever defined in people's imagination by its miles of golden beach that on weekends draw millions of sun-worshippers.

Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favorite fatwa (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:35 AM PDT Reuters - Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot be used in a globalized world that respects faith and civil rights.

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