Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Church: Wis. site 1st US Virgin Mary apparition (AP)
• 'Facebook sting' nets US Muslim in car bomb case (AFP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Donor wants Tenn. university to rehire gay coach (AP)
• Pope inaugurates Christmas season at Spanish Steps (AP)
• Mirren blasts Hollywood for penis worship (AFP)

Church: Wis. site 1st US Virgin Mary apparition (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:40 PM PST AP - A Wisconsin site where an apparition of the Virgin Mary allegedly appeared three times to a Belgian-born nun in 1859 has earned the Roman Catholic Church's designation as the only of its kind in the U.S.

'Facebook sting' nets US Muslim in car bomb case (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST AFP - FBI agents used Facebook to nab a young Muslim-American on Wednesday who believed he was about to set off a car bomb at a US military recruitment office, the Department of Justice said.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:38 PM PST AP - A judge sentenced a church financier to 54 years in prison Tuesday for pocketing millions of dollars that investors believed would be used to build churches.

Donor wants Tenn. university to rehire gay coach (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:36 AM PST AP - A major donor to Belmont University in Nashville wants the Baptist-affiliated school to rehire a coach who resigned shortly after revealing she is gay.

Pope inaugurates Christmas season at Spanish Steps (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:42 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI has inaugurated the Christmas season in Rome with his traditional visit to the posh Spanish Steps neighborhood to pray before a statue of Mary.

Mirren blasts Hollywood for penis worship (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:30 AM PST AFP - British actress Helen Mirren blasted Hollywood for worshipping "at the altar of the 18 to 25-year-old male and his penis," as she received an award for women in entertainment.

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