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• Translation to explain Episcopal tenets in Hmong (AP)
• Pope sprinkles ashes in Lent tradition (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Pew report highlights emerging U.S. generation gap (Reuters)
• Police cite progress in church-shooting case in Richmond, Calif. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Translation to explain Episcopal tenets in Hmong (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:45 AM PST AP - Words like "peace" and "mercy" are vital to talking about Christianity. They're just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to create a Hmong version of the denomination's Book of Common Prayer.

Pope sprinkles ashes in Lent tradition (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:20 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI is marking the start of the solemn Lenten season by sprinkling ashes on the bowed heads of faithful in a Roman Catholic tradition.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:34 AM PST AP - An annual tally of church membership in the U.S. found gains by the Roman Catholic Church, the Mormon church and the Assemblies of God last year, while mainline denominations continued their decades-long decline.

Pew report highlights emerging U.S. generation gap (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:07 PM PST Reuters - Thought America's "generation gap" had narrowed? Think again.

Police cite progress in church-shooting case in Richmond, Calif. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:11 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - San Francisco Bay Area police were still searching Tuesday for three suspects wanted for shooting up a Richmond, Calif., church in an attack that has startled a city reeling from a string of recent crimes.

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