Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Pope to skip Alps this summer (AP)
• Rare Tibetan Buddhist shrine goes on display in Washington (AFP)
• Sotheby's to offer Corot painting taken by Nazis (Reuters)
• Federal court approves 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pope to skip Alps this summer (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 09:59 AM PST AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI, who broke his wrist last summer during his Alpine vacation, is passing up invitations to return to the mountains so he can spend his holiday near Rome.

Rare Tibetan Buddhist shrine goes on display in Washington (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 07:36 AM PST AFP - A complete Tibetan Buddhist shrine room, including a silver Buddha, gem-encrusted adornments and silk scroll paintings, goes on display for the first time in Washington on Saturday.

Sotheby's to offer Corot painting taken by Nazis (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 05:52 AM PST Reuters - Sotheby's will auction a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot worth around $1.5 million after it was returned to the heirs of the original owners, Jewish bankers forced to flee Europe in World War Two.

Federal court approves 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - An atheist activist from Sacramento failed to convince a federal court in California that references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on US currency are unconstitutional endorsements of religion.

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