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• Episcopal church approves 2nd gay bishop (AP)
• Orthodox Jewish community takes hold in Berlin (AP)
• Poland's tiny Muslim Tatar community taps deep roots (AFP)
• Muslim group calls textbooks discriminatory (Reuters)
• Vatican probes claims of apparitions at Medjugorje (Reuters)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Catholic nuns urge passage of Obama's health bill (AP)

Episcopal church approves 2nd gay bishop (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship, diocese officials said Wednesday.

Orthodox Jewish community takes hold in Berlin (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:56 PM PDT AP - When American Rabbi Joshua Spinner moved to Berlin's trendy Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood a decade ago, there were no other Jews to be seen.

Poland's tiny Muslim Tatar community taps deep roots (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:39 PM PDT AFP - Tucked in a tiny village, the small wooden building looks just like any other house of worship dotted across the Polish countryside.

Muslim group calls textbooks discriminatory (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - Muslim activists launched a campaign on Wednesday against a series of educational books that they say promote anti-Islamic sentiment among U.S. school children.

Vatican probes claims of apparitions at Medjugorje (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:54 AM PDT Reuters - The Vatican has opened an investigation into reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the small town of Medjugorje in southern Bosnia which have drawn more than 30 million pilgrims and divided the Catholic Church.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PDT AP - Boston College has received a $20 million gift from the co-founder of a Massachusetts supermarket chain and his wife to help train teachers for Roman Catholic schools and universities.

Catholic nuns urge passage of Obama's health bill (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 07:14 AM PDT AP - Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama's health care plan, in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion.

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