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• Minister, once gay, aims to heal evangelical rift (AP)
• Mass. Catholic school won't admit lesbians' son (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Pope in Fatima recalls John Paul shooting (AP)
• Austrian bishop questions celibacy (AP)

Minister, once gay, aims to heal evangelical rift (AP) Posted: 12 May 2010 05:30 PM PDT AP - Bill Henson is used to skepticism in his mission to bring together gays and evangelical Christians.

Mass. Catholic school won't admit lesbians' son (AP) Posted: 12 May 2010 04:15 PM PDT AP - A Roman Catholic school has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was "in discord" with church teachings, according to one of the boys' mothers.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 12 May 2010 11:20 AM PDT AP - Plans to allow married same-sex couples to qualify as families for camping permits reflects an "insidious pattern" of state agencies seeking to change rules to benefit such couples, an Iowa lawmaker said.

Pope in Fatima recalls John Paul shooting (AP) Posted: 12 May 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI traveled to the famous shrine of Fatima on Wednesday, recalling the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II and other "sufferings" of the church, which he has said included the clerical sex abuse scandal.

Austrian bishop questions celibacy (AP) Posted: 12 May 2010 08:14 AM PDT AP - An Austrian bishop who has pushed the Vatican for reforms said in an interview published Wednesday that the Catholic church should drop its celibacy requirement for priests.

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