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• 50th Catholic parish is closing in Cleveland (AP)
• Ban on crucifixes in Italian schools is appealed (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Pope shuffles Vatican bureaucracy before vacation (AP)

50th Catholic parish is closing in Cleveland (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:49 PM PDT AP - Parishioners were waving Hungarian flags and carrying "Save Our Church" banners as they protested the closure of mostly older, ethnic Catholic parishes in Cleveland.

Ban on crucifixes in Italian schools is appealed (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:54 AM PDT AP - A European ruling banning crucifixes in Italian schools should be overturned, nine European governments said in an appeal Wednesday.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:10 AM PDT AP - The pope will appoint a representative for Vietnam in a first step toward establishing diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the communist nation.

Pope shuffles Vatican bureaucracy before vacation (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - Preoccupied for months by the clerical sex abuse scandal, the pope on Wednesday shuffled the Vatican bureaucracy before heading off on vacation. His most significant appointment: the head of a new office designed to fight secularism in the West.

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