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• Nashville nuns lead nation in number of newcomers (AP)
• Ice cream ad banned as "offensive" to Catholics (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)

Nashville nuns lead nation in number of newcomers (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:08 PM PDT AP - A handful of Roman Catholic convents are contradicting the decades-long slide in the number of women choosing to devote their lives to the sisterhood. And at least two of them are doing it by sticking to tradition, including the wearing of habits.

Ice cream ad banned as "offensive" to Catholics (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 08:39 AM PDT AP - Britain's advertising watchdog has banned an Italian ice cream ad featuring a pregnant nun, saying it causes offense to Catholics.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 08:01 AM PDT AP - Lebanon's Maronite Christian Church inaugurated a towering, lighted cross Monday as a sign of unity among the world's people.

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