Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Hawaii senators hold prayer despite vote to end it (AP)
• Some south Sudanese believe independence in Bible (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Sikh shrine in Baghdad lives on in memories (AFP)
• Pope calls Joan of Arc model for public officials (AP)
• New governor's words don't upset many in Alabama (AP)

Hawaii senators hold prayer despite vote to end it (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:08 PM PST AP - A group of nine Hawaii senators held hands, bowed their heads and sought God's blessing Wednesday, signaling that they'll still pray despite a vote last week to abandon official invocations.

Some south Sudanese believe independence in Bible (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST AP - For some south Sudanese Christians, their opportunity vote for independence from the largely Muslim north is more than a condition of a peace accord ending a two-decade civil war — it's the divine will of God.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 10:15 AM PST AP - The City Council voted early Wednesday to allow about 150 Muslim families to build a mosque in Temecula after months of angry debate over the plan that included protests and letter-writing campaigns.

Sikh shrine in Baghdad lives on in memories (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:36 AM PST AFP - A desolate courtyard surrounded by fields of mournful graves is all that remains of an ancient shrine to the Sikh faith?s founder Guru Nanak inside a sprawling Muslim cemetery in Baghdad.

Pope calls Joan of Arc model for public officials (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:04 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI says public officials today would do well to model themselves on Joan of Arc, the French saint who was tried for heresy and burned at the stake for her convictions.

New governor's words don't upset many in Alabama (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:37 PM PST AP - You can spot a Baptist church from almost any hilltop in Alabama, so it's not hard to find people who agreed with their new governor this week when he said only Christians are his brothers and sisters.

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