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• Jury convicts Mass. man in Obama-church fire case (AP)
• Appeals court mulls polygamous church trust case (AP)
• Court dismisses suit over National Day of Prayer (AP)
• US frowns on Chinese force in Tibet (AFP)
• Appeals court tosses out prayer day challenge (Reuters)
• NATO struggles to resolve dispute over Libya fight (AP)
• Most Catholic women in U.S. use birth control (Reuters)
• Rome's station churches revive ancient tradition (AP)
• Philippine priest in ancient battle with 'demons' (AFP)
• Catholic Controversy: Is 'Being' Superior to 'Substance'? (Time.com)
• Ark. police shooting suspect linked to '03 attack (AP)

Jury convicts Mass. man in Obama-church fire case (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a 26-year-old white man of burning down a predominantly black church in Springfield in the hours after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, a crime prosecutors say was fueled by racist anger.

Appeals court mulls polygamous church trust case (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT AP - The battle for control of a Utah polygamous church's land trust is in the hands of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

Court dismisses suit over National Day of Prayer (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional and ordered that a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's right to proclaim the day be dismissed.

US frowns on Chinese force in Tibet (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT AFP - The United States on Thursday criticized China after violent incidents at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and called on Beijing to respect religious freedom.

Appeals court tosses out prayer day challenge (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday overturned a ruling that had found unconstitutional a law that requires the president to proclaim a national day of prayer each year.

NATO struggles to resolve dispute over Libya fight (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:04 AM PDT AP - NATO nations struggled Thursday to overcome deep differences over the military campaign in Libya, failing to find new ground-attack aircraft for the fight despite French and British calls for more intense airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Most Catholic women in U.S. use birth control (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:34 AM PDT Reuters - Some 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women in the United States have used contraceptive methods banned by the church, research published on Wednesday showed.

Rome's station churches revive ancient tradition (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:58 AM PDT AP - Every morning during the 40 days of Lent, a band of worshippers walk literally in the footsteps of early, persecuted Christians, visiting some of the world's oldest churches in preparation for the most solemn week on the church calendar.

Philippine priest in ancient battle with 'demons' (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:03 AM PDT AFP - A blood-curdling scream echoes through the Roman Catholic chapel in Manila as Father Jose Francisco Syquia says a prayer of exorcism over a Satanic cult member believed to be possessed by the devil.

Catholic Controversy: Is 'Being' Superior to 'Substance'? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT Time.com - The Vatican will be imposing a new liturgy on its English speaking faithful, one that rings tone-deaf to the ear -- and perhaps to the spirit

Ark. police shooting suspect linked to '03 attack (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:21 PM PDT AP - Records obtained by The Associated Press show a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer during an Arkansas traffic stop was also accused in a 2003 attack on an officer who is now the police chief.

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