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• Day of prayer as US south mourns tornado victims (AFP)
• Polygamous church dispute may head to Utah court (AP)
• Pope beatifies John Paul II before 1.5M faithful (AP)
• Tornado victims seek comfort in Sunday services (AP)
• Pope John Paul II beatified before massive crowd (Reuters)
• Will the Muslim Brotherhood soon control Egypt's parliament? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A million cheers as John Paul II declared 'blessed' (AFP)
• Catholics around the world celebrate John Paul II (AP)

Day of prayer as US south mourns tornado victims (AFP) Posted: 01 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT AFP - Grieving storm survivors turned to prayer and the good grace of volunteers Sunday across the US south as shattered communities looked to rebuild after the second-worst tornado disaster on record.

Polygamous church dispute may head to Utah court (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 01:37 PM PDT AP - An internal tug-of-war over control of jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs' southern Utah-based church may force Utah courts to walk a constitutional tightrope that experts say could tread a little too close to separation of church and state.

Pope beatifies John Paul II before 1.5M faithful (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 01:36 PM PDT AP - Some 1.5 million pilgrims flooded Rome Sunday to watch Pope John Paul II move a step closer to sainthood in one of the largest Vatican Masses in history, an outpouring of adoration for a beloved and historic figure after years marred by church scandal.

Tornado victims seek comfort in Sunday services (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 12:52 PM PDT AP - Macolee Muhammed accepted the prayer of a relief worker who stopped by what was left of her Birmingham home. It didn't matter that she was Muslim and he was a Southern Baptist.

Pope John Paul II beatified before massive crowd (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - The late Pope John Paul II was moved a major step closer to sainthood on Sunday at a ceremony that drew about a million and a half people to Rome and was celebrated by Catholics around the world.

Will the Muslim Brotherhood soon control Egypt's parliament? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 May 2011 11:01 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Muslim Brotherhood’s new political party will field candidates in about half the parliamentary seats in Egypt’s first post-revolution elections, leaders announced Saturday.

A million cheers as John Paul II declared 'blessed' (AFP) Posted: 01 May 2011 12:39 PM PDT AFP - Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the status of "blessed" on his predecessor John Paul II on Sunday in front of a million people in a ceremony that puts the late pope one step away from sainthood.

Catholics around the world celebrate John Paul II (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:58 PM PDT AP - Catholics worldwide celebrated the planned beatification of the late Pope John Paul II, with the faithful turning out to pray, share treasured memories and watch Sunday's Vatican ceremony on giant televisions.

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