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• Pope Benedict XVI visits Venice (AP)
• Ala. churches forge bonds after deadly tornadoes (AP)
• Muslim scholars pulled from Delta plane in Memphis (Reuters)
• In tornado-ravaged Bible Belt, churches mobilize to help (Reuters)

Pope Benedict XVI visits Venice (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI greeted thousands of faithful packed into Venice's St. Mark's Square Saturday for a pastoral visit, the first by a pope since his predecessor John Paul II plied the canals 26 years ago in a gondola styled for Venice's Byzantine-era rulers.

Ala. churches forge bonds after deadly tornadoes (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:28 PM PDT AP - In the aftermath of Alabama's tornadoes, pastors and worshippers of different denominations are reaching out to each other to offer prayers, places to worship and supplies as they try to rebuild.

Muslim scholars pulled from Delta plane in Memphis (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 11:07 AM PDT Reuters - Two Muslim scholars headed to a conference on American fears of Islam were pulled from a morning flight on Friday, and were later told that the pilot had refused to fly with them aboard.

In tornado-ravaged Bible Belt, churches mobilize to help (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:55 AM PDT Reuters - The call for help came the morning after a killer tornado pulverized a section of Birmingham 10 days ago. Gordon Smelley and his "chainsaw gang" of 11 from the First Baptist Church in Clanton, Alabama started their trailer and headed out.

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