Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• House leaders announce prayer service (AP)
• Judge imprisons 2 for life in Texas church arsons (AP)
• Europe sex ed an 'attack' on religious freedom: pope (AFP)
• What's in a name? For the pope, a lot (Reuters)
• Pope: Pakistan, others, must protect Christians (AP)
• Serbia's Sandzak languishes amid bitter Muslim divide (AFP)

House leaders announce prayer service (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:43 PM PST AP - House leaders have announced plans for a bipartisan congressional prayer service on Wednesday to mark the weekend shooting that left Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded and six others dead.

Judge imprisons 2 for life in Texas church arsons (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:14 AM PST AP - A judge has sentenced two men to life in prison after they pleaded guilty in a series of fires at churches in East Texas last year.

Europe sex ed an 'attack' on religious freedom: pope (AFP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST AFP - Sex and civic education in schools in Europe is an "attack" on religious freedom, Pope Benedict XVI said on Monday, following a Vatican row with Spain over a new course promoting liberal values.

What's in a name? For the pope, a lot (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:40 AM PST Reuters - If you're Catholic and are expecting a baby don't even think of naming it anything like Crystal, Heather, Track or Chelsea unless you want to upset Pope Benedict.

Pope: Pakistan, others, must protect Christians (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:48 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying Monday they were a pretext for violence against non-Muslims, and demanded that all governments do more so Christians can practice their faith without fear.

Serbia's Sandzak languishes amid bitter Muslim divide (AFP) Posted: 09 Jan 2011 10:34 PM PST AFP - Overwhelmed by cheap Chinese competition and divided by rival Muslim groups, Serbia's once-thriving Sandzak region is languishing in a deep economic and social malaise that has sparked the first calls for autonomy.

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