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- Kan. church agrees to not protest Arizona funerals (AP)
- Greek church raps bishop over Muslim, Jew remarks (AP)
- Pope Benedict set to beatify John Paul II (Reuters)
- Religion news in brief (AP)
- Arizona lawmakers seek to block funeral protests (Reuters)
- Pope names new church leader on quake anniversary (AP)
- Funeral protest: Arizona rallies to foil Westboro Baptist Church (The Christian Science Monitor)
| Kan. church agrees to not protest Arizona funerals (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2011 03:25 PM PST AP - A Kansas church known for picketing the funerals of slain servicemen and blaming their deaths on the country's tolerance of homosexuality won't protest at the funerals of any victims of the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz. |
| Greek church raps bishop over Muslim, Jew remarks (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2011 11:43 AM PST AP - Greece's Orthodox church has rejected disparaging comments about Muslims and Jews by a senior cleric that sparked protests from representatives of both faiths. |
| Pope Benedict set to beatify John Paul II (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2011 09:39 AM PST Reuters - Former Pope John Paul II will move a step closer to sainthood this week when his successor Pope Benedict approves the case for his beatification, Vatican sources said Wednesday. |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST AP - The Greek government condemned anti-Islamic comments by a senior Orthodox Church official following protests from the country's Muslim community. |
| Arizona lawmakers seek to block funeral protests (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2011 05:48 AM PST Reuters - Arizona state lawmakers moved swiftly on Tuesday to try to block members of a Kansas-based fundamentalist church from staging anti-gay protests at the funerals of the six shooting victims in Tucson. |
| Pope names new church leader on quake anniversary (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2011 05:15 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI has named a new archbishop for the Catholic church in Haiti on the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed the bishop's predecessor along with dozens of other priests, seminarians and nuns. |
| Funeral protest: Arizona rallies to foil Westboro Baptist Church (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:34 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Plans by the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, to picket the funerals of Saturday's shooting victims are being met by a concerted effort by citizens and lawmakers to keep protesters at bay. |
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