Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• German theologians call for end to celibacy (AP)
• Rabbis to lecture on Judaism in Moscow prisons (Reuters)
• Clinton meets Pakistan minorities minister (AFP)
• German Catholics urge reforms as papal visit nears (Reuters)
• Mass. church arson suspect wants confession tossed (AP)

German theologians call for end to celibacy (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST AP - University theologians in Germany have called on the Catholic Church to abandon the vow of celibacy for priests, open up the clergy for women and accept gays couples.

Rabbis to lecture on Judaism in Moscow prisons (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST Reuters - Russian prisoners will now be able to study Judaism, state-run media reported Friday, the latest in a string of initiatives to give inmates access to religion.

Clinton meets Pakistan minorities minister (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistan's minister for minority affairs in a show of support for religious freedom as tensions mount in the country, he said Friday.

German Catholics urge reforms as papal visit nears (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:03 AM PST Reuters - Over 140 Roman Catholic theologians in Germany have urged the church to embrace far-reaching reforms to end priestly celibacy, ordain women, welcome same-sex couples and let lay people help pick their bishops.

Mass. church arson suspect wants confession tossed (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:19 AM PST AP - One of three white men accused of burning down a predominantly black church in western Massachusetts just hours after the election of Barack Obama has told a judge he played no role in setting the blaze.

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