Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Top US lawmaker backs religious freedom in China (AFP)
• APNewsBreak: Top Libyans said to be very scared (AP)
• Obama, Karzai deplore Koran burning (Reuters)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Slain NIreland officer buried, arms cache found (AP)
• UK astrophysicist wins $1.6 million religion prize (AP)
• Pope seeks end to bloodshed in Libya, Ivory Coast (AP)
• Hell-questioning rev.: Didn't envision controversy (AP)
• 2nd child accused in NYC attack on Muslim girl (AP)
• Control of polygamous sect appears headed to court (AP)

Top US lawmaker backs religious freedom in China (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT AFP - US House Speaker John Boehner pledged his "unequivocal" support for religious freedom in China after meeting Wednesday with Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former leader of Hong Kong's Catholic Church.

APNewsBreak: Top Libyans said to be very scared (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:43 PM PDT AP - Libya's former-energy minister said Wednesday that several members of Moammar Gadhafi's inner circle want to defect, but many are too scared to abandon the dictator fearing the safety of themselves and their families.

Obama, Karzai deplore Koran burning (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:29 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai deplored the burning of the Koran by a fundamentalist U.S. pastor in an hour-long video teleconference on Wednesday and condemned deadly violence sparked by the incident, the White House said.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:06 AM PDT AP - Work to start in summer on rebuilding Chicago church known as the birthplace of gospel music

Slain NIreland officer buried, arms cache found (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT AP - As the casket of a slain Catholic policeman was somberly hoisted through his town, Northern Ireland police investigating his killing announced a major weapons cache seizure and arrested a suspected Irish Republican Army dissident.

UK astrophysicist wins $1.6 million religion prize (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:37 AM PDT AP - A British astrophysicist known for his theories on the origin and the destiny of the universe has been honored with one of the world's leading religion prizes.

Pope seeks end to bloodshed in Libya, Ivory Coast (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:49 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for an end to the fighting in Libya and the Ivory Coast.

Hell-questioning rev.: Didn't envision controversy (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:11 PM PDT AP - Evangelical megachurch pastor Rob Bell said he did not anticipate the firestorm he would stir with his book that questions the traditional Christian belief that a select number of believers will spend eternity in heaven while everyone else is tormented in hell.

2nd child accused in NYC attack on Muslim girl (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:11 PM PDT AP - A 13-year-old girl has been arrested on hate crime charges and is accused of helping bully and attack a Muslim girl at their New York City middle school.

Control of polygamous sect appears headed to court (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:07 PM PDT AP - Utah state officials are blocking any further attempts by rival church leaders to seize control of Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect, which likely means a judge will decide.

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