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• Muslim Brotherhood backs Syria protests (Reuters)
• An unlikely journey: From village priest to Pope John Paul II (The Newsroom)
• US report puts Egypt with worst religion violators (AP)
• Obamas gush over meeting Pope (AFP)
• US board faults Egypt on religious freedom (AFP)
• Pope John Paul II: A halo too soon? (Reuters)
• Conn. priest gets 3 years for stealing from church (AP)
• Pope John Paul's Path to Sainthood: A Rush to Judgment? (Time.com)
• Times Square Church founder dies in Texas crash (AP)
• Photojournalist is mourned at NYC church service (AP)

Muslim Brotherhood backs Syria protests (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - The Muslim Brotherhood called on Syrians to take to the streets ahead of Friday prayers and help the besieged city of Deraa, where a rights group said civilian deaths from a tank-backed army attack rose to 50.

An unlikely journey: From village priest to Pope John Paul II (The Newsroom) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:19 PM PDT The Newsroom - Pope John Paul II, who started out as a priest in a Polish village, will be beatified Sunday, marking the third of four steps to sainthood. It's the fastest beatification in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, even beating …

US report puts Egypt with worst religion violators (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT AP - A government agency's annual report on violations of religious rights added Egypt on Thursday to the list of the world's 14 worst violators.

Obamas gush over meeting Pope (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:34 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama and wife Michelle revealed to day time talk queen Oprah Winfrey that one of their biggest thrills as president and first lady had been seeing their kids meet Pope Benedict XVI.

US board faults Egypt on religious freedom (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:53 AM PDT AFP - A US commission called Thursday for Egypt to be put on a blacklist for lack of religious freedom, saying attacks on Coptic Christians and other minorities have worsened despite political changes.

Pope John Paul II: A halo too soon? (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - Is Pope John Paul II approaching his halo too fast?

Conn. priest gets 3 years for stealing from church (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:13 AM PDT AP - A Roman Catholic priest in Connecticut has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading no contest to stealing more than $1 million in church money and spending it on male escorts and a lavish lifestyle.

Pope John Paul's Path to Sainthood: A Rush to Judgment? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:40 AM PDT Time.com - A decades-long process has been shortened to six years for the popular late Pontiff. Why some people are unhappy about it

Times Square Church founder dies in Texas crash (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:35 PM PDT AP - Rev. David Wilkerson, founding pastor of Times Square Church in New York City and author of the best-selling book, "The Cross and the Switchblade," has died. He was 79.

Photojournalist is mourned at NYC church service (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:56 PM PDT AP - A New York photographer killed in Libya used his lens as his "heart" — to speak for war-ravaged people desperate to be heard by the world, said the priest who celebrated a Mass for him Wednesday.

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