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• Pope in Venice, urges welcome for immigrants (AP)
• Pope warns Catholics against 'fear of the other' (AFP)
• Militants kill 2 Buddhists in restive Thai south (Reuters)
• Egypt religious strife kills 12, challenges government (Reuters)
• Two Muslims bounced from Memphis flight, despite extra screening (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Religion news in brief (AP)

Pope in Venice, urges welcome for immigrants (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI urged Italy on Sunday to welcome immigrants fleeing to its shores, invoking the historic role of Venice and the once influential church in nearby Aquileia as a cultural bridges during his two-day visit to northern Italy.

Pope warns Catholics against 'fear of the other' (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 12:52 PM PDT AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged Catholics to renew their faith and not to give in to "fear of the other" amid a wave of migration, at an open-air mass in front of 300,000 people near Venice.

Militants kill 2 Buddhists in restive Thai south (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:16 AM PDT Reuters - Suspected insurgents killed two Buddhists in a drive-by shooting Sunday in Thailand's deep south, police said, the latest in an upsurge of violence in the troubled region bordering Malaysia.

Egypt religious strife kills 12, challenges government (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt's military-led government faced a major challenge after two days of clashes between Muslims and Christians in which state media reported 12 people died and 238 were injured.

Two Muslims bounced from Memphis flight, despite extra screening (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 May 2011 02:18 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - It’s not absolutely clear who was uneasy that two Muslims wearing traditional clothing had boarded Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5452 to Charlotte, N.C., but it’s evident someone was.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 04 May 2011 12:02 PM PDT AP - Maine bishop condemns mosque graffiti

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