Yahoo! News: Religion News

---

• Appeals court lifts ban on Texas graduation prayer (AP)
• Pope heads to Balkans with pro-EU message (AP)
• Federal appeals court opens doors for prayer at Texas graduation (Reuters)
• Does Mitt Romney Have a Prayer with Evangelicals? (Time.com)
• Republicans court evangelicals at faith conference (Reuters)
• US VP Biden meets with pope (AP)
• Bomb in Iraqi city of Tikrit kills at least five: police (Reuters)

Appeals court lifts ban on Texas graduation prayer (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT AP - Public prayer will be allowed at a Texas high school graduation after a federal appeals court on Friday reversed a ban won by an agnostic family that claimed ceremony traditions such as invocations were unconstitutional.

Pope heads to Balkans with pro-EU message (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI heads to the Balkans this weekend with a pro-European Union message for a region being forced to account for its bloody past to join the EU bloc.

Federal appeals court opens doors for prayer at Texas graduation (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday afternoon that students may pray and mention God at Saturday night's graduation at a high school in a San Antonio suburb, overturning a district judge's ruling.

Does Mitt Romney Have a Prayer with Evangelicals? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - When Mitt Romney makes his appearance at Ralph Reed's Faith & Freedom Conference Friday evening in Washington, he won't exactly be headed into the lion's den--but it might seem that way to him

Republicans court evangelicals at faith conference (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:58 PM PDT Reuters - Republican White House hopefuls courted Christian conservative voters Friday at a conference where economic concerns shared the stage with social issues that dominate the evangelical agenda.

US VP Biden meets with pope (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:42 AM PDT AP - U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, a pro-abortion rights Roman Catholic, met with Pope Benedict XVI in an unannounced visit at the Vatican on Friday.

Bomb in Iraqi city of Tikrit kills at least five: police (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT Reuters - A bomb targeting worshippers at a mosque killed at least five people and injured 30 in Tikrit, north of the capital Baghdad on Friday, local police said.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: Religion News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610