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• Pope's World Youth Day agenda includes rare lunch (AP)
• Wis. pastor accepts price for conducting gay union (AP)
• Huntsman: Issues not religion will decide GOP race (AP)
• New York gay marriage bill: Could Catholics play a decisive role? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pope's World Youth Day agenda includes rare lunch (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI's agenda for this summer's World Youth Day in Madrid includes a rare lunch with young Catholics and a session hearing their confessions.

Wis. pastor accepts price for conducting gay union (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT AP - A gay Methodist pastor who was suspended for officiating at a same-sex union said Friday that her church trial this week was a positive experience, and that her jurors were deft in balancing the need for justice with the church's longstanding message of inclusion.

Huntsman: Issues not religion will decide GOP race (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:26 PM PDT AP - Former Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman said Friday that he doesn't believe his Mormon faith will be an issue in his bid for the White House, adding that he's running for president — not to be the nation's spiritual "guru."

New York gay marriage bill: Could Catholics play a decisive role? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Groups on both sides of the drawn-out debate over the New York gay marriage bill have used moral and religious language to appeal to lawmakers. But one religious group â€" the Roman Catholic Church â€" exerts an especially strong pull on the state legislature’s moral compass.

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