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• Vatican envoy to US hospitalized in Baltimore (AP)
• Conn. man pleads guilty to swindling churchgoers (AP)
• Russia church says won't claim rebel Georgia regions (Reuters)
• Norway Muslims share nation's grief and hope for unity (Reuters)
• Religious groups set prayer vigil for U.S. debt deal (Reuters)

Vatican envoy to US hospitalized in Baltimore (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:24 PM PDT AP - Catholic church officials say the Vatican's envoy to the United States has been readmitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital with complications after recent lung surgery.

Conn. man pleads guilty to swindling churchgoers (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:26 PM PDT AP - A Connecticut securities broker has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he swindled investors including members of a Greek Orthodox church out of more than $8 million.

Russia church says won't claim rebel Georgia regions (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:37 PM PDT Reuters - Russia's Orthodox Christian Church will not claim clerical authority over Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russian and Georgian church leaders said on Tuesday.

Norway Muslims share nation's grief and hope for unity (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT Reuters - As central Oslo reeled from Norway's worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug.

Religious groups set prayer vigil for U.S. debt deal (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:48 PM PDT Reuters - Across the street from the U.S. Capitol in the small north lawn of the United Methodist Building, Christians, Muslims and Jews will pray on Tuesday for the country's budget, and hope to teach Republicans and Democrats a lesson in compromise.

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