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• Pope hears prayer for victims of abuse (Reuters)
• Pope laments 'amnesia' about God during Spain trip (AP)
• Vanderbilt allows students to observe Wiccan holidays (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber kills at least 47 in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Rick Perry in New Hampshire: Evangelical cowboy faces a rough ride (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pope hears prayer for victims of abuse (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict listened to prayers for victims of sexual abuse on Friday as he presided at a huge procession for tens of thousands of young people in Spain.

Pope laments 'amnesia' about God during Spain trip (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:00 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI complained Friday that modern society has a certain "amnesia" about God as he lamented the dwindling of the faith during a visit to Spain, a once staunchly Catholic country that has seen the church's grip on society fall dramatically since the end of the Fascist dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

Vanderbilt allows students to observe Wiccan holidays (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Reuters - Vanderbilt University, a prestigious school in the buckle of the South's "Bible Belt," is now offering excused absences to students wishing to observe Wiccan and pagan holidays.

Suicide bomber kills at least 47 in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:06 AM PDT Reuters - A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers offering Friday prayers at a mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 47 people and wounding more than 70, a top government official said.

Rick Perry in New Hampshire: Evangelical cowboy faces a rough ride (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:49 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - If Texas Gov. Rick Perry has an inner Evangelical cowboy, he kept it on a tight rein during his second day in the Granite State Thursday. Save for an oversize belt buckle, a couple quick “God bless yous,” and a relaxed gait that comes off as saddle soreness, Governor Perry was all suit and tie, and jobs, jobs, jobs.

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