Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Gaddafi foreign minister arrested: witness (Reuters)
• Austrian priests defy Catholic Church, face showdown (Reuters)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Austrian Catholic Priests Rebel, Demanding Church Reforms (Time.com)
• Muslim insurgency in Thailand's restive south heats up (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Cuba dissidents ask Church to stop harassment by state (Reuters)
• Survey: Muslim Americans happier with conditions in US than broader public (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi foreign minister arrested: witness (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi's foreign minister, Abdelati Obeidi, was arrested Tuesday at his farm in Janzour, a suburb west of Tripoli, a Reuters correspondent said.

Austrian priests defy Catholic Church, face showdown (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT Reuters - Dissident Austrian priests defying their Catholic Church with calls for married clergy, women priests and other reforms enjoy wide public support, according to a new poll on a dispute that could lead to their dismissal.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:40 AM PDT AP - A federal judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the Vatican concerning rights to reproduce images from treasures in the Vatican Library.

Austrian Catholic Priests Rebel, Demanding Church Reforms (Time.com) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:40 AM PDT Time.com - Hundreds of Austrian priests are challenging local bishops and the administration of Pope Benedict XVI, demanding modern-day answers to issues like communion for divorced people, women in the clergy and whether priests should marry

Muslim insurgency in Thailand's restive south heats up (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:38 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Here in southern Thailand, the Muslim insurgents seem to be committing more gruesome acts of violence, putting a spotlight on one of Asia’s most opaque conflicts.

Cuba dissidents ask Church to stop harassment by state (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:21 PM PDT Reuters - Leaders of the dissident group Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church on Tuesday to intervene with the Cuban government to end what they described as violent acts against them and other human rights activists.

Survey: Muslim Americans happier with conditions in US than broader public (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:28 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - For the most part, Muslim Americans disavow Islamic extremism, are happy with the way things are going in the country and in their lives, and are about as religious and educated as the general American public.

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