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• Irish Vatican closure saddens dwindling faithful (Reuters)
• 80,000 Muslims pray on the street in Moscow (AP)
• Syrian forces kill 4 at start of Eid: activists (Reuters)
• American Catholics prep for new Mass translation (AP)

Irish Vatican closure saddens dwindling faithful (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 08:08 AM PST Reuters - In the week that Ireland announced it was closing its embassy to the Vatican, the pews at Dublin's main Roman Catholic church are less than a third full for Sunday morning mass. There is no one under 30 in the congregation.

80,000 Muslims pray on the street in Moscow (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 08:05 AM PST AP - Tens of thousands of Muslim men knelt shoulder-to-shoulder in prayer on the freezing streets of Moscow on Sunday to celebrate the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Syrian forces kill 4 at start of Eid: activists (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 01:47 AM PST Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead at least four civilians on Sunday in a continued military assault on the central city of Homs and in an attack on pro-democracy demonstrations that erupted after prayers marking the main Muslim feast, an activist group said.

American Catholics prep for new Mass translation (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2011 11:29 PM PDT AP - Each Sunday for decades, Roman Catholic priests have offered the blessing — "Lord be with you." And each Sunday, parishioners would respond, "And also with you."

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