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• 48 Catholic schools in Philly to close, reorganize (AP)
• About one in four Philadelphia Catholic schools to shut (Reuters)
• Race questions cloud lawsuit over Jewish cemetery (AP)
• Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany (AP)
• Pope names 22 new cardinals, including 2 Americans (AP)
• Pope names new cardinals who'll choose successor (Reuters)
• As U.S. Explores Dialogue with Muslim Brotherhood, Israelis Urge a Tougher Line Against Islamists' Rise (Time.com)

48 Catholic schools in Philly to close, reorganize (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:05 PM PST AP - The Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans to shutter about a quarter of its Roman Catholic high schools and close or combine nearly 30 percent of its elementary schools mainly because of rising costs and low enrollment, officials said Friday.

About one in four Philadelphia Catholic schools to shut (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST Reuters - Roughly one in four Catholic schools in the Philadelphia area will be shuttered at the end of this academic year, hit by falling enrollment and rising tuition costs, the archdiocese said on Friday.

Race questions cloud lawsuit over Jewish cemetery (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:33 PM PST AP - Juliet Steer was dying of cancer when she chose her final resting place in the woods of southeastern Connecticut. She picked the plot in an interfaith section of a Jewish cemetery in Colchester because it was peaceful, her brother said, and she died at age 47 in 2010.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:24 PM PST AP - Orthodox Christian worshippers plunged into chilly waters across southern and eastern Europe on Friday to retrieve crucifixes in ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ.

Pope names 22 new cardinals, including 2 Americans (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI clearly put his stamp on the group that will eventually elect his successor with his naming of 22 new cardinals Friday, including prelates in such key posts as New York and Hong Kong.

Pope names new cardinals who'll choose successor (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST Reuters - Pope Benedict, increasing the chances the next pontiff will be a conservative European, on Friday named 22 new cardinals, the red-hatted "princes of the Church" who are his closest aides and will one day choose his successor.

As U.S. Explores Dialogue with Muslim Brotherhood, Israelis Urge a Tougher Line Against Islamists' Rise (Time.com) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:35 AM PST Time.com - Unlike its predecessor, the Obama Administration has understood the limits on Washington's ability to remake the Middle East to its own specifications

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