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• Presbyterian group breaks away over gay clergy (Reuters)
• Pope hits out at `radical secularism' (AP)
• Ohio Muslim inmates settle meal preparation suit (AP)
• Priest who fathered child removed from New York church (Reuters)
• GOP field leaves SC's religious right uninspired (AP)
• In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com)

Presbyterian group breaks away over gay clergy (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:28 PM PST Reuters - Presbyterians opposed to gay clergy split from the church on Thursday, announcing in Orlando a new denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.

Pope hits out at `radical secularism' (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI says Roman Catholics in the U.S. need to understand the "grave threats" to their faith posed by what he calls radical secularism in the political and cultural arenas.

Ohio Muslim inmates settle meal preparation suit (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:55 AM PST AP - A Muslim death row inmate has settled a lawsuit that accused the Ohio prison system of denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners.

Priest who fathered child removed from New York church (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST Reuters - A newly installed Roman Catholic priest has been removed from his suburban New York parish after church officials on Thursday said he secretly fathered a child while attending seminary.

GOP field leaves SC's religious right uninspired (AP) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST AP - The Greenville-Spartanburg area, home to many of South Carolina's evangelical voters, should be prime political ground for Rick Santorum, a longtime anti-abortion crusader who was embraced by a group of Christian leaders meeting last weekend in Texas.

In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com) Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:35 AM PST Time.com - In community after community, rigid fundamentalists are going after purveyors of alcohol and Muslims who pray at the burial sites of saints

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