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• Insurance fight shows Catholic-Evangelical ties (AP)
• Santorum benefits from mistaken religious identity (AP)
• Pope: marriage only place 'worthy' for conception (AP)
• Afghanistan: Riots over Koran Burning Subside, But Does Anger Still Simmer? (Time.com)

Insurance fight shows Catholic-Evangelical ties (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 11:34 AM PST AP - After the White House decreed this month that religious employers would have to pay for workers' birth control, it was no surprise that Roman Catholic leaders would protest. That evangelical Protestants would rally to their cause was less expected and unthinkable even a generation ago.

Santorum benefits from mistaken religious identity (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:10 AM PST AP - Rick Santorum's political good fortune in the Republican presidential primaries has come about in large part because of his appeal to evangelicals. A Roman Catholic, he is a beneficiary of more than two decades of cooperation between conservative Protestants and Catholics who set aside theological differences for the common cause of the culture war.

Pope: marriage only place 'worthy' for conception (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 07:33 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday urged infertile couples to shun artificial procreation, decrying such methods as a form of arrogance.

Afghanistan: Riots over Koran Burning Subside, But Does Anger Still Simmer? (Time.com) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST Time.com - Most observers expected the worst on Friday as the pious gathered at mosques for prayer. But, while violence did occur, it appeared to be much less than feared

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