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• Mormon church to warn members of proxy baptisms (AP)
• 2nd win for Jewish team - this one on the court (Reuters)
• 2nd arrest made in NJ synagogue firebombings (AP)
• Libya's Muslim Brotherhood sets up political party (Reuters)
• Fallen gospel phenom to NY judge: I aim to change (AP)
• Florida bill on 'inspirational messages' in schools advances (Reuters)
• Cash-Strapped Italy Pushes Vatican to Pay More Taxes (Time.com)
• New Zealand church says landmark cathedral to be demolished (Reuters)
• NY congressman: NJ gov took 'cheap shots' at NYPD (AP)
• Vatican Secret Archives: 6 of the most intriguing documents in church history (The Christian Science Monitor)

Mormon church to warn members of proxy baptisms (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PST AP - Mormon church leaders say the church's policy of not performing posthumous baptisms of Holocaust victims and others unrelated to its members will be reiterated worldwide during Sunday services.

2nd win for Jewish team - this one on the court (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:59 PM PST Reuters - Capping off a week of wins, an Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team in Texas won its hard-fought semifinals game on Friday afternoon - just hours before the start of the Jewish Sabbath.

2nd arrest made in NJ synagogue firebombings (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:55 PM PST AP - A second man was charged Friday in a series of attacks on synagogues in northern New Jersey that included the firebombing of a house of worship where a rabbi and several family members were sleeping upstairs.

Libya's Muslim Brotherhood sets up political party (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:13 PM PST Reuters - Libya's Muslim Brotherhood teamed up with other Islamists on Friday to establish a new political party that is set to be a leading player in the country's first elections since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising.

Fallen gospel phenom to NY judge: I aim to change (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PST AP - At age 12, Tyrone Ford was a gospel music prodigy in a national spotlight: President Ronald Reagan pointed to him as an example of the American dream during the 1986 State of the Union address.

Florida bill on 'inspirational messages' in schools advances (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:05 PM PST Reuters - Florida students will be allowed to offer an "inspirational message" at graduations, pep rallies and other school events under a bill on its way to the desk of the state's Republican Governor Rick Scott.

Cash-Strapped Italy Pushes Vatican to Pay More Taxes (Time.com) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:25 AM PST Time.com - With Italy feeling the pinch, Prime Minister Mario Monti takes on the Catholic Church in an effort to make it pay more property taxes

New Zealand church says landmark cathedral to be demolished (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:10 AM PST Reuters - New Zealand's Anglican church is to demolish a 131-year-old cathedral in earthquake-devastated Christchurch because it is too dangerous and expensive to rebuild, the stricken city's bishop said on Friday.

NY congressman: NJ gov took 'cheap shots' at NYPD (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:36 PM PST AP - An interstate feud escalated Friday when a New York congressman berated the New Jersey governor for "trying to score cheap political points" instead of saving lives when he complained that the New York Police Department's monitoring of Muslims across the state line was arrogant and secretive.

Vatican Secret Archives: 6 of the most intriguing documents in church history (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:29 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor -

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