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• Lawsuit claims evangelical church hid abuse claims
• Texas acts to defend cheerleaders' use of religious messages
• Kenyan Christians fear former brethren are attacking churches
• Navistar names John Pope to board
• Italy church charity sees surge in aid requests

Lawsuit claims evangelical church hid abuse claims Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:44 PM PDT Three female plaintiffs claim an evangelical church group covered up allegations of sexual abuse against children, failed to report accusations of misconduct to the police and discouraged its members from cooperating with law enforcement, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Texas acts to defend cheerleaders' use of religious messages Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The state of Texas is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of a high school cheerleading team fighting to continue featuring religious messages on banners at football games, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Wednesday. The cheerleaders and their parents filed a lawsuit against the school district of the East Texas town of Kountze after the district banned religious messages on the banners. Abbott and Texas Governor Rick Perry told reporters at a state Capitol press conference that they will work to ensure the cheerleaders' freedom of expression. ...

Kenyan Christians fear former brethren are attacking churches Posted: 17 Oct 2012 08:49 AM PDT Kenyan church leaders and analysts are expressing concern that recent Muslim converts from Christian rural regions are the new breed of jihadists targeting churches, public places, and police in the country.

Navistar names John Pope to board Posted: 17 Oct 2012 07:50 AM PDT Heavy truck and engine company Navistar International Corp. said Wednesday that it named John Pope to its board.Pope replaces David Harrison, who chose to retire after serving five years on the Lisle, ...

Italy church charity sees surge in aid requests Posted: 17 Oct 2012 05:58 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - The Italian branch of Catholic charity Caritas has seen a 44.5 percent jump in the number of people seeking food, clothing and medicines from its centers in the first half of the year, it said on Wednesday. It said the economic crisis was increasingly affecting Italians as well as the immigrant poor, with the number of Italian nationals coming to its advice centers rising by 15 percent in the first six months of the year. ...

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