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• Vatican: World not ending, despite Maya prediction
• Pope's 'sensitive soul' revealed in children's book about the goldfish he feeds each day
• Pope's sensitive side revealed in children's book
• Catholic group: Tweet the pope about fiscal cliff
• British Census Data: 73% of Write-ins for Religion Were 'Jedi Knight'
• Feds seek end of religious birth control lawsuit
• Inside the Controversy Over the Bible of Mental Disorder
• Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks
• South Africa's churches accuse Zuma, ANC of moral decay

Vatican: World not ending, despite Maya prediction Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:03 PM PST The Vatican's top astronomer has some assurances to offer: The world won't be ending in 10 days, despite predictions to the contrary.

Pope's 'sensitive soul' revealed in children's book about the goldfish he feeds each day Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST VATICAN CITY - A children's picture book about the goldfish pond at the pope's summer residence reveals a side of him few may know.

Pope's sensitive side revealed in children's book Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:20 PM PST A children's picture book about the goldfish pond at the pope's summer residence reveals a side of him few may know.

Catholic group: Tweet the pope about fiscal cliff Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:01 AM PST To give tweets is to receive them. Knowing that, a Catholic group wants one of Twitter's newest users, Pope Benedict XVI, to pressure Democrats and Republicans to show compassion in their "fiscal cliff" talks.

British Census Data: 73% of Write-ins for Religion Were 'Jedi Knight' Posted: 11 Dec 2012 09:28 AM PST Who knew the force was with so many people in England and Wales? Apparently 176,632 people who said they practiced "other religion" on their 2011 census form listed that religion as Jedi Knight. Simon Rogers at the Guardian's Data Blog charted out all of those other religions. Religions listed range from atheist (29,267) to Baha'i (5,021) to Scientology (2,418) to Heavy Metal (6,242), but Jedi Knight is the overwhelming favorite. That said, Rogers points out that the number of Jedi Knights has actually decreased in the last decade, from 390,000 in 2001. ...

Feds seek end of religious birth control lawsuit Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:58 AM PST The federal government has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and other religious institutions seeking to overturn a provision in the federal health care law that requires group health plans to provide free birth control.

Inside the Controversy Over the Bible of Mental Disorder Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:04 AM PST The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is "the so-called bible of mental disorders," explains Benedict Carey, who writes of the recent approval of the fifth edition of the manual by the board of trustees of the American Psychiatric Association in a piece in Tuesday's New York Times. ...

Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:31 AM PST Tehran's chief prosecutor says authorities have arrested 28 Iranians for alleged links to foreign-based TV networks advocating the Baha'i religion, which is banned in the Islamic Republic.

South Africa's churches accuse Zuma, ANC of moral decay Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:45 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's churches launched a blistering attack on the African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday, accusing the ruling party of moral decay and of abandoning Nelson Mandela's goal to build a non-racial democracy from the ashes of apartheid. In a letter to President Jacob Zuma published a week before an ANC leadership election and policy conference, the South African Council of Churches (SACC) threatened to agitate for a "more healthy democracy" if its concerns were brushed aside. ...

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