Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Interim dean chosen to lead National Cathedral (AP)
• Israel's religion minister fears Jewish divides (Reuters)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Dutch urged to apologize for Jewish deportations (AP)
• Calif. Catholic bishop resigns, says he has 2 kids (AP)
• U.S. Catholic bishop who resigned fathered two children (Reuters)
• Iowa GOP voters see Romney as best Obama opponent (AP)

Interim dean chosen to lead National Cathedral (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:47 PM PST AP - A longtime Episcopal priest who led the St. Alban's Parish in Washington has been appointed interim dean of Washington National Cathedral.

Israel's religion minister fears Jewish divides (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:11 AM PST Reuters - Israeli society could be torn apart if disputes between ultra-Orthodox and less observant Jews continue to heat up, Israel's religious affairs minister said on Wednesday.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 07:42 AM PST AP - Sculptor chisels St. Damien statue for church in Puna district where priest ministered

Dutch urged to apologize for Jewish deportations (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 07:02 AM PST AP - Outspoken Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders called on the government Wednesday to apologize for the country's "passive" response to the mass deportations of Jews by Nazi occupiers during World War II.

Calif. Catholic bishop resigns, says he has 2 kids (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 06:57 AM PST AP - The pope has accepted the early resignation of a Los Angeles bishop who recently acknowledged being the father of two teenagers.

U.S. Catholic bishop who resigned fathered two children (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2012 06:36 AM PST Reuters - An assistant bishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles in the United States has resigned because he had a secret family, including two teenage children.

Iowa GOP voters see Romney as best Obama opponent (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:16 PM PST AP - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was winning strong support from Republicans seeking a candidate who can topple President Barack Obama in November's elections, according to an entrance poll of GOP voters attending Iowa's presidential caucuses on Tuesday.

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