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• Religion, gay row won't impact Pacquiao in ring
• Catholic order head admits hiding priest's scandal
• The Catholic contraception-mandate mega-lawsuit: A guide
• The Catholic mega-lawsuit is a 2012 nightmare for Obama
• A Visit with Turkey's Controversial Religious Movement
• Catholic groups take fight against Obama birth-control rules to court

Religion, gay row won't impact Pacquiao in ring Posted: 22 May 2012 11:28 AM PDT Manny Pacquiao's devotion to religion and comments against gay marriage will not have an impact as a training distraction or in the ring as the Filipino icon prepares to fight unbeaten American Tim Bradley.

Catholic order head admits hiding priest's scandal Posted: 22 May 2012 09:40 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - The leader of the Legionaries of Christ admitted on Tuesday he knew for years the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic order's most famous priest had fathered a child but still allowed the popular cleric to preach about morality. The order, still reeling from revelations that its founder was a sex abuser and drug addict with two secret families, suffered another major blow last week when it admitted that Father Thomas Williams, an American based in Rome, also had led a double life. ...

The Catholic contraception-mandate mega-lawsuit: A guide Posted: 22 May 2012 07:15 AM PDT Notre Dame and 42 other Catholic institutions sue the Obama administration, arguing that they're being forced to facilitate behavior they find "intrinsically immoral"

The Catholic mega-lawsuit is a 2012 nightmare for Obama Posted: 22 May 2012 03:10 AM PDT Dozens of religious organizations sue the administration over a contraception mandate. Not exactly what the president was hoping for heading into November

A Visit with Turkey's Controversial Religious Movement Posted: 22 May 2012 01:12 AM PDT It is Monday evening in Diyarbakir, a city in Turkey's southeast, and a weekly meeting of several local members of the so-called Gulen movement has begun with a book reading. One of the eight men present -- this is an all-boys affair -- picks up a paperback by Fethullah Gulen, the charismatic Islamic preacher after whom the movement is named, and reads out a few paragraphs. The subject is one of the central tenets of Gulen's philosophy: hizmet, service to others. ...

Catholic groups take fight against Obama birth-control rules to court Posted: 21 May 2012 05:31 PM PDT In a coordinated pushback against the Obama administration, 43 Catholic institutions filed a dozen lawsuits in federal courts across the country on Monday, charging that new federal rules requiring most religious employers to provide health insurance that includes birth-control services violates their fundamental right to religious freedom.

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