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• NY Sikh, Muslim workers allowed religious headwear
• NY Sikh, Muslim workers allowed religious headwear
• Legal pact permits NYC transit workers to don religious head wear
• Vatican crisis highlights pope failure to reform Curia
• Italian journalist defends Vatican leaks
• Religion news in brief
• Vatican crisis highlights pope failure to reform Curia
• Pope breaks silence over Vatileaks scandal
• Pope says he is 'saddened' by scandal over leaked Vatican documents
• Pope saddened by scandal over leaked documents
• Pope renews trust in allies amid 'VatiLeaks' scandal
• Pope, beset by scandal, speaks of personal suffering

NY Sikh, Muslim workers allowed religious headwear Posted: 30 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT New York's Sikh and Muslim transit workers will be allowed to wear religious head coverings without a government agency logo after years of bitter legal battles that started after the 9/11 terror attacks.

NY Sikh, Muslim workers allowed religious headwear Posted: 30 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT New York's Sikh and Muslim transit workers will be allowed to wear religious head coverings without a government agency logo after years of bitter legal battles that started after the 9/11 terror attacks.A ...

Legal pact permits NYC transit workers to don religious head wear Posted: 30 May 2012 12:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's transit system has agreed to allow Sikh and Muslim employees to wear religious head coverings in public, such as while operating buses and subways, as part of a legal settlement filed on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. The settlement brings an end to what Sikh and Muslim plaintiffs dubbed a "brand or segregate" policy enforced by the New York City Transit Authority following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. ...

Vatican crisis highlights pope failure to reform Curia Posted: 30 May 2012 10:42 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict in 2005, epithets like "God's Rottweiler" and "Panzerkardinal" suggested he would bring some German efficiency to the opaque Vatican bureaucracy, the Curia. Instead, as the "Vatileaks" scandal has revealed, the head of the Roman Catholic Church can't even keep his own private mail secret. His hand-picked deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, faces a "monsignors' mutiny" by prelates in the halls of power. ...

Italian journalist defends Vatican leaks Posted: 30 May 2012 09:30 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - An Italian journalist behind a leaks scandal shaking the Roman Catholic Church denies Vatican accusations he is a criminal and says he was only doing his duty to uncover the truth. Gianluigi Nuzzi's book, alleging corruption and conspiracies among cardinals in a Vatican struggle for power, has led to a hunt for informants in the Holy See and the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI's butler, one of the people closest to him. "My job is to find and publish news, it is my ethical duty. ...

Religion news in brief Posted: 30 May 2012 08:10 AM PDT Assembly approves measure that would add more protections for religious freedom in workplace

Vatican crisis highlights pope failure to reform Curia Posted: 30 May 2012 07:03 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict in 2005, epithets like "God's Rottweiler" and "Panzerkardinal" suggested he would bring some German efficiency to the opaque Vatican bureaucracy, the Curia. Instead, as the "Vatileaks" scandal has revealed, the head of the Roman Catholic Church can't even keep his own private mail secret. His hand-picked deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, faces a "monsignors' mutiny" by prelates in the halls of power. ...

Pope breaks silence over Vatileaks scandal Posted: 30 May 2012 06:10 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the leaked documents scandal that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddened by the betrayal but grateful to those aides who work faithfully and in silence to help him do his job.

Pope says he is 'saddened' by scandal over leaked Vatican documents Posted: 30 May 2012 04:06 AM PDT VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says the scandal over leaked documents now rocking the Vatican has "saddened me in my heart" and that he wants to publicly express his trust in his closest advisers.

Pope saddened by scandal over leaked documents Posted: 30 May 2012 04:00 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI says the scandal over leaked documents now rocking the Vatican has "saddened me in my heart" and that he wants to publicly express his trust in his closest advisers.

Pope renews trust in allies amid 'VatiLeaks' scandal Posted: 30 May 2012 03:58 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI expressed his trust in his closest allies Wednesday and said the image of the Church in the media during the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal did not correspond to reality.

Pope, beset by scandal, speaks of personal suffering Posted: 30 May 2012 02:19 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, beset by the worst crisis of his papacy, on Wednesday spoke of seeking consolation in faith for sufferings coming even from those closest to you. In his first reference to the crisis over the leaking of his private documents, which led to the arrest of his butler, the pope told thousands of pilgrims in St Peter's Square: "Our life and our Christian path are often marked by difficulties, incomprehension and sufferings." He said all people must persevere in the face of "conflicts in human relations, often from within one's own family. ...

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