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• In a France suspicious of religion, evangelicalism's message strikes a chord
• Pope's butler denied release from police 'safe room'
• Riot breaks out in Belfast after Protestant march
• Circumcision ruling called threat to religion
• German circumcision ban unites religions, worries doctors
• Vatican still questioning witnesses in leak probe
• China probing bishop who quit government church
• 8 Catholic rioters arrested before Belfast parades

In a France suspicious of religion, evangelicalism's message strikes a chord Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:45 PM PDT In a large former factory warehouse outside Paris on a Friday night, some 4,000 people assemble in prayer and praise to a God who loves all equally, they are told. It's mostly a minority crowd: young, African, from mixed heritage, and white. Hands are raised; a choir moves from jazzy to solemn gospel tones. Faces mark a wide range of emotions at week's end.

Pope's butler denied release from police 'safe room' Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:56 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's butler, suspected of leaking documents that allege corruption in the Vatican, was denied a requested transfer to house arrest and ordered on Thursday to remain in a small police 'safe room', where he prays daily. The Vatican said a prosecutor had decided to keep Paolo Gabriele, 46, in preventive custody beyond the usual 50 days that Vatican law says a defendant can be held before being ordered to stand trial. The period can be doubled in some cases. ...

Riot breaks out in Belfast after Protestant march Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT BELFAST (Reuters) - Police fired water cannon at Catholic youths in Belfast on Thursday after rioting erupted when a small Protestant parade, celebrating a 17th century military victory over Catholic forces, passed their estate. The violence came at the culmination of a series of parades that pro-British Protestants stage annually in the British-ruled province, a tradition seen as provocative by Irish nationalists who want to be part of a united Ireland. ...

Circumcision ruling called threat to religion Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:15 AM PDT A German court's decision that ritual circumcision amounts to criminal bodily harm threatens religious freedom in Europe, a group of European Orthodox rabbis said Thursday.

German circumcision ban unites religions, worries doctors Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:50 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court's ban on circumcising baby boys has provoked a rare show of unity between Jews, Muslims and Christians who see it as a threat to religious freedom, while doctors warn it could increase health risks by forcing the practice underground. European rabbis meeting in Berlin on Thursday promised to defy the ruling by a court in the city of Cologne last month. They plan further talks with Muslim and Christian leaders in Stuttgart next week to see how they can fight the ban together. ...

Vatican still questioning witnesses in leak probe Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:02 AM PDT The Vatican says its investigators will finish questioning witnesses and the pope's butler within two weeks in the probe of leaked documents, including from the private papal apartment.

China probing bishop who quit government church Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:36 AM PDT The government body that controls the Catholic church in China says it is investigating the selection of a bishop who cut his ties to the group as soon as he was ordained, in an embarrassment to Beijing that could deepen its rift with the Vatican.

8 Catholic rioters arrested before Belfast parades Posted: 11 Jul 2012 11:56 PM PDT Police say they have arrested eight Irish nationalist men involved in Belfast rioting hours before the start of Protestant parades by the Orange Order brotherhood, an annual event that usually strains Northern Ireland's sectarian tensions.

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