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• Czech Senate vetoes flagship church restitution bill
• Church counts on prayer in France gay marriage debate
• French Catholic Church pro-marriage prayer provokes gay rights row
• Russia detains four at Pussy Riot protest outside church
• Vatican openness in butler case not enough, critics say

Czech Senate vetoes flagship church restitution bill Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:05 PM PDT PRAGUE (Reuters) - The upper house of the Czech parliament vetoed on Wednesday a bill to return billions of dollars worth of confiscated church property, in a blow to one of the centre-right government's flagship policies. The divisive legislation will now head back for a final vote in the lower house, where Prime Minister Petr Necas's battered coalition may struggle to get enough support to push it into law. ...

Church counts on prayer in France gay marriage debate Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:55 AM PDT French Catholics marked the Assumption holiday on Wednesday with prayers focused on the family and children that were designed to underline the Church's opposition to gay marriage.

French Catholic Church pro-marriage prayer provokes gay rights row Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Catholic congregations in churches across France prayed for traditional marriage on Wednesday, provoking accusations of homophobia from gay rights groups as Paris prepares to legalize same-sex matrimony. The rare clerical foray into political debate, on the Assumption Day holiday observed in traditionally Catholic countries in Europe, referred only indirectly to the new marriage law the government plans to pass next year. ...

Russia detains four at Pussy Riot protest outside church Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:58 AM PDT Russian police on Wednesday arrested four activists who demonstrated outside a landmark Moscow church in support of members of protest punk band Pussy Riot who are now on trial.

Vatican openness in butler case not enough, critics say Posted: 14 Aug 2012 08:35 PM PDT The Vatican has hailed its report on the decision to put the pope's butler on trial as proof of its transparency, but critics suspect the secretive state of diverting attention from its scandals.

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