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• Chicago's Catholic Cardinal George has recurrence of cancer
• Activists get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt
• Russian church urges state to show "mercy" to Pussy Riot
• Nigerian police arrest governor's aide over church massacre
• Books and art pit freedom of religion against free speech in Tunisia
• Russian, Polish churches appeal for forgiveness
• Czech PM confident can override vetoes on tax hike, church bill
• Waiting for a miracle: Is it inhumane for religious parents to prolong treatment of sick kids?
• Unification Church founder still critical

Chicago's Catholic Cardinal George has recurrence of cancer Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:11 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George had cancerous cells removed from his kidney and liver this week, six years after he underwent surgery for bladder cancer, the diocese said on Friday. George, who oversees 2.3 million Catholics in the nation's third-largest diocese after Los Angeles and New York, had a procedure on Wednesday removing the cancerous cells in his kidney and a nodule on his liver. He discussed a course of treatment with his doctors, the archdiocese said in a brief statement on its website. George, a former president of the U.S. ...

Activists get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt Posted: 17 Aug 2012 02:14 PM PDT Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, a decision that drew protests around the world as it highlighted the Russian president's intensifying crackdown on dissent.

Russian church urges state to show "mercy" to Pussy Riot Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:22 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church urged the state to show mercy to three women from the rock group Pussy Riot jailed on Friday over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, raising the possibility that it could back a pardon or a reduction of their terms. The church reiterated its criticism of the women from the punk collective, saying their protest in Moscow's Christ the Saviour cathedral was "blasphemy" and displayed "crude hostility towards millions of people". ...

Nigerian police arrest governor's aide over church massacre Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:34 AM PDT Nigerian police said Friday they had arrested a governor's aide over a church massacre and an attack on a military patrol that killed 23 people, but his involvement was not clear.

Books and art pit freedom of religion against free speech in Tunisia Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:17 AM PDT Before last year's revolution, police would drop by the Librairie Mille Feuilles in this upscale Tunis suburb to look for books deemed politically deviant. The bookshop has since attracted a different kind of scrutiny.

Russian, Polish churches appeal for forgiveness Posted: 17 Aug 2012 07:57 AM PDT The leaders of Russia's Orthodox church and Poland's Catholic church signed a document Friday that urges their nations to forgive each other for past wrongs.

Czech PM confident can override vetoes on tax hike, church bill Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:40 AM PDT PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government will secure enough votes to override Senate vetoes of its flagship bills on tax hikes and the return of confiscated church property despite having lost its majority in parliament, the prime minister was quoted as saying on Friday. Prime Minister Petr Necas's centre-right coalition won elections two years ago on a pledge to cut the budget deficit, but faces a tough task passing legislation in the lower house, where the three ruling parties now hold only half the 200 seats. ...

Waiting for a miracle: Is it inhumane for religious parents to prolong treatment of sick kids? Posted: 17 Aug 2012 12:41 AM PDT The authors of a medical study argue that doctors should have the last word in end-of-life cases involving children, because some parents hold out too long for a miracle

Unification Church founder still critical Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:25 PM PDT The founder of the controversial Unification Church remains critically ill three days after he was admitted to a South Korean hospital with complications from pneumonia, his spokesman said Friday.

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