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• Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain
• Korean 'messiah' leaves behind religious and business empire
• Police: Man grew marijuana on Pa. church property
• Late cardinal represented Catholic Church that might have been
• A fake religious camp and 5 other summer scams
• Young Iraqis face religious fashion crackdown
• Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies at 92

Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to showcase its traditions of religious tolerance in a conservative Muslim region where churches largely operate under heavy limitations.

Korean 'messiah' leaves behind religious and business empire Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:31 AM PDT The Rev. Moon Sun-myung, who called himself the "messiah" and founded a global religious movement as well as far-flung business interests, died Monday at his Unification Church complex east of South Korea's capital Seoul surrounded by family members and well-wishers.

Police: Man grew marijuana on Pa. church property Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:18 AM PDT Police say a western Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with growing marijuana on a church's property.

Late cardinal represented Catholic Church that might have been Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Carlo Maria Martini, the Italian cardinal due to be buried in Milan late on Monday, represented for many Roman Catholics a vision of a Church that might have been and a papacy that never was. For progressives, he was the "eternal pope in waiting," as the Irish Times called him, the wise and understanding pastor who symbolized the fading dream of reviving the open reformist spirit of 1962-1965 Second Vatican Council. Staunch conservatives saw him as the nightmare Rome had done well to avoid. ...

A fake religious camp and 5 other summer scams Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:45 AM PDT 2012's most sweltering months are largely behind us — which may be good news for Americans swindled by unethical air-conditioner repairmen and travel agents

Young Iraqis face religious fashion crackdown Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:50 AM PDT For much of Iraq's youth, sporting blingy makeup, slicked-up hair and skintight jeans is just part of living the teenage dream. But for their elders, it's a nightmare.

Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies at 92 Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:57 AM PDT GAPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) - Sun Myung Moon, a self-declared messiah who founded the controversial Unification Church which has millions of followers around the globe, died on Monday leaving a vast business empire and a legacy of mass weddings. Church officials said Moon, 92, who had suffered complications from pneumonia, was taken to hospital in Seoul in mid-August and was moved to a hospital in a rural retreat last week when his family believed there was little chance of recovery. ...

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