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• In shift, Pope Francis walks procession
• Americans see religion in decline yet want more of it. What's up with that?
• Father Andrew Greeley, novelist and Catholic critic, dies
• Churches grapple with whether to cut Boy Scout ties
• Church wine runs low in latest Venezuelan shortage
• Indonesia religious award angers rights groups

In shift, Pope Francis walks procession Posted: 30 May 2013 01:52 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has again broken with the practice of his predecessors, walking the full length of an annual 1.5 kilometer (mile-long) procession from one Roman basilica to another.

Americans see religion in decline yet want more of it. What's up with that? Posted: 30 May 2013 01:10 PM PDT In many professional fields, from neuroscience to evolutionary biology, it's popular today to build entire careers on the study of religion. Where does faith come from? What does it achieve? Why is it so prevalent? And so on.

Father Andrew Greeley, novelist and Catholic critic, dies Posted: 30 May 2013 01:03 PM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Father Andrew M. Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest who wrote more than 50 novels and publicly feuded with his superior John Cardinal Cody, died at the age of 85 in his Chicago home, a spokeswoman said Thursday. "Father Andrew Greeley was the most influential American Catholic sociologist of the 20th century," said Father Tom Reese, a senior analyst at the National Catholic Reporter. "He was the first to show how Humanae Vitae, the encyclical on birth control by Pope Paul VI, split the church and made the laity question church authority. ...

Churches grapple with whether to cut Boy Scout ties Posted: 30 May 2013 09:16 AM PDT Religious groups sponsor nearly 70 percent of Boy Scout troops nationwide. But the reaction among these groups was as diverse as the congregations themselves when the Boy Scouts of America recently voted to allow openly gay boys to join.

Church wine runs low in latest Venezuelan shortage Posted: 30 May 2013 08:23 AM PDT By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - With no miracle in sight, Roman Catholic churches are being asked to ration wine in the latest shortage to illustrate Venezuela's economic troubles. "We're asking the priests and bishops to ration wine and look for alternatives during this emergency," said Jose Antonio Da Conceicao, a national church official. Church leaders say the problem arose when the local supplier of the specialty sacramental wine used at Mass had a bad harvest. ...

Indonesia religious award angers rights groups Posted: 29 May 2013 05:59 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Indonesia's president is receiving an award for promoting religious freedom from a New York-based foundation, prompting anger from human rights groups that say the country is not doing enough to prevent attacks on religious minorities in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

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