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• Muslim, Christian leaders back Egypt transition
• Landmark settlement between church and sex-abuse victims approved in Quebec
• White House calls Westboro church protests 'reprehensible'
• Protestant group votes to divest from fossil fuels
• Vatican financial watchdog now part of network
• Italy shipping family: no role in Vatican scandal
• Egypt army meets with religious, other figures
• The White House's Reply to Westboro Baptist Church Is as Simple as a GIF
• Migrant boat intercepted off Lampedusa ahead of pope's visit
• Egypt opposition, religious leaders meet army chief: sources
• Opposition spokesman: ElBaradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric and Coptic Pope meet army chief
• Can 'The Bible' be a ratings olive branch for NBC?

Muslim, Christian leaders back Egypt transition Posted: 03 Jul 2013 12:35 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's leading Muslim and Christian clerics backed an army-sponsored roadmap on Wednesday which suspended the constitution and called for early presidential and parliamentary elections. Ahmed al-Tayeb, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Cairo's ancient seat of Muslim learning, and Pope Tawadros, the head of the Coptic Church, both made brief statements following an announcement by the head of the armed forces that deposed the elected president, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood. ...

Landmark settlement between church and sex-abuse victims approved in Quebec Posted: 03 Jul 2013 12:12 PM PDT MONTREAL - A judge has signed off on a landmark agreement to compensate victims of sex abuse that occurred for decades within a Roman Catholic organization.

White House calls Westboro church protests 'reprehensible' Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that it views anti-gay protests of Westboro Baptist Church at military funerals as "reprehensible" but acknowledged it could do little about the group. The White House made its comments after five petitions created by Americans on its "We the People" website attracted almost 675,000 signatures. The petitions asked the government to name the church, based in Topeka, Kansas, as a hate group, or end its tax-exempt status. ...

Protestant group votes to divest from fossil fuels Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:23 AM PDT A group of Protestant churches has become the first U.S. religious body to vote to divest its pension funds and investments from fossil fuel companies because of climate change concerns. The United Church ...

Vatican financial watchdog now part of network Posted: 03 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT The Vatican's efforts to clean up its scandal-tainted financial offices has earned it membership in an international network facilitating information exchange in the fight against organized crime, the ...

Italy shipping family: no role in Vatican scandal Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:26 AM PDT An Italian shipping family denies any role in an alleged money-smuggling plot involving a Vatican accountant. The d'Amico family says the priest who was jailed in the affair, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, ...

Egypt army meets with religious, other figures Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:02 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - The general command of the Egyptian armed forces is meeting with religious, national, political and youth figures, the army said on its official Facebook page on Wednesday, as a deadline loomed for President Mohamed Mursi to yield to mass protests and share power or give way. "The General Command of the Armed Forces is currently meeting with a number of religious, national, political and youth icons ... There will be a statement issued from the General Command as soon as they are done," the army said. ...

The White House's Reply to Westboro Baptist Church Is as Simple as a GIF Posted: 03 Jul 2013 06:02 AM PDT The thing about the Obama administration's "We the People" site is, the Obama administration has to respond once an issue receives enough signatures — no matter how much it wants to ignore something or someone. Now, in response to five different petitions from sane people asking the White House to recognize the Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group, the administration has released this passive-aggressive GIF, showing where all those signatures came from:

Migrant boat intercepted off Lampedusa ahead of pope's visit Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:39 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - The Italian navy intercepted an overcrowded boat off Lampedusa on Wednesday ahead of a visit by Pope Francis to the tiny Sicilian island hard bearing the brunt of a migrant wave that has hit southern Europe in recent years. Officials transferred around 80 people, including 4 pregnant women and a child, from the boat and took them to Lampedusa, the navy said in a statement. No deaths or serious injuries were reported. ...

Egypt opposition, religious leaders meet army chief: sources Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:23 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei met army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday hours before an army deadline for Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to yield to mass protests or quit, two political sources said. The heads of state Islamic institute, Al-Azhar, and the Egyptian Coptic Church also joined the meeting, a government source said. Political sources said two members of the "Tamarud - Rebel!" youth group that is leading the anti-Mursi protests also attended, as did members of the hardline Muslim fundamentalist Nour Party. ...

Opposition spokesman: ElBaradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric and Coptic Pope meet army chief Posted: 03 Jul 2013 04:55 AM PDT Opposition spokesman: ElBaradei, Egypt's top Muslim cleric and Coptic Pope meet army chief.

Can 'The Bible' be a ratings olive branch for NBC? Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:29 PM PDT By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC is praying that its pick up of popular cable miniseries "The Bible" will improve its ratings, a move that analysts have pegged as a low-risk gamble for the struggling U.S. television network. "The Bible," whose 10-episode run on the History Channel network this spring averaged about 11 million viewers per installment, lit up TV ratings by pulling in 13.1 million viewers for its March 3 debut, topping all broadcast shows. ...

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