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• Arkansas House passes bill to allow guns in churches
• Ministers urge religious chiefs to oppose genital mutilation
• Catholic hospital takes surprise stance in lawsuit
• New archbishop of Canterbury formally takes office
• German Catholic Church may back some "morning-after pills"

Arkansas House passes bill to allow guns in churches Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:50 PM PST LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - The Arkansas House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday to allow concealed-carry permit holders to take their weapons into churches, and it is expected to be signed into law by the state's governor. The Church Protection Act would allow individual places of worship to decide whether to allow concealed handguns and who could carry them. The Republican-controlled House passed the bill 85-8 with bipartisan support. The measure previously passed the Republican-controlled Senate 28-4. ...

Ministers urge religious chiefs to oppose genital mutilation Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:17 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Religious leaders must convince women carrying out female genital mutilation that it is not required by scripture and it can cause infection, infertility or even death in young girls, African ministers said on Monday. The practice is prevalent in 28 African countries and parts of the Middle East and Asia, notably Yemen, Iraqi Kurdistan and Indonesia. There are several types including partial or total removal of the genitalia and narrowing of the vaginal opening. ...

Catholic hospital takes surprise stance in lawsuit Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST It was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its care were not, under state law, human beings.When ...

New archbishop of Canterbury formally takes office Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:07 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The new archbishop of Canterbury on Monday formally took up his post as the leader of the world's 80-million-strong Anglican Communion.

German Catholic Church may back some "morning-after pills" Posted: 04 Feb 2013 07:57 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's Catholic Church may approve some so-called morning-after pills for rape victims after a leading cardinal unexpectedly announced they did not induce abortions and could be used in Catholic hospitals. Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, an ally of German-born Pope Benedict, changed his policy after two Catholic hospitals refused to treat a rape victim because they could not prescribe the pill, which is taken after sex to avoid pregnancy. The Catholic Church firmly opposes abortion and artificial birth control. ...

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