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• Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam
• Secretive Vatican bank to publish annual report
• Vatican re-enters art world with Venice Biennale
• Vatican to have pavilion at Venice Biennale modern art exhibit
• Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bail
• Vatican brings Genesis to Venice Biennale art show
• Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary

Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam Posted: 14 May 2013 02:04 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana Abdel-Nour, who was arrested on Wednesday, was accused by her Muslim students' parents of insulting Islam and comparing it to Christianity by saying that the late Coptic Pope Shenouda was better than the Prophet Mohammad. ...

Secretive Vatican bank to publish annual report Posted: 14 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT The Vatican bank, long a source of secret and scandal for the Holy See, plans to publish its annual report online as part of its efforts to be more financially transparent. Vatican Radio said Tuesday that ...

Vatican re-enters art world with Venice Biennale Posted: 14 May 2013 10:38 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.

Vatican to have pavilion at Venice Biennale modern art exhibit Posted: 14 May 2013 08:37 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - For most people, the relationship between contemporary art and the Vatican - home of some of the world's greatest old masterpieces - is like oil and water - they just don't mix. The Vatican's "culture minister," Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, wants to change that perception and so for the first time the Holy See will have its own pavilion this year at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, a sacred cow of modern art. ...

Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bail Posted: 14 May 2013 08:14 AM PDT LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said.

Vatican brings Genesis to Venice Biennale art show Posted: 14 May 2013 05:35 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.

Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary Posted: 14 May 2013 12:37 AM PDT By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel. Lorant Hegedus could have preached the same anti-Semitism as his wife, a deputy for the populist Jobbik party in parliament. But his part in launching the rally may cost him his role as the far-right's favorite clergyman. ...

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