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April 2012

April 05, 2012

Ohio School To Let Gay Student Wear T-shirt 1 Day

CINCINNATI (AP) — A gay student who sued his public high school for prohibiting him...

April 05, 2012

UK, US Warn Of Possible Easter Attack In Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is facing a "high risk" of a terrorist attack over...

April 05, 2012

Accuser To Return To The Stand In Pa. Priest Trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — More emotional testimony is expected at a clergy abuse trial under way...

April 05, 2012

Problems Cited On Access To Cyprus Religious Sites

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — More needs to be done to allow worshippers free and unfettered...

April 05, 2012

UN Expert Wants Access To Cyprus’ Religious Sites

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A U.N. expert says more needs to be done to allow...

April 05, 2012

Pope Denounces Dissident Priests On Celibacy

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on...

April 05, 2012

Dissident Priest: Pope Just Asking For Reflection

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Austrian priest who founded a group of clergy who question...

April 05, 2012

Pope Rips Into Dissident Priests On Celibacy

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has issued a rare and explicit denunciation of...

April 05, 2012

Jerusalem Mayor Sees Vast Potential In Tourism

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat stares out at his city, the one-time...

April 05, 2012

Israel Has Few Options For Rocket Fire From Egypt

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Thursday warned that Egypt's Sinai desert is becoming...

April 05, 2012

Rocket Hits Israeli City Near Egypt Border

JERUSALEM (AP) — A rocket hit the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat near the...

April 05, 2012

Rocket Hits South Israel Resort Town, No Injuries

JERUSALEM (AP) — A rocket hit the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat near the...

April 04, 2012

Chile’s Congress Passes Anti-discrimination Law

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Congress passed an anti-discrimination law Wednesday following the killing of...

April 04, 2012

Hatch: Obama Might Attack Romney On Mormon Faith

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah is warning supporters that...

April 04, 2012

Interfaith ‘pilgrims’ Circle World On Faith Quest

CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — A married pair of French Roman Catholics started a unique quest...

April 04, 2012

Pope Donates Huge Chocolate Easter Egg

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Easter Bunny has arrived early at the Vatican. Pope Benedict...

April 04, 2012

Accuser Calls Priest ‘sexual Predator’ At Trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 30-year-old man says he was a good student with a bright...

April 04, 2012

Egypt: Constitution Panel On Track Despite Boycott

CAIRO (AP) — The head of Egypt's constitutional assembly said Wednesday the committee will forge...

April 04, 2012

Religion News In Brief

NYPD strengthens security at Jewish sites ahead of Passover holiday NEW YORK (AP) — The...

April 04, 2012

Egypt Brotherhood Hopeful Promises Clerics A Role

CAIRO (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency is lobbying hard for support...

April 04, 2012

Egypt Islamists Pledge Oversight Role For Clerics

CAIRO (AP) — A group of ultraconservative Muslim clerics says the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential hopeful...

April 04, 2012

Islamists Impose Sharia In Mali’s Timbuktu

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's crisis deepened Wednesday, as officials in the fabled northern city...

April 04, 2012

Iraq’s Fugitive Vice President In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iraq's fugitive vice president arrived Wednesday in Saudi Arabia hours...

April 04, 2012

French Police Arrest 10 In Crackdown On Radicals

PARIS (AP) — French police rounded up 10 suspected radical Islamists in their second countrywide...

April 04, 2012

Iraq’s Reconciliation Conference Postponed

BAGHDAD (AP) — A long-awaited Iraqi reconciliation conference has been postponed indefinitely because of deepening...

April 04, 2012

Kazakh Muslims Angry At Alleged Vodka Blasphemy

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Muslims in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan are up in...

April 03, 2012

Tenn. Governor ‘probably’ Will Sign Evolution Bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee, where the nation's first big legal battle over evolution was...

April 03, 2012

Jury Hears Dozens Of Memos From US Archdiocese

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A series of confidential memos outlining multiple allegations of sexual abuse against...

April 03, 2012

APNewsBreak: $4.5M Spent On Texas FLDS Prosecution

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In the four years since Texas authorities swarmed the polygamist ranch...

April 03, 2012

‘This Is My Family,’ Woman Says In IRA Tapes Fight

BOSTON (AP) — An attempt by British investigators to get recorded interviews with former members...

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