Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2727 us Religion News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:20:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2727 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:20:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.f3fb4fb687a842d1a2d069fc27f7edb8.islam_us_military_gfx903.jpg?x=50&y=130&q=85&sig=10vZDRdpqWj0cTeA9wefqQ--" align="left" height="130" width="50" alt="Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug. 2009; includes other faiths and Islam faith by U.S. military branch" border="0" /></a>AP - Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's family says he confided in them that he felt harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military &mdash; and wasn't treated as an American and soldier should be.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.f3fb4fb687a842d1a2d069fc27f7edb8.islam_us_military_gfx903.jpg?x=50&y=130&q=85&sig=10vZDRdpqWj0cTeA9wefqQ--" align="left" height="130" width="50" alt="photo" title="Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug. 2009; includes other faiths and Islam faith by U.S. military branch" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:18:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/lf_afp/popereligionvaticansport afp/20091107/popereligionvaticansport AFP topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/lf_afp/popereligionvaticansport"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257625859213-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=weJqFWqpSgR0AXz5CAh0Fw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Pope Benedict XVI (L) shakes hands with Swiss Massimo Busacca, the referee of the Champions League final match, at the end of his general audience at the Vatican's Saint Peter's Square in May 2009. The pope said the Catholic Church believed sport could be a force for good, particularly among young people, but warned against harmful aspects such as doping.(AFP/Osservatore Romano/File/Francesco Sforza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/lf_afp/popereligionvaticansport"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257625859213-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=weJqFWqpSgR0AXz5CAh0Fw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pope Benedict XVI (L) shakes hands with Swiss Massimo Busacca, the referee of the Champions League final match, at the end of his general audience at the Vatican's Saint Peter's Square in May 2009. The pope said the Catholic Church believed sport could be a force for good, particularly among young people, but warned against harmful aspects such as doping.(AFP/Osservatore Romano/File/Francesco Sforza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims ap/20091107/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:31:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d7e930d02a464f65a888397775139517.fort_hood_shooting_muslims_txaus101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jMpwCSf6mRR4moaYXQgp8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Muslim Community Center Imam Sheik Mohamed Abdullahi poses for a photo in Silver Spring, Md., on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The suspected gunman at Fort Hood, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, attended the mosque when he lived in the area. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Laura Skelding)" border="0" /></a>AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re/us_rel_fort_hood_shooting_muslims"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d7e930d02a464f65a888397775139517.fort_hood_shooting_muslims_txaus101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jMpwCSf6mRR4moaYXQgp8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Muslim Community Center Imam Sheik Mohamed Abdullahi poses for a photo in Silver Spring, Md., on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The suspected gunman at Fort Hood, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, attended the mosque when he lived in the area. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Laura Skelding)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitarylead afp/20091107/usshootingcrimemilitarylead AFP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:38:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitarylead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257635726310-7-0.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=JpcHqZfbMiP62fbmquQmKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="US Army Specialist Ryn Hill (R) and his daughter Emma, 3, place flowers and a candle for victims of the shooting at Fort Hood, at the main gate to Fort Hood. Investigators on Saturday worked to uncover the motives of a Muslim US army doctor suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage at a US military base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning on Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitarylead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257635726310-7-0.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=JpcHqZfbMiP62fbmquQmKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="photo" title="US Army Specialist Ryn Hill (R) and his daughter Emma, 3, place flowers and a candle for victims of the shooting at Fort Hood, at the main gate to Fort Hood. Investigators on Saturday worked to uncover the motives of a Muslim US army doctor suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage at a US military base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitary afp/20091107/usshootingcrimemilitary AFP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:16:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257635726310-7-0.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=JpcHqZfbMiP62fbmquQmKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="US Army Specialist Ryn Hill (R) and his daughter Emma, 3, place flowers and a candle for victims of the shooting at Fort Hood, at the main gate to Fort Hood. Investigators on Saturday worked to uncover the motives of a Muslim US army doctor suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage at a US military base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Investigators on Saturday worked to uncover the motives of a Muslim US army doctor suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage at a US military base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257635726310-7-0.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=JpcHqZfbMiP62fbmquQmKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="photo" title="US Army Specialist Ryn Hill (R) and his daughter Emma, 3, place flowers and a candle for victims of the shooting at Fort Hood, at the main gate to Fort Hood. Investigators on Saturday worked to uncover the motives of a Muslim US army doctor suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage at a US military base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_texas_shooting_backlash nm/20091106/us_texas_shooting_backlash Reuters us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:08:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_texas_shooting_backlash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3235296316.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=mtEbNgXcR9J1QUVyRUg4cw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Military Police Sgt. Andrew Hagerman, who was a first responder to the shooting at Fort Hood Army Post pauses as he talks with reporters at Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an Army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_texas_shooting_backlash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3235296316.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=mtEbNgXcR9J1QUVyRUg4cw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Military Police Sgt. Andrew Hagerman, who was a first responder to the shooting at Fort Hood Army Post pauses as he talks with reporters at Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_black_muslims_corrective ap/20091106/us_black_muslims_corrective AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:07:28 GMT AP - In an Oct. 30 story about African-American Muslims, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a 2007 Pew survey estimated that 35 percent of the nation's Muslims were African-American. The survey estimated that 20 percent were African-American. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimereligionislam afp/20091106/usshootingcrimereligionislam AFP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:37:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimereligionislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257539474684-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=MRUb12D3kAsflBSs9c4wZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="A Muslim girl prays at the MCC mosque during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Silver Spring, Maryland in September 2009. Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosque where the officer regularly worshipped said Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosque where the officer regularly worshipped said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimereligionislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257539474684-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=MRUb12D3kAsflBSs9c4wZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="A Muslim girl prays at the MCC mosque during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Silver Spring, Maryland in September 2009. Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosque where the officer regularly worshipped said Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitaryislam afp/20091106/usshootingcrimemilitaryislam AFP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitaryislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257520749303-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=6xFI0Q0Eb8hNrl2mFkPFPg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Daniel Clark (R) and Rachel Clark embrace after a press conference at Ft. Hood on November 5, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. Fearing that a gunman who killed 13 people at a military facility in Texas may have been Muslim, US Islamic groups braced themselves for a public backlash against the faith on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ben Sklar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Fearing that a gunman who killed 13 people at a military facility in Texas may have been Muslim, US Islamic groups braced themselves for a public backlash against the faith on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usshootingcrimemilitaryislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257520749303-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=6xFI0Q0Eb8hNrl2mFkPFPg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Daniel Clark (R) and Rachel Clark embrace after a press conference at Ft. Hood on November 5, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. Fearing that a gunman who killed 13 people at a military facility in Texas may have been Muslim, US Islamic groups braced themselves for a public backlash against the faith on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ben Sklar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/g20_finance_ministers ap/20091106/g20_finance_ministers AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257343042028-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Llq0UQw_A8aXQa8dxcqz8g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A top US treasury official on Wednesday praised the role of emerging economies in the Group of 20 of the world's wealthiest nations for their role in reining in the global economic crisis.(G20)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finance ministers from the world's leading rich and developing countries are gathering here Friday to begin the difficult negotiations over how to even out the imbalances weighing on the world economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257343042028-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Llq0UQw_A8aXQa8dxcqz8g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A top US treasury official on Wednesday praised the role of emerging economies in the Group of 20 of the world's wealthiest nations for their role in reining in the global economic crisis.(G20)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_slain_nun ap/20091106/us_slain_nun AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:52:32 GMT AP - A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_disgraced_pastor_starting_over ap/20091105/us_disgraced_pastor_starting_over AP us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:39:32 GMT AP - Ted Haggard, who was dismissed from the megachurch he founded after a man alleged a cash-for-sex relationship with him, plans to lead people in worship again. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_briefs ap/20091104/us_rel_religion_briefs AP us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:54 GMT AP - An Ohio village's Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today ap/20091104/us_rel_religion_today AP us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.45494cbafbe1444d80f87fcd785b186c.religion_today_dogs_in_church_carv104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=R4DaRNLHVBp2pgyN_Hrzhg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Bob Hedges, right, sits with his dog Chester, during Sunday services at at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles Nov. 1, 2009. The 30-minute worship, complete with individual doggie beds, canine prayers and a tray of dog treats for the offering, is intended to reinvigorate the church's community outreach while attracting new members who are as crazy about God as they are about their four-legged friends. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)" border="0" /></a>AP - When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.45494cbafbe1444d80f87fcd785b186c.religion_today_dogs_in_church_carv104.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=R4DaRNLHVBp2pgyN_Hrzhg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bob Hedges, right, sits with his dog Chester, during Sunday services at at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles Nov. 1, 2009. The 30-minute worship, complete with individual doggie beds, canine prayers and a tray of dog treats for the offering, is intended to reinvigorate the church's community outreach while attracting new members who are as crazy about God as they are about their four-legged friends. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_virginia_governor_mcdonnell ap/20091104/us_virginia_governor_mcdonnell AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:05:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_virginia_governor_mcdonnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.2a0be6939c934c38af633922dbb01c67.virginia_governor_vajm105.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uLjM9LIL4mYFXe6GqWY6BQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Former Va. Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, left, and his wife Maureen McDonnell, attend a rally for McDonnell in Alexandria, Va., on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The new Republican governor-elect of Virginia brings to the office firmly conservative views that took root in the suburban, middle-class Irish Catholic home of his youth.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_virginia_governor_mcdonnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.2a0be6939c934c38af633922dbb01c67.virginia_governor_vajm105.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uLjM9LIL4mYFXe6GqWY6BQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Former Va. Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, left, and his wife Maureen McDonnell, attend a rally for McDonnell in Alexandria, Va., on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_religious_symbols ap/20091103/eu_italy_religious_symbols AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:43:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_religious_symbols"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.ea9f3ff3a737497e8418ffed172aaea0.italy_religous_symbols_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=6bLyYcDnIaz7q2JYK0GspQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sunday, April 9, 2006 file photo, a cameraman films a crucifix hanging from a wall of a classroom used as a polling station during Italy's general election, in Milan, Italy. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Europe's court of human rights said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu, files)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_religious_symbols"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.ea9f3ff3a737497e8418ffed172aaea0.italy_religous_symbols_rom101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=6bLyYcDnIaz7q2JYK0GspQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sunday, April 9, 2006 file photo, a cameraman films a crucifix hanging from a wall of a classroom used as a polling station during Italy's general election, in Milan, Italy. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Europe's court of human rights said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu, files)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/moroccousclintondiplomacy afp/20091103/moroccousclintondiplomacy AFP politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/moroccousclintondiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257257713028-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=R1IO3Z5H0TgW4VOq5qUiQA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Moroccan Foreign minister Taib Fassi Fihri (R) receives US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her arrival at the Palmeraie Golf Palace in Marrakesh. Clinton announced a package of measures on Tuesday designed to help businesses and non-governmental groups around the Muslim world.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a package of measures on Tuesday designed to help businesses and non-governmental groups around the Muslim world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/moroccousclintondiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257257713028-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=R1IO3Z5H0TgW4VOq5qUiQA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="Moroccan Foreign minister Taib Fassi Fihri (R) receives US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her arrival at the Palmeraie Golf Palace in Marrakesh. Clinton announced a package of measures on Tuesday designed to help businesses and non-governmental groups around the Muslim world.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/ts_nm/us_usa_clinton_muslims nm/20091103/us_usa_clinton_muslims Reuters topstories Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:50 GMT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered aid on Tuesday to boost ties with the Muslim world and urged Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries to move beyond recrimination in the search for peace. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/us_religious_camp_shooting ap/20091103/us_religious_camp_shooting AP us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:54:51 GMT AP - A 60-year-old woman has been shot and killed at a religious camp in California's San Bernardino Mountains.