Religion in the news (AP) AP - When residents of this poor, Cambodian village need something built, they call on the Lightmans. New York imam forges close ties with city's Jews (Reuters)
Religion news in brief (AP) AP - Malaysia is aiming to become a worldwide hub for food and other products prepared according to Islamic religious rules by offering new tax exemptions to investors in the industry, the prime minister said. Religion today (AP) AP - For decades, Boston University sociologist Peter Berger says, American intellectuals have looked down on evangelicals. Groups say Amazon vulnerable after resignation (AP)
McCain-allied preacher apologizes for slurring Catholics (AFP)
Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics (AP)
Turkish Islamic preacher - threat or benefactor? (Reuters)
Pastor who backed McCain apologizes for remarks (Reuters) Reuters - A Texas evangelical leader who endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain earlier this year has apologized for anti-Catholic remarks that angered Church members and embarrassed McCain's campaign.
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Reuters - Pope Benedict, speaking a day
after a California court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage,
firmly restated on Friday the Roman Catholic Church's position
that only unions between a man and a woman are moral.
Reuters - New York's largest mosque, the Islamic
Cultural Center (ICC) on East 96th Street in Manhattan, is
getting applause from an unexpected quarter -- the city's
influential Jewish community.
AP - Marina Silva brought impeccable credentials to her post as Brazil's environment minister: The daughter of a poor Amazon rubber tapper, she was a colleague of slain rain forest defender Chico Mendes.
AFP - A popular US televangelist who backs Republican presidential candidate John McCain has apologized for calling the Catholic church "a great whore," a Catholic spokesman said Tuesday.
AP - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."
Reuters - Nine-year-old Burak says his favorite
subject is maths, he loves studying and writing in English, and
when he grows up he wants to be a policeman.
