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Associated Press – May 7, 2008 VATICAN CITY – The China Philharmonic Orchestra performed for Pope Benedict XVI in a landmark concert Wednesday that could indicate warming relations between Beijing and the Vatican. Benedict called it a “truly unique event” and offered a “thank you” in Chinese at the end of the hour-long concert. He…

By Michele Chabin c. 2008 Religion News Service JERUSALEM — When Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary starting Wednesday (May 7) night, the event will touch people of different faiths in very different ways. Jews and Christian Zionists around the world will mark the milestone with celebratory prayer services in synagogues and churches — just one…

Associated Press Modin, Israel – Israel’s Reform Jews have dedicated the first non-Orthodox synagogue to receive state funding, after a long court battle that highlighted the rift among the country’s different streams of Judaism. The Reform Yozma congregation dedicated the synagogue on Monday after fighting for the better part of a decade for state funding…

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service Vatican City — Seeking to stop Mormons from posthumously baptizing Catholic ancestors, the Vatican has instructed bishops around the world not to share parish registers with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy issued the directive in a letter to national…
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