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Mitzvah Tanks Take Synagogues to the Streets

Apr 27, 2011 - 12:31 PM |AOL News

Dana Chivvis for AOL News

Passover ends and they're back on the streets: the mitzvah tanks, synagogues on wheels offering New York City Jews an unexpected, curbside opportunity to pray. "We invite them in the tank, to have...

Judge Denies Muslim Inmate's Lawsuit Over Grooming Rights

Apr 25, 2011 - 4:08 PM |AP

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate's religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a...

Franklin Graham: Look for Christ's 2nd Coming on Facebook, Twitter

Apr 25, 2011 - 7:38 AM |AOL News

Chuck Burton, AP

The Rev. Franklin Graham says he knows what could be the ultimate trending topic on Twitter: the second coming of Christ. Graham, son of the prominent and politically connected Christian evangelist...

In Easter Message, Pope Urges Diplomacy in Libya

Apr 24, 2011 - 12:58 PM |AP

Franco Origlia, Getty Images

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya and for citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect. He also...

Pope: Humanity Isn't Random Product of Evolution

Apr 23, 2011 - 6:06 PM |AP

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI marked the holiest night of the year for Christians by stressing that humanity isn't a random product of evolution. Benedict emphasized the Biblical account of...

Easter Egg Factory Works Around the Clock [PHOTOS]

Apr 17, 2011 - 8:38 AM |AOL News

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With Easter almost upon us, and traditional Easter egg hunts on the horizon, it's full steam ahead at the Lueck poultry farm in Sommerkahl, near Aschaffenburg, Germany, where the demand for brightly...

Did US Christian Right Know Gbagbo's Other Wife Is Muslim?

Apr 14, 2011 - 12:14 PM |AOL News

Prominent members of the U.S. religious right have trumpeted their support of Ivory Coast's just-captured former president, Laurent Gbagbo -- and some of their rhetoric emphasizes that Gbagbo is an...

North Korea Confirms Detainment of American Citizen

Apr 14, 2011 - 7:57 AM |AP

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea confirmed Thursday that it is preparing to indict an American who was reportedly arrested for proselytizing. Jun Young Su has been held since November last year,...

Vatican Sanctions Belgian Bishop Who Abused Nephew

Apr 12, 2011 - 12:00 PM |AP

Peter Maenhoudt, AP

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has sanctioned a Belgian bishop who resigned last year after admitting he had sexually abused his nephew, saying he can no longer act as a priest in public and may risk...

Praise 'Cheesus'! Face of Jesus Appears in Three-Cheese Pizza

Apr 4, 2011 - 11:37 AM |AOL News

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Mozzarella miracle or half-baked deity? The face of Jesus has apparently made yet another surprisingly delicious appearance, this time in a three-cheese pizza. Maree Phelan of the Posh Pizza shop...

Iowa Man Reaches Halfway Mark in Beer-Only Lent Fast

Apr 1, 2011 - 12:03 PM |AOL News

WFMY-TV

"I read about a man in Iowa who is going on a beer-only diet for Lent," Jimmy Fallon recently told told his "Late Night" audience. "Or to put it another way, an alcoholic just found out that it's...

Skeptic Mocks NASA Researcher With 'Flying Pig Award' for Finding Life on Meteorites

Apr 1, 2011 - 7:23 AM |AOL News

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When NASA astrobiologist Richard Hoover announced, again, last month that he'd found evidence of microscopic life on meteorites, he probably didn't expect to receive the high honor of a Flying Pig...