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		<title>G8 Leaders Say Commitment to Poor Remains Strong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Leaders of the world’s wealthiest industrialized nations said their commitment to poor and developing countries remains strong, despite the global financial crisis. They have agreed to raise 20 billion dollars within the next three years for food and agricultural aid to developing countries. The leaders were in Italy this week for the annual Group of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Calls For Global Economic System Based on Ethics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day before the summit opened, Benedict issued a new encyclical calling for a global economic system based on ethics rather than profits. He said greed and “moral failure” in the business world helped create the current financial crisis.]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama and Pope Benedict XVI Meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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After the G-8 summit concluded, President Obama had his first face-to-face meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in a private session at the Vatican.  Benedict granted a rare afternoon audience in order to accommodate Obama’s schedule.  Despite differences over abortion, the president has said the two share concerns about a host of issues including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama and Kremlin Make Progress on Arms Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During his visit to Moscow last week, Obama and Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev made some progress in curbing the arms race—agreeing to sharply cut the number of nuclear warheads each country may deploy over the next seven years.  Reverend Samuel Kobia General Secretary of the World Council of Churches praised the agreement, calling it “a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Challenges Federal Defense of Marriage Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, this week became the first state to challenge the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. The law prevents same-sex married couples from tapping into a wide range of federal benefits… like filing joint income tax returns and getting survivor benefits under Social Security. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor Rick Warren Speaks At Islamic Society Convention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America. And they had a keynote speaker who surprised many: evangelical megachurch pastor and author Rick Warren. Warren called on Muslims and Christians to work together to promote peace and protect freedom in the world. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Francis Collins Slated to be Head of NIH</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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President Obama has chosen research scientist and evangelical Christian Francis Collins to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health. Collins led the Human Genome Project and has been a leading voice urging a better relationship between science and religion.  He wrote the best-selling book, “The Language of God: A Scientist Presents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baseball Fan Wins &#8220;God Bless America&#8221; Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the curious story of a baseball fan who settled a lawsuit this week, in which he claimed he was kicked out of Yankee Stadium for trying to go to the men's room during the playing of "God Bless America." The Yankees were playing their archival Boston Red Sox at the time. The city did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 10, 2009: Mainline Protestants and Same-Sex Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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TIM O’BRIEN, anchor: The issue of gay marriage is on the agenda as the U.S. Episcopal Church holds its once-every-three-years general convention in Anaheim, California.  For years, Episcopalians have been deeply divided over homosexuality.  One proposal being debated at this meeting would allow Episcopal churches to conduct same-sex weddings in the six states that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 10, 2009: Dave Brubeck</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keep My Commandments]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[The Commandments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To Hope: A Celebration]]></category>

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TIM O’BRIEN, anchor: Music and religion have some deep and common roots, and some of the world’s greatest musicians have taken their inspiration from a higher power.  Jazz musicians too, like the legendary Dave Brubeck—still performing at age 88. Our reporter Bob Faw takes a look at Brubeck the man, some of his music, and [...]]]></description>
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