Haiti’s prime minister said the 10 Baptists from American who tried to take 30 children out of the country without documentation knew what they were doing was wrong and could be prosecuted in the U.S.

Christian conservatives had a big hand in defeating Hawaii’s same-sex civil union bill, according to Baptist Press. The ELCA’s Northeastern Iowa Synod rescinded two measures passed by the denomination last summer that allows gay and lesbian clergy and a social statement that acknowledges difference of opinion on homosexuality.

A Pennsylvania county judge said that the former Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, which seceded from the church in 2008, must turn over control of diocesan assets to the Episcopalians who remain with the Episcopal Church.

An Illinois man is suing the state for putting up sign calling religion “a myth and superstition” as part of its holiday display (picture at top left) last December. An Oregon man said police disturbed the mystical qualities of his medicine bag while searching it for drugs.

Pope Benedict XVI, in announcing his trip to England, criticized the country’s pending Equality Bill. The Catholic Church in France rejected the country’s proposed ban on full-face veils in public. Two militant Islamist groups in Somalia said they are joining Al-Qaida. China warned President Obama not to meet with the Dalai Lama.