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Herbert and Catherine Schaible of Northeast Philadelphia went on trial Tuesday for involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors argue that they allowed their toddler son to die by turning to prayer rather than medical attention.

The Schaibles are members of a church that preaches forgoing medical care in favor of prayer and faith healing.

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A European form of Islam needs to develop before a meaningful interfaith dialogue can take place on the continent, the new leader of Germany's 24 million Protestants has said.

"We are only at the beginning of a serious inter-religious discussion on a theologically high level and that is because there are problems with finding counterparts," the Rev. Nikolaus Schneider says.

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