Polish church and state leaders pray for the EU (AP)

WARSAW, Poland ? Bailouts, crisis meetings, and now divine intervention.

With the European Union deep in crisis, Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity and the country's success as it holds the EU presidency.

The service in Warsaw, attended by members of the government, comes after Polish church leaders also held similar prayers for EU unity five days earlier in Brussels.

With the Masses, this deeply Roman Catholic country is lending its own character to a bloc dominated by more secular Western European nations.

Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak reflected from a front pew ahead of the service that "religion is a very important component of our lives, especially in turbulent times."

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110925/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_praying_for_the_eu

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