1.   Clerics have warned religion teachers that they will lose their jobs if they support the protest.

2.   In addition, the church will sharply reduce its extensive support for kindergartens and cut the number of religion teachers it sends to public schools.

3.   Mrs. Hanssen had worked for several years as a part-time religion teacher at a Roman Catholic girls school in suburban Virginia attended by her daughters.

4.   The accident also killed three other high school students and a popular religion teacher.

5.   There are also vocation-promotions programs at the parish level that include pastors, religion teachers and lay ministers.

6.   A religion teacher and brother of Farzad, he confessed to spying for Israel and originally was given a five-year sentence.

7.   At issue is a Vatican directive that all religion teachers receive an endorsement from their local bishops.

8.   Books for the classes will be distributed free to students and the religion teachers will be paid by the Ministry of Education, Jallouf said.

9.   On colleges, the U.S. bishops, under Vatican prodding, voted last year to require that all religion teachers receive an endorsement from their local bishops.

10.   Under Vatican prodding, bishops voted last year to require that all religion teachers receive an endorsement from their local bishops.