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Update on the latest in religion news: Feb 5 2010 2:34AM
North Korea has announced it will free
an American missionary detained for illegally crossing its border
on Christmas Day.
The North's Central News Agency says the government "decided to
leniently forgive and release" Robert Park, taking what it
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Feb 3 2010 2:48AM
A group of U.S. [[kxtopic:baptist:t[Baptist]:t]]
missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of
children they gathered from the disaster zone have been questioned
by a Haitian judge.
The investigating magistrate questioned the fiv
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| (Following Advance for Use Thursday, Feb. 11) Feb 1 2010 8:45AM
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2010. There are 323
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 11, 1960, "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar stunned his
audience by walking off the prog
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Feb 1 2010 2:34AM
An Idaho pastor has condemned child
trafficking as a "wicked and evil practice." He is defending
members of his congregation detained in Haiti after they tried to
bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic.
Central Valley [[kxtopic:baptist:t[Ba
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| (Following Advance for Use Thursday, Feb. 11) Jan 31 2010 8:52AM
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2010. There are 323
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 11, 1960, "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar stunned his
audience by walking off the prog
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| Minn. Episcopal bishop to hold service for Haiti Jan 14 2010 5:15AM
St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis is
holding a prayer service in support of the victims of the massive
earthquake in Haiti.
The service at 7 p.m. Thursday will be presided over by
Minnesota's presiding Episcopal bishop, the Rev. James Jelinek.
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| 2 Wis. volunteers safe in Haiti Jan 13 2010 1:18PM
Two volunteers from a Milwaukee church group
are safe in Haiti after a powerful earthquake.
Volunteers at the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee's Haiti Project
were trying Tuesday and Wednesday to reach two men who had been
working in a small villa
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| Wis group waits for word from Haiti Jan 13 2010 10:44AM
A Milwaukee church group is waiting for word on
the safety of two volunteers in Haiti after a powerful earthquake.
Volunteers at the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee's Haiti Project
were trying Wednesday to reach two men who had been working in a
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| Minn. priest named Episcopal bishop in S. Carolina Dec 15 2009 5:15AM
An Episcopal pastor from the Twin Cities
has taken over as bishop for part of South Carolina.
The Rev. W. Andrew Waldo was rector of Trinity Episcopal Church
in Excelsior since 1994. Last weekend he was installed as the
eighth bishop of the Epis
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Dec 14 2009 2:41AM
A chaplain for the police and fire
departments in Sandy, Ore., says the three young Christians who
failed to return from climbing Mount Hood on Friday met through
church activities.
The body of 26-year-old Luke Gullberg was found Saturday, but
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 13 2009 1:53AM
Stillwater authorities haven't released
additional information about the officer who shot and killed a man
after he fatally wounded his wife and injured another woman at his
apartment.
The Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported Saturday that
auth
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| Bama's Ingram wins Heisman...Mud mess in SoCal...Houston mayor... Dec 12 2009 8:53PM
Alabama running back Mark Ingram is the winner
of the 75th Heisman Trophy. The sophomore is the first member of
the Crimson Tide to win college football's most prestigious award.
It was the closest balloting ever. Ingram edged out Stanford
running
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| Martyrdom mission?...Climate talks...Writer arrested... Dec 12 2009 7:57PM
A Pakistani police official says five young
American men had come to Pakistan "to be martyred." The official
says the men had established contact with a Taliban recruiter. In
the Americans' hometown of Alexandria, Va., however, neighbors used
terms l
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| Episcopal bishop seeks prayer in rift over gays Dec 12 2009 5:03PM
The leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church says her
denomination should respond with "prayer and discernment" to the
recent election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop of the
Los Angeles diocese.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori s
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| Minn. priest elected new Episcopal bishop in SC Dec 12 2009 4:55PM
A priest from Minnesota has been elected
the new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
The State of Columbia reports that the Rev. W. Andrew Waldo won
on the third ballot over five other candidates. Waldo is the pastor
of Trin
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Dec 10 2009 2:41AM
A new survey finds many Americans blend
Christianity with New Age beliefs and attend religious services at
more than one place that involve faiths outside their own.
The report from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life also
found that nearl
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Dec 9 2009 2:34AM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Mormon
who says he believes in the "sanctity of life," has helped block
an effort to toughen abortion restrictions in the health care bill.
The amendment, which failed on a 54-45 vote, would have
prevented pe
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| Episcopal lesbian bishop calls election liberating Dec 8 2009 2:14PM
The lesbian priest who was elected assistant
bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles says she's hurt by
any suggestion that her service to the church is divisive.
The Rev. Mary Glasspool told The Associated Press on Tuesday
that she's awa
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| (Following Advance for Use Thursday, Dec. 3) Nov 23 2009 8:10AM
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2009. There are 28
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of
methyl isocyanate gas escaped from
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| (Following Advance for Use Thursday, Dec. 3) Nov 22 2009 8:24AM
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2009. There are 28
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of
methyl isocyanate gas escaped from
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Nov 20 2009 2:42AM
Conservative Christian leaders are releasing a
declaration and warning today on what they're calling "moral
issues of great concern."
Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, helped
draft the Manhattan Declaration, which affirms the
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Nov 13 2009 2:55AM
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington says it
won't continue social service programs it runs for the District
unless a proposed same-sex marriage law is changed.
The bill states religious organizations wouldn't have to perform
or make space ava
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| Minn.'s Chemberlin to take national church post Nov 12 2009 5:15AM
The longtime leader of the [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]] Council
of Churches is taking over as the president of the National Council
of Churches.
The Reverend Peg Chemberlin will be officially installed
Thursday during a 7:30 p.m. service
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Nov 3 2009 2:41AM
As they decide today whether to repeal a
gay marriage bill signed into law by Gov. John Baldacci, Maine
voters are getting conflicting advice from religious leaders.
Portland Bishop Richard Malone is urging the state's Roman
Catholics to uphold
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Nov 2 2009 2:41AM
A Michigan minister who was stabbed
in the neck, arms and chest by a burglar has returned to the pulpit
after weeks of recovery.
The Rev. Kevin Ramsby told the congregation at Revival
Tabernacle in Highland Park on Sunday that he has forgiven hi
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| Hawaii celebrates canonization of first saint Nov 1 2009 9:56PM
Hawaii marked the canonization of Saint Damien
with a Mass and an interfaith celebration that underscored the 19th
century priest's enduring popularity in the islands.
More than 1,200 people on Sunday attended the Mass at the
Cathedral of Our La
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 1 2009 2:13AM
The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota says the
Rev. Brian Prior has been elected its next bishop.
The diocese said Saturday that Prior is tentatively set to be
ordained and consecrated Feb. 13.
Prior has been the rector of the Episcopal Church
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| Minnesota Episcopalians select Prior as bishop Oct 31 2009 6:05PM
The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota says the
Rev. Brian Prior has been elected its next bishop.
He was chosen Saturday over four other candidates, one of whom
would have been only the second openly gay bishop of the Episcopal
Church if she were c
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| Minnesota Episcopalians select Prior as bishop Oct 31 2009 5:02PM
The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota says the
Rev. Brian Prior has been elected its next bishop.
The diocese said Saturday that Prior is tentatively set to be
ordained and consecrated Feb. 13.
Prior has been the rector of the Episcopal Church
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Oct 31 2009 3:19PM
Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota
are meeting today in Minneapolis their annual convention. The main
order of business is electing one of five candidates to replace
Bishop James Jelinek, who's retiring. One candidate is a lesbian,
and if
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| Texas churches help pave way for new Vatican plan Oct 31 2009 12:43PM
Years ago, Saint Mary the Virgin
Catholic Church in Texas and a handful of other conservative
Episcopal churches in the U.S. decided to become Roman Catholic.
Though they were confirmed by the Vatican, they were still
allowed to practice some of
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| Minnesota Episcopalians meet to select new bishop Oct 31 2009 5:15AM
Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota
are meeting in Minneapolis to elect a new bishop.
Both lay and clergy members of the church are meeting for their
annual convention Saturday at the Marriott in downtown Minneapolis.
The main order
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 28 2009 2:41AM
Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry is
calling on abortion opponents to burn effigies of House Speaker
[[kxtopic:nancy-pelosi:t[Nancy Pelosi]:t]] and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this [[kxtopic:halloween:t[Halloween]:t]].
Terry is also usin
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 27 2009 2:41AM
The Obama administration is opposing efforts
by Islamic nations to bar the defamation of religion, saying such
measures would restrict free speech.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham C[[kxtopic:linton-nd:t[Linton]:t]] says efforts by
Islamic coun
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| 3 Calif. Presbyterian churches leave denomination Oct 26 2009 3:03PM
Three Presbyterian congregations in
California's San Joaquin Valley are breaking with the faith's
national denomination in a rift over the Bible and homosexuality.
Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clovis, First Presbyterian Church
in Fresno and Fo
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| SC Episcopalians to distance from national church Oct 24 2009 2:56PM
The Diocese of South Carolina has
voted to distance itself but not completely split from the national
Episcopal Church because of church positions on same-sex unions and
ordination of gays.
Canon Kendall Harmon says clergy members passed the res
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 20 2009 2:41AM
Christian religious rights groups are
opposing a proposed United Nations resolution that would condemn
"negative stereotyping of religions."
The Rev. Carl Moeller (MUL'-ur), president of Open Doors USA,
says the resolution backed by Islamic countr
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| Meeting considers future of SC Episcopal diocese Oct 19 2009 11:33AM
South Carolina Episcopalians will soon
consider a resolution to distance the state diocese from the
national Episcopal Church.
The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, made up of churches in
the eastern and lower parts of the state, meets Saturd
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 14 2009 2:41AM
The son of veteran U.S. evangelist
Billy Graham is in North Korea to deliver aid to the impoverished
country.
The visit comes more than six months after the isolated regime
kicked out all American humanitarian groups.
The Rev. Franklin Gra
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| (Following Advance for Use Sunday, Oct. 18) Oct 13 2009 9:55AM
Today in History
Today is Sunday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2009. There are 74
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the U.S. and Drs.
Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 13 2009 2:41AM
A Muslim civil rights group is condemning
racist harassment directed at a Jewish worshipers in Riverside,
Calif.
The Los Angeles office of CAIR the Council of
American-Islamic Relations says it will join an Oct. 24
counter-protest to a neo-Na
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| Calif church gives up property after diocese split Oct 12 2009 10:44AM
A conservative Los Angeles-area church that
broke away from the [[kxtopic:episcopal:t[Episcopal]:t]] Church over theological differences
and the consecration of a gay bishop is giving up its property.
St. Luke's Anglican Church in La Crescenta is
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| (Following Advance for Use Sunday, Oct. 18) Oct 12 2009 9:13AM
Today in History
Today is Sunday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2009. There are 74
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the U.S. and Drs.
Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 12 2009 2:42AM
President Barack Obama is hailing one of the
Catholic Church's newest saints as a man whose work a century ago
is helping AIDS sufferers in today's world.
Pope Benedict canonized five new saints yesterday, including a
19th-century Belgian priest
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| Afghan strategy debated...Peace efforts continue...Obamas go to... Oct 11 2009 10:51AM
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee says a new strategy and a firm resolve to
succeed are keys to victory in [[kxtopic:afghanistan:t[Afghanistan]:t]]. Sen. Carl Levin tells
NBC those things are more important than the number
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| (Following Advance for Use Sunday, Oct. 18) Oct 11 2009 9:41AM
Today in History
Today is Sunday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2009. There are 74
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the U.S. and Drs.
Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins
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| Obamas at Episcopal church across from White House Oct 11 2009 8:24AM
President Barack Obama and his family are
attending services at St. John's Church, an Episcopal church on
Lafayette Square just across the street from the White House.
Obama also visited the pale yellow church on Easter Sunday and
on Inauguratio
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| 'Frasier' star returning to NY hometown for event Oct 9 2009 5:01AM
Emmy and Tony-winning Actor David
Hyde Pierce is returning to his upstate New York hometown to play a
rebuilt organ in the church he attended while growing up.
Pierce and his three siblings donated the funds to rebuild the
1920 Skinner organ at
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 7 2009 2:41AM
The Supreme Court is taking on a long-running
legal fight today over an 8-foot cross that stands as a war
memorial in the vast Mojave National Preserve in [[kxtopic:california:t[California]:t]].
The justices will consider throwing out an appeals
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 6 2009 2:41AM
The Supreme Court won't get involved in a
dispute between breakaway Episcopalians and their former national
church over who owns a [[kxtopic:california:t[California]:t]] parish and its property.
The high court refused yesterday to hear an appeal
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| Candidates selected for Episcopal bishop Oct 2 2009 10:23AM
The field for the next bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana has been narrowed to six candidates,
and includes an Australian priest, a former Roman Catholic priest
and the bishop of North Dakota, the Rev. Michael Smith.
The diocese announ
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 2 2009 2:41AM
A Muslim congressman has lashed out against a
fellow Muslim on Capitol Hill.
Congressman Keith Ellison denounced Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President
of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, for warning that
political Islam has a militant strain that
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Sep 29 2009 2:14AM
The real Lucy from "Lucy in the Sky With
Diamonds" has died. Lucy Vodden died in a London hospital after a
long battle with lupus. She was 46. Vodden was friends with John
Lennon's son Julian, who came home from school when he was 4 with a
picture he
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| Last member of Silhouettes has died at SC home Sep 28 2009 12:15PM
The Rev. John "Bootsie" Wilson, a former
lead singer and last surviving member of the soul group The
Silhouettes, has died. He was 69.
The Michael A. Glenn Funeral Home confirmed Monday that Wilson
died Sept. 21 at his home in Spartanburg.
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 28 2009 2:55AM
Conservatives in the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America have voted to spend the next 12 months deciding
whether to leave the denomination now that it accepts non-celibate
gay clergy.
About 1,200 people meeting in suburban Indianapolis approv
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| Church court rejects Pa. exbishop's new trial bid Sep 26 2009 12:36PM
An Episcopal Church court has rejected a
defrocked Pennsylvania bishop's bid for a new church trial based on
a recently discovered cache of letters related to his case.
Charles E. Bennison Jr. was removed from his post last year
after a church t
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 23 2009 2:41AM
The U.S. Army's first Buddhist chaplain is
preparing to ship out with his unit to either Afghanistan or Iraq
in coming weeks.
Lt. Thomas Dyer is a former Southern Baptist pastor who
converted to Buddhism after practicing meditation, which he
de
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 21 2009 2:41AM
A grandson of evangelist Billy
Graham will continue to lead the Florida megachurch founded by the
late evangelical leader D. James Kennedy.
By a more than 2-1 margin, members of Coral Ridge [[kxtopic:presbyterian:t[Presbyterian]:t]]
Church in Fo
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 14 2009 2:41AM
Friends and relatives of slain
anti-abortion activist James Pouillon (POOL'-yahn) have held a
prayer vigil on the site where he was shot to death on Friday.
Fellow anti-abortion activist Cal Zastrow (ZAS'-troh) says 270
people gathered Sunday in
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 9 2009 7:02PM
Billy Graham's ministry denies that it
discriminated against a black employee and argues that her lawsuit
should be dismissed.
Former employee Kimberly McCallum claims she was abruptly fired
by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 2007 a
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| Breakaway Episcopalians look to US high court Sep 9 2009 11:33AM
One of the battlegrounds of the
split in the Episcopalian church over gay issues is a picturesque
sanctuary beside the bay in Newport Beach.
Theologically conservative members of St. James Anglican Church
broke away from the national denominatio
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| NYC church that housed notorious club to convert Sep 6 2009 10:10PM
A church that once housed a notorious New York
City nightclub is expected to undergo a conversion.
Once home to the Limelight and later Club Avalon, the
163-year-old former Episcopal church in Manhattan's Chelsea
neighborhood is slated to become
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 28 2009 2:55AM
The late Senator Edward Kennedy's family will hold
an invitation-only private memorial service for him Friday evening
at the presidential library named for his slain brother in Boston.
On Thursday evening, thousands of mourners waited in line to
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 17 2009 3:23AM
The nation's largest Lutheran denomination
could decide this week whether to allow congregations to install
clergy who are in homosexual relationships.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America already allows gay
and lesbian clergy who are celi
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 14 2009 2:41AM
A missionary doctor who was
kidnapped and ransomed this month in Nigeria says he prays for his
abductors.
Dr. Robert Whittaker, a 62-year-old surgeon, is recovering in
Tennessee from an arm wound suffered when he was shot Aug. 2 at his
Nigerian
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| Conservative diocese to weigh its future in Episcopal Church... Aug 13 2009 5:02PM
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
South Carolina, lamenting that the national church now preaches a
"false gospel," has called a convention to discuss the future of
the conservative diocese.
In a speech to clergy on today, Bishop Mark Lawre
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 6 2009 2:41AM
The American Psychological Association says
mental health professionals should not tell gay clients that they
can become straight through therapy or other treatments.
But the APA is urging therapists to respect clients' religious
beliefs and hel
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| Breakaway bishop to appeal Episcopal ruling Aug 5 2009 5:19PM
Attorneys for a Fresno bishop deposed by
the Episcopal Church say they plan to appeal a judge's ruling
recognizing another bishop as the head of the Diocese of San
Joaquin.
Episcopal leaders ousted John-David Schofield last year, after
he led h
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 3 2009 3:04AM
Officials in east Texas say three people
were injured when an SUV crashed into a church just as the Sunday
morning service was about to start.
Members of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Gilmer say the SUV
crashed through the front wall and plowe
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| L.A. Episcopalians nominate gay clergy for bishop Aug 2 2009 5:02PM
An openly gay priest and an openly lesbian
priest are among six nominees for assistant bishop positions in the
Episcopal Church's Diocese of Los Angeles.
The church announced Sunday that Rev. John L. Kirkley of San
Francisco and Rev. Canon Mary
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 28 2009 3:04AM
A coach who's in the Michigan Wrestling
Association Hall of Fame has filed a federal lawsuit against
Dearborn Public Schools and the principal of Fordson High School.
Gerald Marszalek (MAHR'-suh-lek) claims he was fired after 35
years because of
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| Anglican Church may have 'two track' structure Jul 27 2009 1:32PM
The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Anglican
Church may have to accept a "two track" communion in which
believers can hold different opinions about gay clergy and same-sex
unions.
Rowan Williams wrote on his Web site Monday that there are "two
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| Health plan delay...Obama praying more...Cronkite farewell... Jul 23 2009 6:54PM
Senate Democrats have flashed a yellow caution
signal to President Barack Obama on his ambitious health-care
overhaul. They've abandoned efforts to pass a bill before the
August recess as Obama had been urging. Obama accepts the
inevitable, saying "T
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 20 2009 2:42AM
Tensions continue in the Anglican family
following Friday's vote by the Episcopal General Convention to
authorize bishops to bless same-sex unions. The convention also
voted to research an official prayer for the ceremonies.
The national assembl
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| Episcopalians OK gay blessings Jul 17 2009 4:34PM
Episcopalians are allowing bishops to
decide whether to bless same-sex marriages. They'll also start
researching an official prayer service for gay couples.
The Episcopal General Convention voted for the policy Friday,
the last day of their meet
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 16 2009 2:41AM
Episcopal bishops have authorized the
church to start drafting an official prayer for same-sex couples,
another step toward acceptance of gay relationships that will
deepen the rift between the denomination and its fellow Anglicans
overseas.
Th
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| Episcopal bishops OK prayer for gay couples Jul 15 2009 9:14PM
Episcopal bishops have authorized the
church to draft a proposed prayer service for same-sex couples that
will be up for consideration in three years.
The vote came Wednesday night at the Episcopal General
Convention in Anaheim. The measure stil
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 15 2009 3:16AM
Episcopalians say gays and lesbians are
eligible for any ordained ministry in their church, even though the
policy is likely to anger their fellow Anglicans.
The church gave final approval to the declaration Tuesday at the
Episcopal General Conv
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| Cool under fire...$1.5 trillion overhaul...Ensign running again... Jul 14 2009 8:04PM
Sonia Sotomayor has kept her cool during a day
of grilling by Republican Senators, who repeatedly asked whether
she'll be an impartial Supreme Court justice or biased, liberal
activist. Senator Lindsey Graham also asked about anonymous reviews
from l
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jul 14 2009 7:08PM
Sonia Sotomayor will return for a full day of
questioning tomorrow before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Today, she rejected Republicans allegations that she would bring
bias if confirmed as the first Hispanic to the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor,
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