Pope confesses mistakes were made
March 11, 2009
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In a letter to bishops worldwide, the pope says that the internet should have been used to check backgrounds, and that the reasons for lifting
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Closing arguments in Colorado Springs court case
March 11, 2009
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KRDO News in Colorado Springs, Colorado reports that the trial to resolve ownership over a multi-million dollar church is one step closer to being decided.
Faith leaders push for FDA control of tobacco
March 11, 2009
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Radio Iowa: Some religious leaders in Des Moines Tuesday called on the Iowa Congressional delegation to support legislation that would give the U.S. Food and
Hell’s Kitchen Social Club
March 11, 2009
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The City Room blog at the New York Times discovers a thrift shop on 10th Avenue run by St. Clement’s Episcopal Church around the corner
New bill proposed to further oppress Nigerian gays
March 11, 2009
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Rev Patrick Alumake told the National Assembly the top leadership of the Catholic church in Nigeria supported the bill wholeheartedly. Children wearing T-shirts that said “Same sex marriage is un-natural and un-African”, and “same sex marriage is an abomination” stood in the aisles of the committee room.
Divisive issue results in unlikely divinity school friendship
March 11, 2009
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“What do I do with this cup? And then I realized it’s not my cup; it’s not for me to choose who is fit to receive the blood of Christ, so I gave it to her.”
Republicans argue in defense of hierarchical denominations
March 11, 2009
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Bridgeport Bishop William E. Lori said: “The state has no right to interfere in the internal affairs and structure of the Catholic Church. This bill is directed only at the Catholic Church, but would someday be forced on other denominations. The state has no business controlling religion.”
The flame shall not consume you
March 11, 2009
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Just as I told my children about the Civil Rights Movement, my parents told me about the Great Depression. I heard about the grandfather who lost a farm because he co-signed a note for a less provident brother, the grandfather who kept a farm because a New Deal program enabled him to pay a mortgage note just in the nick of time and a once prosperous great-grandfather who managed to pay off all his depositors in his small town bank before dying a broken man.
Competing voices
March 11, 2009
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There are many voices competing for our attention in the world today—our families, our coworkers, the homeless and hungry, our politicians. We hear voices hounding us to buy more goods and services, voices instilling fear, hopeful voices, cynical voices, vengeful voices, our own voice of self-preservation.
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