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McCain and religious conservatives, in and out of the Senate

Hagee’s letter explains some of the harsh words he has used when describing the Catholic Church. “I better understand that reference to the Roman Catholic Church as the ‘apostate church’ and the ‘great whore’ described in the book of Revelation” — both terms Hagee has employed — “is a rhetorical device long employed in anti-Catholic literature and commentary,” he wrote.

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An editor gets baptized

What struck Saul on the road to Damascus strikes many even now. Others experience dramas less vivid but enjoy transformations no less complete. Truth unfolds. And if a winter Sunday in London inspired a process that led to a May morning in Richmond, then something happened before — and something happened since.

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Female clergy in Church of England speak out

We long to see the consecration of women bishops in the Church of England, and believe it is right both in principle and in timing. But because we love the Church, we are not willing to assent to a further fracture in our communion and threat to our unity. If it is to be episcopacy for women qualified by legal arrangements to “protect” others from our oversight, then our answer, respectfully, is thank you, but no.

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Virginia property case supplemental briefs filed

In preparation for the second of the three phases of litigation between the parties in the property dispute between the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and the CANA churches, the parties have filed supplemental briefs. The trial on the constitutionality of the 57-9 stature is scheduled for May 28. Whatever the outcome of that trial, a third trial is scheduled for October to decide the ownership.

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Wounds of war

…with an increasing number of troops being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, the modern military is debating an idea Gen. Washington never considered — awarding one of the nation’s top military citations to veterans with psychological wounds, not just physical ones.

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Priest to sing at Phillies game

Now that he’s on the brink of realizing one fantasy, Allen has concocted another. “I’m hoping the Phillies not only win, but that they pitch a no-hitter,” he says. “And I’m hoping the owners are so impressed that they ask: ‘Who was that fat, bald priest who sang the national anthem?’

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