By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the ministries that has refused to cooperate fully with a financial investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has invited the Internal Revenue Service to conduct an inquiry of its own instead. Kenneth Copeland Ministries of Newark, Texas, made the request of the IRS on…

By Bruce Nolan Religion News Service New Orleans – Catholic Deacon Pat Dempsey, a port chaplain, remembers the day he rode a launch out into the Mississippi River to visit a crew aboard an anchored vessel. In a backpack he carried his book of the Gospels, the music and the sacred vessels he would need…

Associated Press Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Tibetan people need the involvement of the U.S. government to help resolve recent conflicts between Chinese officials and anti-Beijing protesters in Tibet, the Dalai Lama said Monday. “At this moment, we need your help,” the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said as he and Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky…

Associated Press San Angelo, Texas – Using cotton swabs and cameras, lab technicians began taking DNA samples Monday from hundreds of children and mothers – wearing long, pioneer-style dresses – in hopes of sorting out the tangled family relationships within the West Texas polygamist sect. A judge ordered last week that the genetic material be…

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