DALLAS – Federal laws targeting the financing of terrorism are vague and have given the government unchecked power over American Muslim charities, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new report. The rules have made American Muslims fearful that giving to charity, as required by their faith, could get them mixed up in a…

c. 2009 Salt Lake Tribune PROVO, Utah — Tyson Boardman sits before the computer screen at the LDS Missionary Training Center, discussing Mormonism with Jason and Travis in two Internet conversations at the same time. Why do people say Mormons aren’t Christian? What does it mean to be baptized for the dead? How do Mormons…

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s top envoy for China says the time has come for the Holy See to get tough with Beijing and not compromise over religious freedom, saying relations are taking a “worrisome slide” for the worse. Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen also said the Vatican shouldn’t give so much importance to re-establishing…

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) – June 15, 2009 Vatican City (dpa) – The Vatican announced Monday the retirement of long-time papal personal physician, Renato Buzzonetti, who assisted Pope John Paul II following the failed 1981 assassination attempt and at his deathbed in 2005, before going on to serve the current pontiff, Benedict XVI. The 84-year-old Buzzonetti,…

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