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WASHINGTON — U.S. Catholic leaders processed more than 800 allegations of clergy sexual abuse in 2008, a 16 percent increase from 2007. The majority of the allegations involved abuse that occurred decades ago. A report issued Friday (March 13) by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops showed 803 allegations were filed by 706 victims last…

Friday afternoons find the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding at the Al-Islam Center in Seattle, reciting Muslim prayers. Come Sunday, she heads about two miles south to kneel in the pews of St. Clement’s of Rome Episcopal Church. “My experience and my call is to continue to follow Jesus,” said Redding, an Episcopal priest for the…

Hartford, Connecticut – Thousands of Roman Catholics descended on the Connecticut statehouse Wednesday, as simmering resentment over bills they consider anti-Catholic reached a boiling point with a recent legislative attempt to give parishioners more say over parish financing. Some of the estimated 1.3 million Catholics in Connecticut – a state of 3.5 million – have…

Boston – A new think tank at one of the nation’s leading universities for scientific research will soon bring Buddhist sensibilities to bear on a quest to explore “the ethical and humane dimensions of life.” The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) will formally launch April 30…
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