ALBANY, Georgia – A Georgia priest facing excommunication for supporting the ordination of women said Friday he plans to visit the Vatican with a contingent of fellow priests and a bishop to appeal the decision. Roy Bourgeois, 69, a Maryknoll priest and nationally known peace activist, ran afoul of Vatican doctrine by participating in an…

Washington – Hundreds of people rallied outside the White House on Wednesday (Nov. 12) as religious leaders from a number of faiths met with members of Congress while also urging President-elect Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning torture. The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)’s “Day of Witness” included a procession of people…

Waltham, Mass. – The dozens of independent Jewish prayer groups cropping up all over the country in the past decade have mostly attracted worshipers with traditional roots, rather than converts or secular Jews, a new study reports. Based on a 2007 survey of 747 members of independent minyans, or lay-led prayer groups, the findings show…

New York – Carrying signs reading “Love not H8” and “Did you cast a ballot or a stone?”, a large crowd of gay-marriage supporters gathered outside a Mormon temple to protest the church’s endorsement of a same-sex marriage ban in California. The rally Wednesday night outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple…

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