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By Ian Wilheim Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The Iraq war has claimed many victims, but perhaps the least known is a small religion that scholars say is the last remaining link to ancient faiths that flourished during the time of the Roman Empire. Mandaeanism, a monotheistic belief that follows the teachings of John the…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service A transgender man can remain pastor of his Baltimore church, the United Methodist Church’s high court announced late Tuesday (Oct. 30), but the court sidestepped larger questions about whether gender change is acceptable in the church. No law in the church’s Book of Discipline prohibits transgender clergy, the nine-member…

Associated Press Berlin – A vast archive of Nazi-era documents started accepting online requests Thursday for information from victims of Nazi crimes and people tracing relatives – a move meant to speed up an often-slow process. The move by the archive, based in the central German town of Bad Arolsen, should make it easier for…

Associated Press Baltimore – Members of a fundamentalist Kansas church ordered to pay nearly $11 million in damages to a grieving father smiled as they walked out of the courtroom, vowing that the verdict would not deter them from protesting at military funerals. “Absolutely, don’t you understand this was an act in futility?” said Shirley…
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