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Ottawa Anglicans Approve Same-Sex Blessings
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By Ron Csillag Religion News Service TORONTO (RNS) The Ottawa diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada has approved same-sex marriage blessings in a move sure to inflame tensions in the worldwide Anglican Communion in the debate over gay rights. Voting Saturday (Oct. 13) by a margin of 177 to 97, delegates to the diocese’s…
Evangelicals Look Overseas to Global Concerns
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By ADELLE M. BANKS and BECKIE SUPIANO Religion News Service ARLINGTON, Va. — When United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressed U.S. evangelical leaders in an historic forum on Thursday (Oct. 11), there was nervousness on all sides. There was long-held skepticism among some religious conservatives about the world body. Meanwhile, some evangelicals were ready to…
Spiritual Counseling Goes To the Dogs
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By David Briggs Religion News Service BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — There was a lot of heavy panting going on in front of St. Raphael Catholic Church earlier this month. But only after participants had rubbed noses and sniffed one another all over. Every pooch had its day at the animal blessing service at St. Raphael,…
Armenians Applaud U.S. Vote on Genocide
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Associated Press – October 12, 2007 YEREVAN, Armenia – Armenian lawmakers rose to their feet in applause, and their president urged the United States to go further after a U.S. House panel approved a resolution labeling the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Turks genocide. The decision of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was…
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