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By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service A prominent liberal Episcopal church in Pasadena, Calif., says it will allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after the state’s Supreme Court opened civil marriage to same-sex couples starting next month. The move by All Saints Episcopal Church is likely to fan tensions within the U.S. church and…

Associated Press Vatican City – The Vatican has reopened the largest and most luxurious of the pagan tombs in the necropolis under St. Peter’s Basilica after nearly a year of restoration work. The Valeri Mausoleum, which was unveiled to media on Tuesday, was built by a family of former slaves at the beginning of the…

Associated Press Hormigueros, Puerto Rico – Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday offered a spiritual defense for continuing her presidential campaign, as she sought to put to rest the uproar over her comments about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Speaking to a full congregation at the Pabellon de la Victoria evangelical church, Clinton spoke in…

By Daniel Burke c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When many Americans think of Tibetan Buddhism, one man comes to mind: the Dalai Lama. The jet-setting, best-selling, Nobel Prize-winning 72-year-old monk has become the most recognizable Tibetan in the world. But another charismatic Tibetan monk, the Karmapa Lama, 22, may be the face of Tibet’s…
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