Associated Press – April 23, 2008 RUDY, Ark. – Descendants of an early Mormon leader who was killed in Arkansas 151 years ago say archaeologists found no “identifiable human remains” when they dug up his grave in an attempt to move his remains to Utah. The descendants feel certain, however, that they located the grave…

The Dallas Morning News – April 22, 2008 DALLAS – For more than 30 years, the United Methodist Church has been trying to show that a denomination divided against itself on homosexuality can still stand. The latest test begins Wednesday in Fort Worth. Nearly 1,000 lay and clergy delegates – mainly from the United States,…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the ministries that has refused to cooperate fully with a financial investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has invited the Internal Revenue Service to conduct an inquiry of its own instead. Kenneth Copeland Ministries of Newark, Texas, made the request of the IRS on…

By Bruce Nolan Religion News Service New Orleans – Catholic Deacon Pat Dempsey, a port chaplain, remembers the day he rode a launch out into the Mississippi River to visit a crew aboard an anchored vessel. In a backpack he carried his book of the Gospels, the music and the sacred vessels he would need…

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