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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Atlanta – Since his days in the White House, former President Jimmy Carter has served as an elder statesman on global issues and garnered the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work along the way. Now he’s using his religious credentials — particularly his 65-year history of teaching…

By Lilly Fowler Religion News Service Superman may have been able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but for Christians, Jesus has always been the ultimate superhero. After all, they say, only Jesus was able to bring salvation to the world through, of all things, his demise. So maybe it’s no surprise that…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Atlanta – The top remaining Democratic candidates made their pitch to a meeting of four black denominations Wednesday (Jan. 29) as they seek support from a constituency they are both fighting to have in their political corner. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois spoke via video from Colorado, and…

Associated Press Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday defended the Vatican’s right to speak out on bioethics, including its opposition to artificial procreation methods and embryonic stem cell research, and dismissed criticism that the Church blocks scientific progress. “Church teaching certainly cannot and must not weigh in on every novelty of science, but…
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