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Associated Press – September 12, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO – The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has agreed to pay more than $5 million (euro3.6 million) to settle a sex abuse lawsuit involving a fugitive priest and 10 alleged victims, lawyers and the diocese said Wednesday. The diocese will pay the plaintiffs $5 million from insurance…

By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) The Internal Revenue Service has cleared Focus on the Family Chairman James Dobson after an investigation into charges that he had violated IRS rules by being involved in prohibited politicking. Dobson hailed the IRS’ conclusion in a broadcast on his conservative Christian radio program on Monday (Sept. 10) and…

Associated Press – September 11, 2007 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, more three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board voted Tuesday. Broward County board members said close monitoring of the country’s first Hebrew-language charter school…

Thanks to help from a California-based Christian broadcasting empire, a Christian theme park in Orlando, Fla., seems to have boosted its popularity. Ever since Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) acquired The Holy Land Experience in June, attendance figures jumped at least 25 percent, according to Melanie Davies, public relations manager for the park. “That 25 percent…
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