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By Daniel Burke 2008 Religion News Service (RNS) Efforts to portray Sen. Barack Obama’s Chicago church as racist and anti-American are “absurd, mean-spirited and politically motivated,” said the Rev. John Thomas, head of the United Church of Christ. Thomas, the denomination’s general minister and president, said that since Obama won the Iowa caucuses on Jan.…

Associated Press – January 11, 2008 JERUSALEM – President Bush had tears in his eyes during an hour-long tour of Israel’s Holocaust memorial Friday and told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the U.S. should have bombed Auschwitz to halt the killing, the memorial’s chairman said. Bush emerged from a tour of the Yad Vashem…

Associated Press – January 10, 2008 BERLIN – Chances of a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Russian Patriarch Alexy II at a neutral location are improving, a top official in the Russian Orthodox Church was quoted as telling a German magazine this week. In an interview with the weekly Der Spiegel, Metropolitan Kirill,…

By Robert Schwaneberg Religion News Service (RNS) New Jersey officials have refused to end an investigation of whether a Methodist group in Ocean Grove violated the rights of two lesbian couples by rejecting their applications to rent a seaside pavilion for their civil union ceremonies. The state Division on Civil Rights rejected a motion by…

By Allison Steele Religion News Service Sayreville, N.J. – When Sejal Vyas’ mother died suddenly last year, her family wanted a traditional Hindu funeral with sacraments like incense and kindling, but her father also had a special request. After the service, the father wanted his wife’s casket carried from room to room in the couple’s…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Almost three-quarters of Americans who haven’t darkened the door of a church in the last six months think it is “full of hypocrites,” and even more of them consider Christianity to be more about organized religion than about loving God and people, according to a new survey. Almost…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service The court battle over church assets between the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and 11 breakaway congregations has already cost both sides more than $2 million, according to representatives. The secessionist Anglican District of Virginia has spent about $1 million on legal fees thus far and anticipates spending as much…

By Tom Gordon and Stan Diel Religion News Service LADONIA, Ala. (RNS) An intruder did more than torch the pulpit and scorch the sanctuary ceiling at Woodland Baptist Church on Friday (Jan.4). He scattered frozen treats, pickles and popcorn kernels, left a trail of syrup, stole a VCR and a DVD player and gutted a…

By Adelle M. Bank 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Two of the six ministries with finances under investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have been unwilling to cooperate, citing privacy rights and questioning Grassley’s focus on groups that preach the “prosperity gospel.” In an update released Tuesday, Grassley urged the noncooperating ministries to view…

By Daniel Burke 2008 Religion News Service (RNS) A top panel of U.S. scientists has published a new book asserting that belief in the theory of evolution and religious faith “can be fully compatible,” and that creationism has no place in science classes. The 88-page “Science, Evolution, and Creationism,” produced by the National Academy of…
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