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By Charles Lane Religion News Service Asuncion, Paraguay – Bishop Fernando Lugo gathered his flock on a cold Saturday morning, and they came — more than 600 mostly poor peasants — to the rural city of Horqueta. Unlike many rallies in this impoverished country, it didn’t take threats or bribes of food and alcohol to…

Associated Press Washington – Risking heightened tensions with China, President Bush will attend a ceremony to award Congress’ highest civilian honor to the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader whom Beijing reviles as a separatist. Bush will go to the Capitol on Wednesday to speak at the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, whose…

By Sarah More McCann Religion News Service Washington – The sukkah tent outside George Washington University’s Hillel was crowded as Conservative, Reform and Orthodox Jewish students gathered to celebrate Sukkot, a holiday commemorating the 40 years Jews spent wandering in the desert. It was enough to make a Jewish grandmother proud, as the students attempted…

The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE – The Rev. Alfred P. Almonte hadn’t celebrated the Mass in Latin in about four decades, so when one of his parishioners at St. Bartholomew parish in Silver Lake suggested that he bring back the Latin Mass as part of the church’s 100-year jubilee, he knew that he would have some…

By Kay Campbell Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — In the midst of their fight to bring freedom to Iraq and Afghanistan, some American soldiers say they are finding their own freedoms threatened by the troops on their own side. Though the U.S. Constitution mandates that the government apply no test of faith for employment…

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oral Roberts was blind-sided by allegations that the university he founded was being exploited by his son and daughter-in-law, the aging televangelist said Tuesday in his first public comments on the case. Roberts phoned CNN’s “Larry King Live” to weigh in on the accusations leveled in…

By Christine Hanley Associated Press Bishop Tod Brown of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange pleaded not guilty today to contempt of court and apologized to the four women who settled their molestation lawsuits against the diocese last week. Lawyers made opening statements in the contempt case, which was then continued until December. “I want…

By Shona Crabtree Religion News Service Imagine spending a year of your life without telling a single lie, coveting thy neighbor’s iPhone or touching women. Author A.J. Jacobs did all that and more — stoning suspected adulterers with pebbles gathered in Central Park, worshipping with snake handlers at a Tennessee church, sacrificing chickens — while…

By Jamal Halaby Associated Press Israeli doctors screened 40 Iraqi children suffering from heart disease Tuesday – a rare case of direct cooperation between the Jewish state and the Arab country. The doctors said they hoped their work would help improve relations between the two Mideast nations and ease tensions between Israel and the rest…

Associated Press – October 8, 2007 STEPHENS CITY, Va. – A stray kitten has found a new mother in a golden retriever, who began producing milk for the little feline after hearing its cries. Honey hadn’t given birth in 18 months, but after her owner, Jimmy Martin, brought home the kitten, she suddenly found herself…
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