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Associated Press – April 28, 2008 WASHINGTON – As Democratic front-runner Barack Obama sought to diminish race as a “determining factor” in the 2008 presidential contest, his former pastor said on Monday that the heated controversy over some of his remarks from pulpit were an attack on the black church in America. Obama was heading…

By Nicole Neroulias 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK — A child of Soviet refugees, the Rev. Andrei Sommer never thought his breakaway church would ever break bread with the Russian Orthodox Christians who remained faithful to Orthodox leaders in Moscow under communism. But this Easter will renew and reunite two once-feuding Manhattan cathedrals: St.…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Top leaders of the United Church of Christ are supporting Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, which has been under fire for sermons delivered there by Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who led Trinity for 36 years, has been heavily criticized for preaching sometimes…

Associated Press New York – The crowd of 25,000 Roman Catholics burst into cheers when Pope Benedict XVI took the stage for a youth rally during his U.S. visit last week. Chanting “Viva Papa!” they pressed against security barriers and reached out to touch him. Many Catholics and church leaders were happily surprised by the…

Associated Press New Orleans – Tangipahoa Parish public schools must stop in-school Bible giveaways to students, a federal judge ruled. “Distribution of Bibles is a religious activity without a secular purpose” and amounts to school board promotion of Christianity, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier ruled. As requested by both sides, Barbier made a summary…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Washington – Is the upcoming National Day of Prayer a day for all Americans — or just evangelicals? That’s what some critics are charging in advance of the May 1 observances as they call for a more inclusive approach to an event they say has been “hijacked” by…

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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