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United Press International Houston – U.S. President George Bush’s spiritual adviser, the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, has decided to support the presidential bid of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. The leader of Houston’s Windsor Village United Methodist Church said Obama’s “character, confidence and courage” inspired him to support his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Houston…

Associated Press Washington – The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a Muslim inmate cannot sue the government over the disappearance of the prisoner’s copies of the Quran and a prayer rug. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices said the federal law the inmate relied on prohibits lawsuits against federal corrections officers. Abdus-Shahid M.S. Ali says…

Associated Press – January 18, 2008 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is offering to help survivors and their families navigate a vast Nazi archive that promises to document their persecution and provide clues to the fate of loved ones. After months of work on more than 100 million digital images from the International…

By Daniel Burke 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) For a woman sitting on a very warm seat, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, seems remarkably cool. Even those who disagree with her progressive leadership agree that the 53-year-old remains unflappable under duress. “She’s centered and intense,” said the Rev. Kendall Harmon,…

Associated Press – January 18, 2008 NEW YORK – In American pop culture, the face of abortion is often a frightened teenager, nervously choosing to terminate an unexpected pregnancy. The numbers tell a far more complex story in which financial stress can play a pivotal role. Half of the roughly 1.2 million U.S. women who…

Associated Press New York – Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells. The new report documents embryos made with ordinary skin cells. But it’s not the first time human cloned embryos have been made. In 2005, for example, scientists…

Daniel Burke Religion News Service Financial news powerhouse Dow Jones & Company has launched new “dharma indexes” to track the stocks of companies that observe the values of dharma-based religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. The Dow Jones Dharma Indexes are the first to measure dharma-compliant stocks and now track more than 3,400 companies globally,…

Associated Press New York – The number of abortions in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005, the lowest level in more than 30 years in a slide attributed to reasons that include better use of contraceptives. The decline also marks a 25 percent drop from the all-time high of 1.6 million in…

By Matthew Streib Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Several Jewish leaders have come to the defense of presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama against rumors that he secretly espouses radical Muslim beliefs. In a joint letter, leaders of nine Jewish groups including the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the American Jewish Congress characterized the e-mail rumor campaign…

Associated Press – January 16, 2008 RICHMOND, Calif. – A Presbyterian deacon who has twice been denied ordination because of her sexual orientation can move forward with her bid to join the clergy. The regional body of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted 167-151 Tuesday night in support of Lisa Larges’ application, despite the denomination’s long-standing…
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