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AP Religion News HEADLINES

Cuban church official tells Ladies in White they are now political group

Published May 25th, 2012 - 5:44PM

A Cuban Catholic Church official told the Ladies in White on Friday they are no longer a humanitarian group and that the government is unlikely to let them go to the Vatican even if Pope Benedict XVI grants them an audience, spokeswoman Berta Soler said.

Vatican says it has caught person who leaked documents

Published May 25th, 2012 - 11:08AM

The Vatican said Friday that its police is holding a suspect in connection with the "illegal" possession of classified documents.

N.C. county backs down, allows protest of anti-gay sermon

Published May 24th, 2012 - 7:31PM

Catawba County, N.C., officials have backed down after initially denying a request from marchers who want to use county facilities this weekend to stage a protest against a preacher's anti-gay sermon.

Franciscan clergy sex abuse case records released

Published May 23rd, 2012 - 2:25PM

Thousands of pages of previously confidential records related to Franciscan clergymen accused of child sexual abuse have been posted online, three years after a Los Angeles judge ordered the documents released.

Religion news in brief

Published May 23rd, 2012 - 12:44PM

All 6 Boston groups lose appeal to Vatican to reopen church buildings at closed parishes

Voices of Faith: What are the advantages of prayer?

Published May 23rd, 2012 - 5:10AM

NO LAUNDRY LISTS

Religion and politics, but no fireworks

Published May 23rd, 2012 - 5:05AM

Unless you want a fight to break out at a cocktail party or a family reunion, conventional wisdom has it, don't talk religion or politics.

North Carolina pastor's anti-gay sermon spurs protest

Published May 22nd, 2012 - 5:25PM

A North Carolina pastor's sermon in which he called for gays and lesbians to be placed in a form of concentration camp has spurred a protest planned at the church this Sunday.

Watchdog group goes after anti-Obama pastor in Ky.

Published May 21st, 2012 - 2:51PM

An eastern Kentucky Baptist pastor troubled by President Barack Obama's views on gay marriage violated federal law when he urged his followers to vote the president out of office in November, a Washington watchdog group said.

Catholics a-Twitter about role of nuns

Published May 18th, 2012 - 5:11AM

Sister Simone Campbell doesn't wear a habit.

Judge's ruling has clergy-abuse victims' advocate on defensive

Published May 18th, 2012 - 12:06AM

A prominent activist group in the Roman Catholic Church's clergy-abuse crisis is fighting a Missouri judge's ruling to open more than two decades of correspondence with victims, lawyers, witnesses and journalists thought to be confidential.

Spokesman for Catholic order steps down

Published May 17th, 2012 - 7:26PM

With his Hollywood-star looks and a doctorate in moral theology, the Rev. Thomas Williams became a nationally known Catholic priest who spoke often on NBC and CBS as an advocate for the Vatican.

A mother's grace

Published May 17th, 2012 - 5:10AM

As a little girl growing up in New York City, my mom took plenty of kidding about her name. She hated anything to do with sports, and whenever she dropped the ball or stumbled, her classmates made enormous fun of her, because she was called Grace.

Religion news in brief

Published May 16th, 2012 - 1:45PM

Franciscan University in Ohio drops student health insurance over contraception coverage

Voices of Faith: Do crime and violence reflect faith groups' failure?

Published May 16th, 2012 - 5:10AM

Voices of Faith: Do crime and violence reflect faith groups' failure?

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