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WASHINGTON – More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms.
ROME – A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus’ burial cloth.
Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said he will continue to hold weekly prayer meetings at his home, three years after he was ousted from the church he founded amid a scandal involving a male prostitute and drug use.
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of students has accused Cheatham County schools of promoting Christianity and violating the U.S. Constitution.
BALTIMORE – Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. At 415 years old, the marriage record written by a Roman Catholic priest is still readable and is one of the oldest known European records from the United States.
At a time when many nonprofit groups are cutting back to survive, the new executive director of Tacoma-based Associated Ministries is adding programs to prevent homelessness and help people apply for public assistance.
LOS ANGELES – When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.
Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.
A man who for 63 years has placed a Nativity scene on a suburban median has filed a federal lawsuit against a commission that put a halt to the tradition.
He may have hugged the clerk. He may have prayed with her, too. But prosecutors say Gregory Smith’s contrition during a crime in progress doesn’t change the fact that he robbed a check cashing store.
The state’s highest court has denied a request from sect leader Wayne Bent for prison release on bond while he appeals his convictions for sexual misconduct with teenage female followers.
The Rev. John I. Jenkins, who came under fire for inviting President Barack Obama to the University of Notre Dame campus, has been re-elected to a second five-year term as president of the school.
A polygamous sect is asking the Utah Supreme Court to overturn a state court decision that stripped the religious purposes from its communal land trust.
A Torah scroll that was donated to a federal prison in Springfield 45 years ago has been returned to its St. Louis-area congregation.
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