Religion & Faith
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says the Israeli invasion of Gaza does not meet the criteria for a just war.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- The Rev. Pat Robertson and other evangelical Christians are defending Israel's invasion of Gaza as a necessary response to end Hamas missile attacks.
DETROIT (AP) -- Fifteen Michigan Islamic leaders are urging Americans to contact lawmakers, donate to relief agencies and pray in an effort to end fighting and suffering in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court says three parishes that left the Episcopal Church over gay ordination and Biblical interpretation cannot retain ownership of their church property.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Mayor Gavin Newsom is condemning the vandalism of a Roman Catholic church in San Francisco, calling it a "cowardly and criminal act."
DETROIT (AP) -- Pope Benedict has selected a Michigan native as the new archbishop of Detroit.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Bishop John McRaith has ended his tenure as head of Kentucky's westernmost Roman Catholic diocese, which he has led for more than 26 years.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A coroner in Cleveland says a disruptive girl who died last month while being restrained by staff members at a church-run treatment center suffocated and choked.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say three South Carolina men accused of bilking church members and soldiers out of millions of dollars shouldn't be allowed to represent themselves at trial.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The president of Open Doors USA says Christians have been in Gaza since the time of Christ, but this is "their gravest hour."
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict is urging Christians to pray "that baby Jesus in the manger might inspire" Israelis and Palestinians to immediately end the bloody conflict in the Gaza Strip.
BOSTON (AP) -- They were at odds during the presidential campaign, but Gov. Mitt Romney says when his wife Ann fell ill recently, President-elect Barack Obama phoned to say she was in his prayers.
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin county's top administrator says there shouldn't be any problem defending its Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn from a lawsuit that claims it's unconstitutional.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- A 28-year-old man has been charged in the beating and robbery of an elderly man outside a church in College Park, Maryland, on Christmas Eve.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A woman with a bomb strapped under her robe has killed more than three dozen people outside a Baghdad mosque during ceremonies commemorating the death of a Shiite Muslim saint.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the U.S.
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Priests at Nepal's most revered Hindu temple say the government's appointment of two head priests is an unacceptable political interference in religion.
A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the U.S.
A Wisconsin county's top administrator says there shouldn't be any problem defending its Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn from a lawsuit that claims it's unconstitutional.
Pope Benedict is challenging world leaders to make major changes to the global financial system.
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