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SC Republican chairmen apologize for Jewish remark

Stephen James Johnson October 22, 2009

From the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S.C. – Two Republican county officials in South Carolina have apologized after they disparaged Jews in a newspaper op-ed in support of a fiscally conservative U.S....

Meeting considers future of SC Episcopal diocese

Stephen James Johnson October 22, 2009

From the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, S.C. – Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina will consider resolutions this week to distance the diocese from the national Episcopal Church because...

Meeting considers future of SC Episcopal diocese

Stephen James Johnson October 19, 2009

From the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, S.C. – Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina will consider resolutions this week to distance the diocese from the national Episcopal Church because...

Farrakhan: Don’t be ‘pacified’ by Obama election

Stephen James Johnson October 19, 2009

From the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged his followers not to become complacent by President Barack Obama's election and to work to repair communities. The...

Catholic priest who fathered child is suspended

Stephen James Johnson October 19, 2009

From the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS – A Wisconsin diocese late Friday suspended a Roman Catholic priest who fathered a child during a five-year relationship in Illinois and may have been involved...

Church Universal and Triumphant leader dies

Stephen James Johnson October 19, 2009

From the Associated Press. BOZEMAN, Mont. – Elizabeth Clare Prophet, the spiritual leader of the Church Universal and Triumphant, which gained notoriety in the late 1980s for its followers' elaborate...

Elderly woman gets 9 months in church crash

Stephen James Johnson October 19, 2009

From the Associated Press. SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 75-year-old woman who ran over and killed an 89-year-old pedestrian in a church parking lot has been sentenced to nine months in jail but could be...

NC church plans to burn Bibles, Christian books

Stephen James Johnson October 14, 2009

From The Associated Press. CANTON, N.C. – A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers. Pastor Marc...

Calif church gives up property after diocese split

Stephen James Johnson October 12, 2009

From the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES – A conservative Los Angeles-area church that broke away from the Episcopal Church over theological differences and the consecration of a gay bishop is giving...

Priest who lived with leprosy now a saint

Stephen James Johnson October 11, 2009

From the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated...

Obamas attend Episcopal church near White House

Stephen James Johnson October 11, 2009

From the Associated Press. WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and his family attended Sunday services at St. John's Church, an Episcopal church on Lafayette Square just across the street from the White...

Evangelicals call for immigration reform

Stephen James Johnson October 10, 2009

From the Associated Press WASHINGTON – An American evangelical Christian group is urging Congress to approve reforms to immigration laws in a resolution approved Thursday. The National Association...

African nuns tell Vatican they want more influence

Stephen James Johnson October 9, 2009

From the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – African nuns told a Vatican meeting Friday they want more of a say in running the Catholic Church on the continent, saying they have special talents and shouldn't...

Pope wraps up Czech trip with Mass near Prague

Stephen James Johnson September 28, 2009

From the Associated Press. STARA BOLESLAV, Czech Republic – Pope Benedict XVI on Monday held up the Czech Republic's martyred patron saint as a model for leaders, saying the world needs God-fearing...

Billy Graham’s grandson to stay leading megachurch

Stephen James Johnson September 21, 2009

From the Associated Press. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The grandson of the Rev. Billy Graham will continue to lead a South Florida megachurch, even though some members have called for his ouster. Tullian...

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