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Army chaplain first to die in combat since Vietnam
(RNS) A Baptist minister from Oregon who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday (Aug. 30) is the first Army chaplain to die in combat since Vietnam, according to the Army.
Capt. Dale Allen Goetz, 43, died in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan's Arghandab River Valley. He had been in Afgha...
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10 minutes with ... Tom Farley
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Tom Farley left the Catholic priesthood because he'd fallen in love.
Farley, 57, a priest for 30 years, served his last Masses at his parish here in March.
The former priest talked recently about his years as a priest, the process that led him to give it up, and t...
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Recession prompts plans to lower high costs of High Holidays
(RNS) Within a short drive from her suburban New York home, Lisa Sharp has her pick of synagogues. But she is not interested in spending thousands of dollars to join a congregation, and in recent years, she has opted against paying to attend holiday worship services.
Sharp understands...
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Five years after Katrina, New Orleans takes stock
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) With prayers and the tolling of bells, but also with second-line parades and Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleanians on Sunday (Aug. 29)took stock of their rebuilt lives in the five years since the worst event in the region's history and promised to keep the recovery goin...
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On other side of church closings, new reasons for hope
CLEVELAND (RNS) Holly Nixon used to need only 10 minutes before the 9 a.m. Mass to pick up her elderly, disabled mother and find a parking spot close to the sanctuary door.
That was before St. William Catholic Church in Euclid merged with nearby St. Robert Bellarmine, which then close...
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Poll: Majority opposes mosque near Ground Zero on `sacred ground’
(RNS) The outcry over the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero should not be lumped together with protests against planned mosques in other parts of the country, a new poll suggests.
Nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose building an Islamic center or mosque two blocks fr...
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WCC to meet in Cleveland to tackle racism
CLEVELAND (RNS) Members of the World Council of Churches, representing more than 560 million Christians in 110 countries, will gather in Cleveland to discuss how to expose and combat racism around the globe.
The four-day seminar, which starts Thursday (Aug. 26) and will include about...
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Books challenge consumer-driven church model
(RNS) Two new books challenge Christians to restore their faith to its true mission and forsake a consumerist mentality that some churches adapt in a bid to meet members' needs.
"Churches can better shape the faithful by recovering a sense that the life of faith is supposed to be a ch...
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Episcopal bishop, back in office, vows to stay
(RNS) The embattled Episcopal bishop of Philadelphia said he erred in not investigating his brother's sexual abuse of an underage girl 35 years ago, but brushed aside calls for his resignation, saying it is more "interesting" for him to remain in office.
Bishop Charles Bennison was re...
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Russians pray for rain as churches collect aid
MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) The Russian Orthodox Church is praying for relief from the heat and drought that has gripped Russia for two months, as one archbishop condemned some retailers for profiteering from the extreme weather conditions.
"That air conditioners sell for 50,000 rubles ($1,6...
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