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Fight over N.Y. mosque becomes a partisan wedge issue for Obama, GOP
WASHINGTON (RNS) What started as a local zoning debate about an Islamic center near Ground Zero, and then morphed into a fight over religious expression, has now turned into an election-year political brawl.
Caught in the middle of the rancorous partisan fight are American Muslims, wh...
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Kenyan church leaders defend opposition to constitution
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS/ENInews) Kenyan church leaders have rejected calls for an apology after they campaigned against a new constitution that was overwhelmingly supported by voters in a referendum.
"There is no need to apologize. The voice of the church is the voice of prophecy and we d...
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Study finds strong Amish growth, western migration
(RNS) A new study says that the population of North American Amish has increased by nearly 10 percent in the past two years, causing many communities to turn westward in search of new land.
Conducted by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in El...
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Religious leaders hail cocaine-sentencing bill
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. religious leaders are applauding Congress' approval of legislation that reduces the disparity of jail time between crack and powder cocaine offenses.
After passing the Senate in March, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 was approved by the House on Wednesday (July 2...
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First Arab tapped to lead global Lutheran body
STUTTGART, Germany (RNS/ENInews) The Lutheran World Federation has chosen Palestinian Bishop Munib A. Younan as its next president, the first Arab to lead the Geneva-based umbrella group for 70 million Lutherans.
Younan, 59, was elected on Saturday (July 24) at the LWF's 11th assembly...
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Pope grants wide authority to revamp Legion of Christ
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has handed the Vatican's chief auditor "wide-ranging powers" as he sets about reforming the powerful but scandal-hit Legionaries of Christ.
In a decree published Saturday (July 24) on the website of the ultra-conservative order, Archbishop Velasio...
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Catholic group comes to aid of Democrats who supported health care
(RNS) A Catholic group that backed the health care reform bill will spend $500,000 on ads and organizers for at least four congressional Democrats who are under fire from anti-abortion groups for their support of the bill.
Washington-based Catholics United isn't backing any Republican...
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Wednesday’s roundup
Muslim leaders are upset over plans to host a "International Burn a Koran Day" at a church in Gainesville, Fla.; this is the same church, you might recall, that got in trouble for posting a "No Homo Mayor" sign against an openly gay mayoral candidate.
The lesbian high school student i...
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COMMENTARY: The Gospel According to Twitter
(RNS) Transparency is everything now. Disconcerting for some, delightful for others. Learn to live in it. Better yet, try it. (http://twitter.com)
(That paragraph, by the way, fits the 140-character length limit of a Tweet. What's a "Tweet"? Well, read on.)
As with most things technol...
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