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After angering Catholics, White House honors teachers
WASHINGTON (RNS) Days after angering Catholics with a new rule that forces religious groups to offer contraceptive coverage, the White House on Wednesday tried to repair relations by honoring nine Catholic educators. By Lauren Markoe.
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Poll: Preachy politicians turn off many voters
(RNS) So all that "God talk" from the GOP candidates as they try to show who is more devout? A new survey shows that it may be more likely to hurt their chances with voters as help them. By David Gibson. 400 words.
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Thursday Godbytes: Megadeth Goes to Seminary; Perry Drops Out; Is “Evangelical” the New
The bass player from heavy-metal band Megadeth (I'm assuming the names "Superdeath," Death," and "Severely Injured" were already taken) is going to a Lutheran Seminary. Because, you know, Luther ROCKED.
Texas Governor and evangelical Christian Rick Perry is dropping out of the race fo...
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Flood of ‘de-baptisms’ worries European church leaders
PARIS (RNS) A decade ago, Rene Lebouvier requested that his local Catholic church erase his name from the baptismal register. The church noted his demands on the margins of its records and the chapter was closed.
But the clergy abuse scandals rocking Europe, coupled with Pope Benedict...
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Court orders occupiers out of St. Paul’s Cathedral
LONDON (RNS) Britain's High Court on Wednesday (Jan. 18) ordered anti-corporate protesters evicted from a camp they have occupied for three months outside London's iconic St. Paul's Cathedral.
The demonstrators, identifying themselves as the Occupy London Stock Exchange movement, set...
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Christians report lowest growth rate in Israel
JERUSALEM (RNS/ENInews) Christians have the lowest growth rate among the Israeli population, according to a recent report from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
According to the Jan. 6 report, the Christian growth rate of 0.9 percent lags behind the Jewish rate of 1.7 percent...
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COMMENTARY: Special treatment hurts both church and state
(RNS) It's time for religion to lose its special treatment in the Constitution and in tax codes.
Not because religion has ceased to matter, but because it matters more than ever in our increasingly unethical society, and the special treatment ends up hurting both religion and state.
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Muslims say Ron Paul is their kind of Republican
(RNS) Growing up in rural parts of the American West, Nadja Adolf's libertarian streak developed early on.
"When you come from a countryside that can kill you," said Adolf, a Muslim convert in her late 50s, "there is a strong emphasis on individual rights, a strong emphasis on self-re...
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Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Stumping in black churches; hexing Tim Tebow; blinded by the
As they have every year since moving to the White House, President Obama and the first family spent part of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at a historically black church in D.C.
Speaking of MLK, the Interior Department says they'll fix the quote on his National Mall memorial. Maya An...
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Unconventional statue of John Paul II gets a makeover
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Just eight months after being unveiled, a controversial statue of Pope John Paul II in Rome is receiving a major makeover.
The 16-foot statue stands just outside the city's main railway station but, since last May, it has been met by harsh criticism by locals and ar...
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