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Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup: Romney wins Iowa; Pat Robertson’s secret; Catholic bishops’ kids
Admit it: You skipped the Iowa caucuses last night and watched Ted Haggard on "Wife Swap."
That's okay, we have your back. Here's what you missed.
Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum by less than half a Duggar family. If only they had 8 more kids! By 2016 Santorum should be go...
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Mitt Romney’s evangelical problem starts with theology
(RNS) The good news for Mitt Romney: he won the Iowa caucuses. The bad news for Romney: evangelicals remain reluctant to support him.
Romney bested former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday's (Jan. 3) first-in-the-nation voting. But just 14 percent...
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Catholic school officially ends paddling
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) A Catholic high school that was the country's last refuge of corporal punishment has ended a legal struggle over control of the school and agreed that the days of paddling are over.
"There will be no attempt to reinstate corporal punishment," said Dan Davillier, a bo...
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Atheists face uphill climb with new political party
(RNS) How viable is a political party with the word "atheist" in its name?
Troy Boyle, a corporate legal representative for a finance company, thinks very viable. Last March, he and a friend founded the National Atheist Party, which they believe to be the first American political part...
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2011: A year of taking it to the streets
(RNS) 2011 was supposed to be the year the world ended. Twice.
But after evangelist Harold Camping's doomsday predictions failed to materialize, all eyes are now on 2012 when, according to an ancient Mayan calendar, we need to once again prepare for the end of the world as we know it....
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Man sentenced to 14 years for burning black church after Obama’s election
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) The second of three city men termed "shiftless and pathetic" by a judge was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for burning a local black church to the ground in the predawn hours after President Barack Obama was elected.
Michael F. Jacques Jr., 27, did not...
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Christmas banner causes big spat in small N.J. town
PITMAN, N.J. (RNS) Located just 17 miles southeast of Philadelphia, Pitman, N.J., has the rural feel of fictional Bedford Falls in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Life, however, became a lot less wonderful for Pitman's mayor, Mike Batten, a week ago when he received an email from Annie Lauri...
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Evangelicals side with Catholics on insurance mandate
WASHINGTON (RNS) Catholics who have pushed back against a White House policy that would require many religious insurers to cover contraception are getting a high-profile assist from dozens of evangelical leaders.
"We write in solidarity, but separately -- to stress that religious orga...
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: Warm Solstice, Dobson novels, Driscoll’s sex lives, Santorum v. P
Happy Solstice! Shortest day of the year today, and Pagans and Druids and others, oh my, enjoyed unseasonably warm weather as they danced around Stonehenge.
For we fathers of daughters, it's time for another round of "Sunrise, sunset."
Washington Post blogger Alexandra Petri has fixed...
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Tebow is top religion author of 2011
(RNS) Critics have hammered Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow for everything from his throwing style to his trademark professions of evangelical faith. But this much is now beyond dispute: the guy has a gift for selling books.
Tebow's Christian life story, "Through My Eyes," has be...
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