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WASHINGTON – Canada‘s foreign affairs minister was the keynote speaker Thursday at an event in the U.S. capital honouring religious freedom, forcefully defending his government’s strong support of Israel while promoting its plans for an Office of Religious Freedom. “We … Continue reading →

ROME (Reuters) – The leader of the Legionaries of Christ admitted on Tuesday he knew for years the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic order’s most famous priest had fathered a child but still allowed the popular cleric to preach about morality. The … Continue reading →

Manny Pacquiao‘s devotion to religion and comments against gay marriage will not have an impact as a training distraction or in the ring as the Filipino icon prepares to fight unbeaten American Tim Bradley. That was the message from “Pac-Man” … Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hamel Hartford Brookins, a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church for 30 years and a longtime civil rights activist, has died in Los Angeles. He was 86. A church statement says Brookins died Tuesday at … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Perhaps the only thing longer than the title of a Vatican document issued in English on Wednesday was the time it took for an official translation of the Latin to appear – 34 years. The document, … Continue reading →

(Reuters) – The University of Notre Dame and dozens of other Catholic institutions sued President Barack Obama‘s administration on Monday to block a government regulation that requires employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees. The regulation, which … Continue reading →

In a coordinated pushback against the Obama administration, 43 Catholic institutions filed a dozen lawsuits in federal courts across the country on Monday, charging that new federal rules requiring most religious employers to provide health insurance that includes birth-control services … Continue reading →

It is Monday evening in Diyarbakir, a city in Turkey‘s southeast, and a weekly meeting of several local members of the so-called Gulen movement has begun with a book reading. One of the eight men present — this is an … Continue reading →

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NEW YORK (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders opened a new front against the Obama administration mandate that employers provide workers birth control coverage, filing federal lawsuits Monday on behalf of dioceses, schools and health care agencies that argued the requirement … Continue reading →