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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 →

BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin got a standing ovation before speaking to parishioners at a Baltimore church. The Baltimore Sun (http://bsun.md/KDVNwe) reports that Sybrina Fulton spoke Sunday morning at Baltimore‘s Empowerment Temple. She told … Continue reading →

A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand‘s restive south, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground after years of bloodshed. Unmissable in their bright orange shirts, the players of local side Pattani … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Saturday denounced as “criminal” a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it … Continue reading →

MANILA (Reuters) – Conservative Christian groups in the Philippines on Saturday marched near a shopping mall to demand the cancellation of Lady Gaga’s two concerts next week, saying her songs carried “demonic” undertones. The protests in the heavily Catholic Philippines … Continue reading →

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts priest will succeed Bishop Gene Robinson as New Hampshire‘s next Episcopal bishop. A delegation of clergy and lay people chose the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld of Grace Church in Amherst from a field of … Continue reading →

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died just weeks before his longtime aide went on trial in the alleged cover-up of sexual assaults by priests within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Yet Bevilacqua is very much the ghost inside … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict on Friday held out an olive branch to American Roman Catholic nuns, who are reeling from a stinging Vatican report that criticized them as being feminist and politicized. “I wish to reaffirm my deep … Continue reading →