DUBLIN (Reuters) - The payout offer of the Roman Catholic group at the center of an inquiry into child abuse in Ireland drew ...
Eighty-seven churches join new conservative Lutheran group over gay clergy Eight-seven churches in total have publicly vowed to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church ...
Southern Baptist Convention president has prostate cancer, expecting January surgery Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt says that he has prostate cancer and expects to have surgery in January. The 57-year-old Hunt, pastor of the Atlanta-area First Baptist Church of Woodstock, said ...
Religious leaders have signed a declaration saying they oppose laws that would compel them to bless gay unions or marriages One-hundred and fifty-two evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they oppose laws that would compel them ...
The uneasy relationship between the Kennedy clan and the Catholic Church turned into open warfare Monday after a bishop said he was refusing communion to Patrick Kennedy due to his pro-abortion stand. Bishop Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic leader of Rhode Island, ...
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 23: Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah at his library on November 23, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Sheikh Sabah is one of eight world leaders meeting with Pope Benedict XI ...
Priest at embattled Polish parish in St. Louis says he's willing to step down if it will help The priest at a predominantly Polish Roman Catholic church in St. Louis at odds with the archdiocese says he's willing to step down if ...
Catholic bishop says he asked RI Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop receiving Communion in 2007 A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not ...
Thousands in Nazareth celebrate beatification of late Palestinian nun A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important step toward sainthood. Thousands of worshippers gathered in the biblical town of Nazareth to attend the ...
A Catholic priest, with a portrait of Maria Alfonsina Danil Ghattas on his robes, attends Ghattas' beatification mass at the Church of the Annunciation in the northern Israeli town of Nazareth, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Ghattas was the co-founder of the Congregation ...
(Stations: Please substitute the following for V3958, slugged RI Bishop-Kennedy, which moved at 5:05 a.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS Kennedy not disclosing how bishop told him of ban sted in discussions.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman ...
FILE - Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin, is shown in his office in Providence, R.I, in this Aug. 21, 2008 file photo. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion ...
