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Vatican Details Rules On What Constitutes An Authentic Virgin Mary Sighting

2012-05-23T16:23:00Z

The Vatican has published rules to evaluate the authenticity of the dozens of apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported each year.

The “Norms Regar...

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Pope Benedict XVI Gives Direction To U.S. Bishops On Hot-Button Issues

2012-05-23T08:16:04Z

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Over the course of the last six months, Pope Benedict XVI delivered five major speeches to small groups of American bishops who wer...

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Pope Praises American Nuns

2012-05-19T08:04:44Z

By Alessandro Speciale
Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (May 18) expressed his "deep gratitude" to American nu...

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Cleveland Catholics Are 'Anxious And Edgy' As Parish Reopenings Drag On

2012-05-18T08:33:53Z

By Michael O'Malley
Religion News Service

CLEVELAND (RNS) It's been nearly a month since Bishop Richard Lennon announced he would reopen 12 closed...

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Adam Kissel: Georgetown Should Honor Its Commitment to Free Speech

2012-05-17T11:58:41Z

What does Georgetown really stand for? Georgetown's continuing attempt to have it both ways when it comes to respecting freedom of expression can only earn it more bad press.

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Henry G. Brinton: Pulpit Politics: Religious Leaders Should Persuade, Not Pronounce

2012-05-16T18:00:38Z

Yes, we all need guidance as to what constitutes a moral approach to contentious issues. But we aren't helped by resolutions that force people to be either insiders or outsiders, driven even further apart in a society that's already politically polarized.

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Bethany Blankley: How Protestantism Redefined Marriage

2012-05-15T12:31:31Z

The sanctity of marriage would be best preserved if marriage were left to the authority of the church. Instead, most Bible-believing Christians find themselves defending a religious practice that was never designed to be governed by a secular institution.

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Mark Hannah: An Open Letter to My Catholic Parish RE: Its Opposition to the Affordable Care Act

2012-05-15T11:40:26Z

Three weeks ago, while sitting in my church pew and skimming through the weekly bulletin, I came across a church-hosted workshop that would demonstrate the moral and Constitutional shortcomings of the health care reform legislation.

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Pope Finds Kindred Spirit In German 'Feminist' Saint

2012-05-12T08:29:28Z

By Alessandro Speciale
Religion News Service

(RNS) Here are two things that don't typically go together: Pope Benedict XVI and feminist culture.
...

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Lorri L. Jean: Dramatic Changes on Campus at Georgetown

2012-05-11T12:43:48Z

Much has changed at Georgetown since 1980, when some fellow students and I sued the school for refusing to recognize our LGBT group because doing so allegedly violated Catholic doctrine.

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Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.: Why Are Millennials Leaving The Church?

2012-05-08T13:40:06Z

Pastors and priests seeking to fill their pews with young churchgoers have a tough task ahead. Many younger Millennials have already moved away from the religion in which they were raised, mostly joining the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated.

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Conservative Catholics Furious About HHS Secretary's Upcoming Visit To Georgetown University

2012-05-07T16:28:03Z

By David Gibson
Religion News Service

(RNS) Last month liberal Catholics were upset over House Republican budget chief Paul Ryan using a Georgetow...

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Are Americans In Rome Behind Crackdown On Nuns?

2012-05-07T12:41:50Z

By David Gibson
Religion News Service

(RNS) When the Vatican last month announced a doctrinal crackdown on the leadership organization representin...

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Philadelphia Archbishop Removes Five Priests Accused Of Sexual Abuse From MInistry

2012-05-05T08:07:35Z

By David Gibson
Religion News Service

(RNS) Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput announced Friday (May 4) that five priests accused of sexually ...

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Kathlene Turner Talks Faith And Family In New Film "The Perfect Family"

2012-05-04T17:20:45Z

Kathleen Turner is getting rave reviews for her staring role in the new comedy "The Perfect Family." The film tells the tale of a Catholic housewife ...

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Proponents Of Euthanasia, Nazi Genocide Use Same Arguments According To Vatican Newspaper

2012-05-04T16:25:19Z

By Alessandro Speciale
Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Proponents of euthanasia and aborting chronically ill fetuses use the same argumen...

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Philip Goldberg: Hooray For Heretics

2012-05-04T16:12:01Z

Conservatives like Douthat, who pine for a mythical version of a church-centered postwar world, might lament that, but I say thank God for heretics. They broaden our minds and deepen our spirits.

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Dan Mulhern: Nun-Sensical Male Leadership

2012-05-04T13:05:49Z

I think it's high time we build a different manly culture. It is time for a new masculine strength, where men in power stand for principles that matter.

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Sally Steenland: Faith Leaders Support Reproductive Justice

2012-05-04T11:07:45Z

Religion and reproductive rights are usually pitted against each other in public debates and the media. But in real life, they are not on opposite sides.

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Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Perfect Family

2012-05-04T10:48:05Z

Don't trust the trailers for Anne Renton's The Perfect Family. They make it look like an irreverent, iconoclastic satire, one that attacks hypocrisy among the pious -- like something from the Farrelly brothers or, perhaps, John Waters.

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Harry Knox: Why Religious People Should Support The Rights Of Women In Reproductive Decisions

2012-05-03T10:43:17Z

Women's reproductive rights have been so stigmatized and stripped of moral value by certain religious leaders that it can be difficult to speak up. This is a good time to reconsider.

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Vatican Issues New Guidelines For Catholic Charities

2012-05-03T06:31:11Z

By Alessandro Speciale
Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Under new rules announced on Wednesday (May 2), the Vatican will more closely over...

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David Briggs: Diversity Rising: Mormons, Nondenominational Churches, Muslims Spreading Out Across U.S.

2012-05-02T12:25:56Z

The U.S. religious landscape is shifting, and no one may be more thankful than GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney. The spread of Latter-day Saints across the nation has paved the way for a Romney run.

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Rev. Chuck Currie: Creating A New Progressive Ecumenical Church Relationship

2012-05-02T10:58:18Z

I simply do not believe that at this point in time the distinctiveness of our different churches is more important than the values and common understandings of Scripture that unite us.

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Brandon G. Withrow: Enough With Co-opting Jesus For Every Political Agenda

2012-04-26T15:59:44Z

Much like the many portraits of Jesus over the centuries, we should never underestimate the ability of human beings to rewrite Jesus' words into their own ideologies.

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