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When was the last time you saw a church — Catholic or otherwise — packed with more men than women? USA TODAY takes note of a curious phenomenon, and what some churches are doing to change it: Women outnumber men in attendance in every major Christian denomination, and they are 20% to 25% more likely…

A writer at the New York Times wonders if the prejudice that stalked Al Smith and John Kennedy is dead. He uses as his starting point a panel discussion on the topic held the other day at the Museum of the City of New York. From the paper’s City Room column: When Gov. Alfred E.…

That could be the case if John McCain ends up selecting Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty as his running mate, as recent media rumblings suggest. His official biography makes no mention of his religion. But Wikipedia has this posting: With Polish and German heritage, he was raised a Roman Catholic. His present conversion to the Protestant…

The pictures are disturbing, and so is the story surrounding them, from Italy: Italian newspapers, an archbishop and civil liberties campaigners expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Roma girls were laid out on…
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