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While countless churches around the country were blessing animals for the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, some of the faithful who live on the Pacific coast were offering prayers of blessing for the waters whose name means “peaceful”: Hundreds of Californians joined surfing priests and religious leaders from multiple faiths Sunday to honor the…

The AP is reporting that a growing number of churches are now making it a habit to conduct routine background checks: More churches and religious groups are conducting background checks and taking other steps to protect children against mistreatment in the wake of the sex abuse scandal that has plagued the Catholic Church for years.…

An early skirmish in the annual “war on Christmas” ended quickly, and without any apparent bloodshed, after the party which fired the first shot waved a white flag of surrender. Details: Richmond will have a “Christmas” parade after all. The nonprofit group that organizes the annual holiday march down Broad Street announced yesterday that it…

I caught part of last night’s episode of “Glee,” which dealt (rather delicately) with the idea of religion.  The plot swirled around a teenager who discovered the face of Jesus on a grilled cheese sandwich, and another kid, whose father was in critical condition in the hospital.  Life, death, doubt, belief — it was all…
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