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Lesbian Priest an Episcopal Bishop Nominee
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Associated Press CHICAGO – The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago included an openly lesbian priest among five nominees for bishop Tuesday, as fellow Anglicans demand that the church bar gay bishops. The Rev. Tracey Lind, dean of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, who has a female partner, will be on the Nov. 10 ballot. If she wins,…
Confessing Your Sins Against the Environment
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Religion News Service Robert Nowell LONDON – Visitors to East Anglia’s annual Greenpeace fair in England on Sunday (Sept. 2) will be able to confess their sins against the environment to a Catholic priest. But the Rev. Antony Sutch, who will be hearing people’s eco-confessions, said it would be a question of secular rather than…
Ted Haggard’s Church Appoints a Successor
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Religion News Service Adelle Banks New Life Church, the Colorado megachurch whose leader Ted Haggard was dismissed last year after a sex and drug scandal, has approved a new senior pastor. Pastor Brady Boyd, a pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, received more than 95 percent approval in a Monday (Aug. 27) vote by…
A Televangelist Loses Radio Show After Criciticizing Islam
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Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A Christian televangelist who harshly criticizes Islam and other religions said Friday that his late-night program is being pulled off the air because of pressure from a Muslim group. Earlier this month, officials from the Council on American Islamic Relations wrote a letter to the TV station’s owners asking…
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