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By Heather Donckels Religion News Service Cindy Cathcart was angry with God and on the brink of divorce and suicide on Oct. 30, 1998, when her nephew dragged her to “Hell House.” Though raised Lutheran, she had repeatedly refused her sister’s invitations to come to church and had no desire for a relationship with God.…

Associated Press Cuenca, Spain – First the militia fighters thought of hacking the bishop to death with an ax. In the end, they showed pity and shot him – one of hundreds of executions of Roman Catholic clergy as civil war erupted in Spain. The bishop and 497 other people will be beatified Sunday by…

Associated Press Running Springs, Calif. – Dark beards blowing, black felt fedoras flying off their heads, the four Hasidic rabbis clapped their chests with open palms and cheered as the firefighting helicopter dipped its bucket into their camp swimming pool. At the Camp Gan Israel, crews fighting devastating blazes in the mountains east of Los…

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY — Muslim leaders who attended an interfaith peace conference with Pope Benedict XVI chided the pope for not responding to a recent olive branch from Muslim scholars, and complained that the reaction of a high Vatican official “misses the very point of dialogue.” Their complaints stem…
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