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The Providence Journal Providence – Voice of the Faithful, the organization of reform- minded lay Catholics spawned by the priest sex-abuse scandal that erupted in the Archdiocese of Boston five years ago, will hold its third national convention beginning Friday at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The two-day event, featuring more than 30 workshops and…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service Baltimore – The Rev. Drew Phoenix is many things to many people. To St. John’s of Baltimore City, he’s the fun-loving pastor who counsels them, takes their kids hiking, explains Scripture, and plunges into worthy causes. To conservative Methodists, Phoenix embodies another front in the “culture wars,” a rebel…

By Daniel Burke 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Demonstrating an unprecedented show of support for Tibet, the U.S. on Wednesday (Oct. 17) awarded the Dalai Lama the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, despite strong objections from China. The nation’s most powerful political leaders, including President Bush and a bipartisan congressional delegation,…

By Bobby Ross Jr. Religion News Service OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) The embattled president of Oral Roberts University will take an indefinite leave of absence but expects to return to the post “in God’s timing,” he said Wednesday (Oct. 17). The decision by Richard Roberts, son of the charismatic Christian university’s namesake founder, came amid intense…
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