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Associated Press – April 28, 2008 WASHINGTON – As Democratic front-runner Barack Obama sought to diminish race as a “determining factor” in the 2008 presidential contest, his former pastor said on Monday that the heated controversy over some of his remarks from pulpit were an attack on the black church in America. Obama was heading…

By Nicole Neroulias 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK — A child of Soviet refugees, the Rev. Andrei Sommer never thought his breakaway church would ever break bread with the Russian Orthodox Christians who remained faithful to Orthodox leaders in Moscow under communism. But this Easter will renew and reunite two once-feuding Manhattan cathedrals: St.…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Top leaders of the United Church of Christ are supporting Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, which has been under fire for sermons delivered there by Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who led Trinity for 36 years, has been heavily criticized for preaching sometimes…

Associated Press New York – The crowd of 25,000 Roman Catholics burst into cheers when Pope Benedict XVI took the stage for a youth rally during his U.S. visit last week. Chanting “Viva Papa!” they pressed against security barriers and reached out to touch him. Many Catholics and church leaders were happily surprised by the…
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