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Despite the economic downturn, more than half of actively religious donors plan to give the same or more to charitable causes in 2009 as they did last year, a new survey shows. Cygnus Applied Research, a Chicago-based international research firm, completed a survey of more than 17,000 U.S. donors to charitable causes in February. It…

Internet columns and chain e-mails question the candidate’s Christian bona fides. Old sermons are dredged up and dissected. Supporters, meanwhile, post documents online to combat perceived smears. In short: a campaign for high office delivers some low blows. The candidate in question? No, it’s not Barack Obama, but rather Bishop-elect Kevin Thew Forrester of Marquette,…

New York – Archbishop Timothy Dolan was installed Wednesday as the leader of Roman Catholic New York, taking the most prominent American pulpit in the church during an elaborate ceremony that drew thousands of parishioners and civic leaders to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Known for his wit and warmth, Dolan beamed as he walked down the…

Conservative Christian groups blasted a new report from the Department of Homeland Security on “rightwing extremism,” calling it an example of “guilt by association” for linking anti-abortion activists with hate groups. The 10-page “assessment” from the department stresses that the report is not based on specific threats. “The HDS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis … has…
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