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BEIJING – China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Beijing firmly opposed any foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama, whom China claims…

LONDON (RNS) A Catholic charity in Britain says it believes couples should pray together before engaging in sex — and to help them along, it has composed a special prayer for the occasion. The entreaty, entitled “Prayer Before Making Love,” appears in the Prayer Book for Spouses, published by the London-based Catholic Truth Society, which…

(RNS) One in 10 U.S. churches employs a woman as senior pastor, double the percentage from a decade ago, according to a new survey by the Barna Group. Most of the women — 58 percent — work in mainline Protestant churches, such as the United Methodist Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Episcopal Church;…

(RNS) Anti-discrimination statutes do not apply to an Idaho homeless shelter run by Christians because it is not a “dwelling,” a federal district judge has ruled. Moreover, the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects the Boise Rescue Mission Ministries’ right to hold Christian services and encourage participants in its drug and alcohol recovery program to…
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