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Muslim Groups Condemn Fort Hood Violence
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mconsoli
(RNS) Muslim groups quickly condemned the shootings by a Muslim suspect that killed 13 people Thursday (Nov. 5) at an Army base in Texas. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a psychiatrist who treated soldiers at the Fort Hood base, is accused in the attack that also wounded 30 people. He survived and is hospitalized. “No…
British Anglican Group to Convert to Catholicism
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mconsoli
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A group of conservative Anglicans in Britain announced that they would convert to the Catholic Church under new arrangements designed to accommodate Anglicans upset with their church’s growing acceptance of homosexuality and female clergy. Representatives of the British province of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) voted unanimously last week to pursue “corporate…
German Church Helped Bring Down Berlin Wall
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mconsoli
(RNS) St. Nikolai Evangelical Lutheran Church hasn’t changed much since the 16th century. Bach once played the organ here and the music remains alluring, but it is the church’s more recent history in the last days of the Cold War and its role in the fall of the Berlin Wall that draw tourists today. The…
Reform Jews Revise Prayer Book for Southern Hemisphere
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mconsoli
(RNS) Two years after its long-awaited debut in North America, Reform Judaism’s new prayer book is heading south — with some cultural differences. For Progressive Jews in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa, the World Union edition of Mishkan T’filah has incorporated national anthems, local poetry, adjusted seasonal references and traditional rituals requested by…
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