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LONDON (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams warned Anglican clergy on Tuesday (Feb. 9) that their debate about female and gay bishops is causing “chaos” that must be resolved if the Church of England is to be unified. In a key address in London, Williams pleaded with the General Synod — the church’s parliament —…

2010 Religion News Service (RNS) “Talk with as many people as you can. Talk vertically, talk laterally.” That’s the advice of the Rev. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, for attendees of the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar. Gaddy went to last year’s forum, which drew big names like former Secretary of State…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Irish victims of clerical sex abuse have asked Pope Benedict XVI for over $1.37 billion in compensation, in a letter that the head of Ireland’s Catholic Church will hand-deliver to the pope next week. Cardinal Sean Brady received the letter from representatives of sex abuse victims on Monday (Feb. 8), according to…

Feb. 6–A new president has been called to lead a controversial polygamous sect, replacing jailed leader Warren S. Jeffs in that post. Wendell Nielsen, 69, is now president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and of the corporate entity that handles the faith’s business dealings, according to a document filed with…
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