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BERLIN – A German court convicted ultraconservative British Bishop Richard Williamson on Friday for denying the Holocaust in a television interview. A court in the Bavarian city of Regensburg found Williamson guilty of incitement for saying in a 2008 interview with Swedish television that he did not believe Jews were killed in gas chambers during…

CLEVELAND (RNS) Six years ago, United Church of Christ advertising spots promoting the church’s openness and diversity were shunned by major broadcast networks as “too controversial.” Rejections of the 30-second spots — which showed unnamed churches turning away gays and minorities — sparked a continuing battle between the UCC and broadcasters over free speech, censorship,…

SAN ANTONIO – Two members of a polygamist sect were sentenced to prison Thursday on bigamy charges, the first legal finding of multiple marriages in a community that has mostly dodged questions about the practice. Lehi Barlow Jeffs pleaded no contest to bigamy and sexual assault of a child in San Angelo, avoiding a trial…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Breaking his silence as an international clergy sex abuse scandal has roiled the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (April 15) spoke of the need to “do penance.” The pope, in an indirect reference to the abuse scandal making headlines around the world, made his comments in a sermon to members…
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