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Mormon Church Agrees to Pay Fine Over Support for Prop. 8
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aroan
(RNS) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pay a $5,000 fine for not reporting non-monetary contributions in support of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. The California Fair Political Practices Commission concluded the church “failed to timely report making late non-monetary contributions totaling $36,928” during the November 2008 election. It…
Broadway Play Explores Evangelical Faith, Gay Life
By
mconsoli
A new Broadway play that has been nominated for a couple of Tony awards features a character that might seem rarer than a unicorn: a gay evangelical. “Next Fall,” by Geoffrey Nauffts, has already won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New American Play on Broadway, and is up for Best Play and Best…
Thousands of Priests Rally in Defense of Pope
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mconsoli
VATICAN CITY – An estimated 15,000 priests massed in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday in one of the largest such gatherings in a show of support for Pope Benedict XVI and the priesthood itself amid the clerical abuse scandal. Benedict was to answer some selected questions from the prelates in an eagerly anticipated vigil service…
Campaigners for Women’s Ordination Protest at Vatican
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mconsoli
ROME (RNS/ENInews) A group of women demonstrated in Rome’s St Peter’s Square on Tuesday (June 8), saying they want “full and equal participation” in the Roman Catholic Church. The small group held a banner stating, “Ordain Catholic Women,” to the apparent curiosity of passers-by in the Via della Conciliazione, the boulevard that leads to the…
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