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By Ron Csillag Religion News Service TORONTO (RNS) The Ottawa diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada has approved same-sex marriage blessings in a move sure to inflame tensions in the worldwide Anglican Communion in the debate over gay rights. Voting Saturday (Oct. 13) by a margin of 177 to 97, delegates to the diocese’s…

By ADELLE M. BANKS and BECKIE SUPIANO Religion News Service ARLINGTON, Va. — When United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressed U.S. evangelical leaders in an historic forum on Thursday (Oct. 11), there was nervousness on all sides. There was long-held skepticism among some religious conservatives about the world body. Meanwhile, some evangelicals were ready to…

By David Briggs Religion News Service BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — There was a lot of heavy panting going on in front of St. Raphael Catholic Church earlier this month. But only after participants had rubbed noses and sniffed one another all over. Every pooch had its day at the animal blessing service at St. Raphael,…

Associated Press – October 12, 2007 YEREVAN, Armenia – Armenian lawmakers rose to their feet in applause, and their president urged the United States to go further after a U.S. House panel approved a resolution labeling the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Turks genocide. The decision of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was…

Associated Press – October 12, 2007 VATICAN CITY – It’s not the Holy Grail, but for fans of “The Da Vinci Code” and its tantalizing story line about the Knights Templar, it could be the next best thing. Ignored for centuries, documents about the heresy trial of the ancient Christian order discovered in the Vatican’s…

Associated Press WASHINGTON – Reaction to former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sharing the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in bringing world attention to the problem of climate change: “Of course he’s happy for Vice President Gore …. He’s happy for the International Panel on Climate Change scientists…

By Charles Lane Religion News Service Asuncion, Paraguay – Bishop Fernando Lugo gathered his flock on a cold Saturday morning, and they came — more than 600 mostly poor peasants — to the rural city of Horqueta. Unlike many rallies in this impoverished country, it didn’t take threats or bribes of food and alcohol to…

Associated Press Washington – Risking heightened tensions with China, President Bush will attend a ceremony to award Congress’ highest civilian honor to the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader whom Beijing reviles as a separatist. Bush will go to the Capitol on Wednesday to speak at the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, whose…

By Sarah More McCann Religion News Service Washington – The sukkah tent outside George Washington University’s Hillel was crowded as Conservative, Reform and Orthodox Jewish students gathered to celebrate Sukkot, a holiday commemorating the 40 years Jews spent wandering in the desert. It was enough to make a Jewish grandmother proud, as the students attempted…

The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE – The Rev. Alfred P. Almonte hadn’t celebrated the Mass in Latin in about four decades, so when one of his parishioners at St. Bartholomew parish in Silver Lake suggested that he bring back the Latin Mass as part of the church’s 100-year jubilee, he knew that he would have some…
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