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(AP) The Vatican and U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are investigating the writings of a well-known American theologian who has analyzed how the Catholic faith relates to other religions. The inquiry’s focus is the Rev. Peter Phan, of Georgetown University, a Vietnamese-American priest from the Dallas diocese and former president of the Catholic Theological Society of…

By Adelle M. Banks and Katy Reckdahl (RNS) Top leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church have joined protests of the prosecution of six black teenagers in Jena, La., who have been charged with the alleged beating of a white schoolmate. “We in no way condone fighting … and would expect local school officials to…

By Ansley Roan NEW YORK (RNS)– When Rabbi Amy Small arrives at the Beth Hatikvah synagogue in Summit, N.J., on Sept. 21, she will not follow her usual routine because Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sundown. In preparation for the special services she’ll lead that night, she’ll put on a white top…

Associated Press – September 12, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO – The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has agreed to pay more than $5 million (euro3.6 million) to settle a sex abuse lawsuit involving a fugitive priest and 10 alleged victims, lawyers and the diocese said Wednesday. The diocese will pay the plaintiffs $5 million from insurance…

By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) The Internal Revenue Service has cleared Focus on the Family Chairman James Dobson after an investigation into charges that he had violated IRS rules by being involved in prohibited politicking. Dobson hailed the IRS’ conclusion in a broadcast on his conservative Christian radio program on Monday (Sept. 10) and…

Associated Press – September 11, 2007 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, more three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board voted Tuesday. Broward County board members said close monitoring of the country’s first Hebrew-language charter school…

Thanks to help from a California-based Christian broadcasting empire, a Christian theme park in Orlando, Fla., seems to have boosted its popularity. Ever since Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) acquired The Holy Land Experience in June, attendance figures jumped at least 25 percent, according to Melanie Davies, public relations manager for the park. “That 25 percent…

Associated Press New York – The Simon Wiesenthal Center has launched a multilingual Web site whose main purpose is to inform Muslims about Judaism through a forum that allows visitors to post live questions in Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Bahasa and English. The Web site, http://www.AskMusa.org, which means Ask Moses in Arabic, also will offer essays…

United Press International Washington – Prisons in the United States are following a government directive to purge their libraries of religious books, causing outrage among many inmates. The action, according to a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Prisons, was prompted by a 2004 report listing things prisons should do to avoid becoming recruiting grounds for…

By Ansley Roan Religion News Service Each morning when she wakes up in her home in Jacksonville, Fla., Davel Patel begins her day with a puja, or worship ceremony, to the Hindu deity Ganesh. This Saturday (Sept. 15), she will begin her day in exactly the same way. Then she’ll begin a one-day fast to…
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