Middle East: Lebanese patriarch visits disparate Israel flocks
KUFR BIRIM, Israel (AP) — The head of Lebanon’s largest group of Christians, the Maronite Catholics, was making two politically charged stops Wednesday in his...
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Religion: First openly gay Episcopal bishop divorces husband
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church has announced he is divorcing his husband. Retired Bishop Gene Robinson announced...
Religion: Pope looking forward to pilgrimage to Poland
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis spent his morning with Poles who live in Rome, in tribute to St. John Paul II, and says he’s looking...
Religion: John Paul’s legacy stained by sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope John Paul II is rightly credited with having helped bring down communism, of inspiring a new generation of Catholics with...
Lifestyle: Brandeis U. decides against honor for Islam critic
BOSTON (AP) — After taking heat from some of its own over a decision to grant an honorary degree to an advocate for Muslim women...
Religious conservatives facing off at conference
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The early auditions for the Republican Party’s next presidential contest are in full swing at the nation’s largest annual gathering...
Hungarian rabbi finds 103 Torah scrolls stolen during WW2 in Russian library
A Hungarian rabbi said on Tuesday he had uncovered 103 Torah scrolls stolen from Hungarian Jews during World War Two and stashed in a Russian...