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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican newspaper has declared that Homer Simpson is part of the pope's flock — a claim that leaves "The Simpson's" TV producer baffled. "Few people know it and he does everything to hide it but it is true: Homer J. Simpson is...

BOSTON (AP) — A group of Roman Catholics asked Pope Benedict XVI to reverse the decision by the Archdiocese of Boston to close their parishes, which sparked a six-year fight and several round-the-clock parishioner vigils. Peter Borre, of the Council ...

GARDEN GROVE, California (AP) — Capitalising on the emerging car culture of Southern California in the 1950s, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller started a drive-in church and built it into an international televangelist empire, symbolised by the soaring gla...

The Church of Christ in Devonshire hosted a series of family enrichment seminars this week with guest speaker, Michael A. T. Stewart, a motivational speaker, licensed marriage officer, life coach, communications consultant and author from the Caribbe...

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Republican State Senate candidate Gresham Bouma has denied sending religious-leaning mailers in Latah County that urged voters to become true believers or be "struck down". Bouma's campaign is offering a $1,000 reward for informa...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The National Museum of American Jewish History set to open next month has adopted a unique compromise on an issue that pits religious law against economics: whether to open on the Sabbath. The five-storey museum next to Independen...

BC-US-REL--Religion Briefs,0946 Religion news in brief 9 Boston-area Catholic churches appeal directly to pope to overturn 2004 closings BOSTON (AP) -- A group of Roman Catholics asked Pope Benedict XVI to reverse the decision by the Archdiocese of B...

URGENT Crystal Cathedral megachurch files for bankruptcy GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- Crystal Cathedral has filed for bankruptcy in Southern California after months of trying to overcome mounting debt. The megachurch, birthplace of the "Hour of Power...

Emmanuel Methodist Church, Middle Road, Southampton. UCW Presbyterial Fall rally, 3 p.m. TOMORROW Anglican Parish of Pembroke will be holding special mens services at St. John's, St. Monica's and St. Augustines. Mount Zion AME Church will be celebrat...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Turkey's top Roman Catholic bishop has publicly accused Turkish ultra-nationalists and religious fanatics of being behind the slaying of the country's senior bishop. Monsignor Ruggero Francheschini told a Vatican meeting Thursday ...