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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican's top diplomat accused the media of "shameful and mystifying" coverage of allegations of sexual abuse by Italian priests and suggested there might be a campaign against the Church. Vatican Secretary of State Tarci...

WONEWOC, Wisconsin (AP) – They see dead people on Spook Hill. They're walking around the grounds, sitting in the dining hall and in the pews at the abandoned church. Kids, heard by visitors but usually only seen by those trained to see into the spiri...

Barna released a new poll noting that during this presidential campaign that the biggest issue is being missed by every candidate. Some 82 percent responded that it is "absolutely necessary" to improve "the well-being of America's children''. What si...

MEDFORD, Massachusetts (AP) – His protest began a half-century ago, when Ellery Schempp opened the Quran during his high school's mandatory Bible reading time and silently scanned passages he was too nervous to actually read. That minor rebellion led...

TOMORROW Emmanuel Methodist Church, Southampton. Morning worship 11 a.m. Sermon theme: Book of Revelation (series). Topic: Christ speaks to the church with the open door. Text: Revelation 3:8 Preacher: Rev. Joseph Manchester. Further information: tel...

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP) – The Rev. Jerry Falwell (pictured) had life insurance policies worth $34 million and the money has been used to erase the debt of Liberty University, the school he founded. The televangelist's son, Liberty Chancellor Jerry F...

(Part one of a two-part series) Why are the "Blue States" of the Northeast and the West Coast so liberal and the "Red States" of the South and the lower Midwest so conservative? Which states have approved of gay marriage? Only Massachusetts but gay c...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding, stoking an already heated debate on religious tolerance in a country with one million Muslims. Bishop Ti...

LINCOLNVILLE, Maine (AP) – Personal tragedy set Kate Braestrup on her path to ministry. Her husband, Maine State Police Trooper Drew Griffith, was killed in 1996 when a truck slammed into his cruiser about a mile from home, leaving Braestrup to raise...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) — National Guard Capt. Jeffrey Cox watched soldiers lose sight of God in the violence and daily grind of the war in Iraq. He's hoping they can find their faith again in an Episcopal monastery along the Charles River. Pro...