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ROME (Reuters) — A political row has erupted in Italy over whether state television should air a BBC documentary about the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests.The dispute broke out after a conservative politician said RAI should block ...

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — The bumper stickers on several cars parked near the massive religious gathering ask the same question: “Luis Who?”The man who has attracted tens of thousands to worship on a rain-soaked day — Luis Palau — is unfamiliar to many, ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s military regime, which arrested 40 Buddhist worshippers earlier this week, has accused followers of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi of using religion as a pretext to incite unrest, the state-run media s...

The Rev. Jerry Falwell was one of the giants of the 20th Century. Few people truly change history, as he did. Almost single-handedly, he created “the religious right”. A bold innovator, he launched the Thomas Road Baptist Church 50 years ago with 35 ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) — Outraged Indian leaders in Brazil said this week they were offended by Pope Benedict’s “arrogant and disrespectful” comments that the Roman Catholic Church had purified them and a revival of their religions would be a backward st...

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office yesterday dismissed a report that he will declare himself a Roman Catholic after he leaves office next month.“This story seems to circulate fairly regularly,” said a spokesman in Blair’s office, speaki...

TODAY St. James Church, Sandys. Flea market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church. Further information 234-2462. May 20 Emmanuel Baptist Church, Dundonald St. 75th anniversary services 11 a.m. Speaker: Pastor George Crowley, Sr. 4 p.m. Former Emmanuel pa...

SPOKANE, Washington (AP) — In Roman Catholic parishes around Spokane these days, sermons on the teachings of Jesus are mixed with urgent pleas for money to pay people who were sexually abused by clergy decades ago.Priests sometimes evoke the parable ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — A US federal appeals court dismissed a case on Monday in which a Las Vegas attorney argued his Mormon religion should exempt him from Social Security taxes.“I don’t believe in it, I don’t like it, I think it is Satanic,” Jon...

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI accused the media of promoting sexual immorality as he canonised Brazil’s first native-born saint Friday before hundreds of thousands of faithful and a sea of flags from the world’s largest Catholic nation.H...