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Although the Royal Air Force accepted his enlistment at Blackpool a few months after his 18th birthday, in 1942 they deferred his induction until September, 1943, when he had to report to London. The RAF obviously were favourably impressed with Peter...

LONDON (Reuters) — A religious think-tank urged British churches yesterday to provide alternatives to the red remembrance poppy worn by millions of people around the world, saying a white poppy was more in keeping with Christianity.The red floral sym...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori thought the odds she would be elected to lead The Episcopal Church were “ridiculous” — absolutely against her.“I was a woman, fairly young, I hadn’t been a bishop all that long, and I was servin...

“After failing to defeat a single state constitutional marriage amendment in 2004, homosexual activists are increasingly optimistic they can post a landmark victory in at least one state this year,” reported the Baptist Press.“It could be a watershed...

RYAL, Oklahoma — As dozens of sleepy-eyed kids make their way to a rural public school, 20 of their peers are already in the gym for a Bible-study club, learning about the fall of Adam and Eve.It’s a Sunday-school lesson on a Tuesday, where the kids ...

The head of the National Association of Evangelicals, who has stepped down while his church investigates a claim he paid a man for sex, had been working to broaden the evangelical agenda, raising the profile of the group but also drawing criticism fr...

BEIJING (Reuters) — Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said this week that he had no problem with Muslim women wearing a veil but that there could be questions of practicality.The issue has come to the fore in Britain after a Muslim teaching ass...

Two weeks before the election, polls suggest that Democrats are likely to take over the House by a substantial margin and to narrowly win control of the Senate. Many argue that the most important issue in this election is Iraq. However, the decisive ...

MANDAN, North Dakota (AP) — The Rev. Becky Fischer runs a children’s summer camp that isn’t about making crafts, roasting marshmallows or telling scary stories around the campfire.At the Kids on Fire summer camp in Devils Lake, it’s about “taking bac...

TOKYO (AP) — The Kamiyacho Open Terrace cafe in central Tokyo has all the trappings of a trendy establishment — good coffee, home-made dessert, an airy terrace.But what makes the cafe truly interesting is its setting: inside the Buddhist Komyoji temp...