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Slain Pastor’s Wife: ‘I Refuse to Let Satan Win’

March 14th, 2009

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The widow of a pastor killed in mid-sermon urged mourners to reject hate and to take comfort in their faith at his funeral Friday, in the church where he was gunned down five days earlier.

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Swiss Uproar: Prostitute Buried Near John Calvin

March 9th, 2009

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A well-known prostitute who campaigned for the rights and dignity of sex workers was given an honored place of rest on Monday, in the same cemetery where Protestantism’s John Calvin is buried, and some women activists criticized the decision.

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Washington State to Allow ‘Dignity’ Deaths

March 3rd, 2009

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Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask their doctors to prescribe them lethal medication in Washington state.

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Rare Snow Blankets South; Cancels Over 210 Church Services

March 2nd, 2009

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A potent March snowstorm blanketed much of Alabama with up to 4 inches of snow Sunday, covering Civil War statues and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of church services.

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Obama to Reverse Bush Abortion Rule

February 28th, 2009

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The Obama administration is moving to rescind a federal rule that reinforced protections for medical providers who refuse to perform abortions and other procedures on moral grounds.

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Mich. Court Recognizes Ill. Adoption by Gay Couple

February 23rd, 2009

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Michigan courts can oversee a custody dispute between lesbian parents who adopted in Illinois even though Michigan doesn’t formally recognize gay relationships, the state Court of Appeals said Friday.

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On Darwin’s 200th, a Theory Still in Controversy

February 9th, 2009

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It’s well known that Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of evolution made many people furious because it contradicted the Biblical view of creation. But few know that it also created problems for Darwin at home with his deeply religious wife, Emma.

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Televangelism Empire Hit Hard by Recession, Family Split

February 1st, 2009

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Once one of the nation’s most popular televangelists, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller is watching his life’s work crumble. “The final months of 2008 were devastating for our ministry,” the 82-year-old pastor wrote.

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Report: Myanmar’s Christians Persecuted

January 29th, 2009

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The Chin people, Christians living in the remote mountains of northwestern Myanmar, are subject to forced labor, torture, extrajudicial killings and religious persecution by the country’s military regime, a human rights group said Wednesday.

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Faith Mixes with Football for the Big Game

January 28th, 2009

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Arizona running back Tim Hightower had just finished a thoughtful explanation of his religious beliefs when one of the media types who found their way into the Super Bowl stadium Tuesday decided he needed more proof.

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Black Ministers Rally Behind Blagojevich Pick, Burris

January 5th, 2009

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Just days before a high-stakes showdown in the nation’s capital, the man selected to take President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat sought spiritual and political support on Sunday at a South Side Chicago church.

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