Daniel Burke

As President Obama gears up his reelection campaign, the Dem­ocratic
National Committee has tapped a well-connected Washington pastor to lead
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(RNS) Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, Mo., has been charged with
failing to report the suspected abuse of a child, making him the first
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(RNS) When he dies, Clem Parnell expects his soul to ascend heavenward.
He wants his ashes to be loaded into a shotgun shell and blasted at a
turkey.

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LANCASTER, Pa. (RNS) Terri Roberts was eating outside with a co-worker
on a bright October day when an ambulance wailed nearby and a helicopter
swooped overhead.

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From media mavens to grassroots activists, conservative Christian
leaders have been heaping praise on presidential candidate Rick Perry,
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(RNS) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph could have
put children in jeopardy when it failed to follow guidelines for
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(RNS) In recent weeks, an arcane and scary-sounding religious term has
crept into the lexicon of the 2012 campaign, tripping from the tongue of
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(RNS) Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is facing a flood of
criticism for suggesting, perhaps in jest, that God sent Hurricane Irene
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The Lutheran denomination that GOP presidential candidate Rep.
Michele Bachmann quit in June has sought to explain its belief that the
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WASHINGTON (RNS) The Dalai Lama is spending 10 days here leading an
elaborate Buddhist ritual designed to encourage compassion -- exactly
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A recent Sunday service at the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
ended with an apology. Laurel Mendes ex­plained that religious doctrine
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(RNS) United Methodists will begin a trial Tuesday (June 21) against a
Wisconsin minister who's accused of breaking church rules by celebrating
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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour warned several hundred Christian
conservatives gathered in Washington recently not to expect a "perfect
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The atheist philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand published more than a
dozen books before she died in 1982. Now some liberal Christians say
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A sweeping new report on the Cath­olic Church's clergy sexual abuse scandal compares the church to police departments, with similar hierarchies, moral authority and isolated work environments.<...

(RNS) In the days before spell check, printer errors occasionally crept
into the King James Version of the Bible. Here are some of the most
notable:

(RNS) 1604. England. Rebellious Puritans, establishment Anglicans and
Roman Catholics are (literally) at each other's throats. A new king
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(RNS) Gay and lesbian advocates celebrated a landmark victory on Tuesday
(May 10) when the Presbyterian Church (USA) entered the expanding ranks
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WASHINGTON (RNS) New legislation proposed by a leading congressional
watchdog would push the State Department to make international religious
freedom a greater priority.

(RNS) An Indiana prosecutor on Thursday (May 5) dropped trespassing
charges against nearly 80 anti-abortion activists who protested
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