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Renee K. Gadoua
Renee K. Gadoua writes for Religion News Service.
Upstate New York camp was only US safe haven during Holocaust
Suzanne Krauthamer Gurwitz remembers little about the 18 months she spent at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Center in Oswego, New York....
Brazil, Peru churches end partnerships with PCUSA over same-sex marriage
Presbyterian churches in Brazil and Peru have broken ties with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a result of the U.S....
One nun's secret ministry to transgender people
c. 2015 Religion News Service
(RNS) Sister Monica lives alone in a small house at the edge of a Roman Catholic college run by a community of nuns....
Gay civil rights activist, MLK mentor Bayard Rustin to be honored
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Steve Heiss, Methodist pastor, won't face trial for officiating weddings: People
An upstate New York bishop has dismissed a 2013 complaint that accused Steve Heiss, a retired United Methodist pastor, of breaking church law by officiating at several same-sex weddings, including ...
United Methodist conferences petition denomination on behalf of LGBT rights
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Nuns to pope: Revoke 15th-century doctrine that allows Christians to seize native land
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United Methodist pastor reinstated on appeal
In a surprising reversal, a Pennsylvania pastor who was defrocked last year after he officiated at his son’s same-sex wedding has been reinstated....
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United Methodist bishop may face trial for presiding at gay wedding
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Bishop drops case on gay marriage
United Methodist bishop Martin D. McLee of New York announced he is dropping the case against a retired seminary dean who officiated at his gay son’s wedding....
Rift grows for United Methodists
A deep divide within the United Methodist Church over how to minister to gays and lesbians has led a Washington, D.C., pastor to suggest the denomination should not wait until its 2016 General Conf...
Pastor faces credentials loss over gay weddings
A United Methodist jury has given a Pennsylvania pastor 30 days to agree not to break church law by presiding at future same-sex weddings or give up his clergy credentials....