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Tim Townsend
Tim Townsend writes for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Breakaway parish mulls joining the Episcopalians
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Gay Catholic priest comes out to an uncertain future
ST. LOUIS (RNS) On the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Rev....
Can grief be a mental illness? With new diagnostic changes, maybe
c. 2013 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(RNS) Each year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent....
Catholics try their hand at old-fashioned evangelism
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Tax or fee? Pastors push back against city's 'annual registration fee'
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Catholic bishop tries to explain how a priest ended up in 'self-bondage'
After all three Masses on the weekend of Jan. 19-20, parishioners of St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Springfield, Ill., were handed a statement written by Bishop Thomas Paprocki....
Fate of accused abusive pastor falls to his flock
Pastor Travis Smith paced First Baptist Church’s sanctuary, decorated for the holidays. He addressed his congregation in Stover, Missouri, about forgiveness....
Disputed sources underlie Rep. Akin’s rape remarks
“The question of rape always stirs the emotions whenever it is introduced into the abortion debate,” wrote Dr. Fred Mecklenburg in 1972....
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Catholic theologians back Sister Margaret Farley against Vatican censure
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