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Church leaders welcome new Orthodox patriarch: Patriarch Kirill I

Religion more divisive than race, say Brits: A government-sponsored opinion poll

New allegations surface against Haggard: Confidential settlement revealed

Polygamy case may test limits of Canadian same-sex marriage law: Broad definitions of marriage

Jewish groups dismayed over papal decision on 'Holocaust denier' Vatican restores Society of Saint Pius X: Vatican restores Society of Saint Pius X

Obama restores funds for overseas family planners: The Mexico City policy

McCurry says president's faith outreach needed now as much as ever: An opportunity to mobilize across the theological spectrum

Historic inaugural events feature religious mixture: An ecumenical tone

Religious leaders praise Obama orders to ban torture, close Guantánamo: Second day in office

Starting pastors off on right foot: Lilly Endowment's Transition into Ministry program

by John Dart
Century Marks

Century Marks

Signs of the times: An atheist group in the United Kingdom is posting signs on buses that say: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” An American group posted a similar message on buses in Washington, D.C.: “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake” (New York Times).

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Lutheran bishops’ Holy Land study tour becomes course in sorrow, fears: During the assault on Gaza

ACLU complains of bias in Catholic antitrafficking programs funded by U.S. Restrictions on contraceptives and abortion referrals: Restrictions on contraceptives and abortion referrals

Polygamists arrested for first time in Canada: Arrests raise questions of religious liberty

Lutheran-to-Catholic thinker Neuhaus helped shape religious right: Died January 8 at age 72

Vatican bars U.S. Jesuit from teaching Christology: Roger Haight

Critics: Man ‘living like Jesus’ should not have voted for Obama: Ed Dobson, formerly of Moral Majority

Warren offers sanctuary to breakawayAnglicans: "We stand in solidarity"

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