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56 min ago | Lake Wylie Pilot

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally

Gay rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in Moscow but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at a demonstration which went ahead despite a court order.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Orthodox Church, World News, Ukraine, Transgender, Vladimir Putin

5 hrs ago | Press & Sun-Bulletin

Pa. priest charged with lewdness in park

The B-Mets trailed 5-0 after two innings and 8-3 going into the eighth but they tied the score 8-8 going into the ninth and ultimately lost 10-9. The Binghamton Mets begin their Memorial Day weekend series against the Portland Sea Dogs Friday night at NYSEG Stadium.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Scranton, PA, Roman Catholic Church, Wyalusing, PA

Fri May 24, 2013

Boston Herald

Hundreds honor fallen soldier in Dalton

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Dalton yesterday to pay their respects and honor Army Spc.

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Related Topix: Dalton, MA, US Politics, US News, Richard Neal, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Deval Patrick, US Governors, Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Senate, Roman Catholic Church, Opinion

Ft. Meade Leader

Scouts face more turmoil

The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Southern Baptist, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

The Hartford Courant

Rock Attacks On Stained-Glass Windows Leave Tiny Derby Parish At A Loss

St. James Episcopal Church in Derby was vandalized earlier this month when rocks were thrown through stained glass windows and a nativity scene.

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Related Topix: Episcopal Church, Derby, CT, Shelton, CT, Ansonia, CT

Seattle Times

Madrid's Catholic Church says it needs exorcists

The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

Pasadena Star-News

After London attack, straight talk for peace from imams: Opinion

People from all three of the Abrahamic faiths like the quote from the Old Testament: "Am I my brother's keeper?" But as often as not they misconstrue its meaning, and forget its context.

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Related Topix: Judaism, Opinion

KWWL-TV Waterloo

Review clears Davenport priest accused of touching

A suspended Catholic priest in Davenport will return to the ministry after a diocese investigation did not substantiate an allegation that he inappropriately touched a minor in 1990.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

Canada.com

Israeli Cabinet to discuss new proposal on contentious draft reform

An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Orthodox Church

Thu May 23, 2013

USA Today

Christian Brothers to pay $16M for child sex abuse

The North American branch of the 'Irish' Christian Brothers will pay $16.5 million to more than 400 people who were sexually molested as children by members of the Roman Catholic order that operates schools and orphanages around the world.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Illinois

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Boy Scouts to accept openly gay youths

In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

El Paso Times

No, Michael Douglas, 'playing gay' doesn't take courage

This film image released by HBO shows Michael Douglas, left, as Liberace, and Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson in a scene from "Behind the Candalabra," premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO.

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Related Topix: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Entertainment, Television, Jayson Blair

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally

A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Activism, Orthodox Church

KCEN

Losing Our Religion - Atheism Gains Popularity

It may not be the norm in central Texas, but chances are someone you know may actually be an atheist.

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Related Topix: Atheism, Texas

NewsOne

Re: Pope Francis: God Redeems Atheists For 'Good Works,' Christians Must Accept Non-Believers

In the homily to his morning Mass Wednesday, Pope Francis said that Christians must stop perpetuating narrow definitions of 'good' and embrace atheists as God does - for the work they do to make the world a better place, reports Raw Story.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

Wed May 22, 2013

Greeley Tribune

Community response key during 2008 tornado

Tribune File Photo Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints help a homeowner clean up debris in the Cornerstone area in Windsor back in 2008.

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Related Topix: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Windsor, CO, Life, Charity , Greeley, CO, Weld County, CO

Seattle Times

El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes

El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to beatify assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church

Jerusalem Post

Turkey translates Prophet's sayings for 21st Century

Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date.

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Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, Islam, Roman Catholic Church

Iol.co.za

Church stance on e-tolls stuns department

The transport department is willing to engage with various sections of the South African community about the contentious e-tolling system, it said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

The Las Vegas Sun

Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics

Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI