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RALEIGH A new grassroots initiative on immigration reform says more than 300 clergy and religous leaders have signed up to support the North Carolina group.

A Roman Catholic school in Princeton canceled a women's leadership forum because a bishop objected to the keynote speaker - former Gov.

Through internet software called 'SKYPE', Students at Holy Cross Grade School Blessed Sacrament Center were able to communicate by telephone through the internet with other Bishop Heelan Schools .

In the wake of the priest-abuse crisis, the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia debuted a short film that urges teens to report sexual violence.

The film reminds teens that victims are never to blame and that abusers are often trusted adults _ including parents, teachers and priests. The clergy-abuse issue is not otherwise discussed.

Cardinal Justin Rigali introduced the film Monday to an audience of several hundred people at St. Joseph's University, including selected students. He said afterward that the goal was to give hope to victims, not to dwell on abusers.

He says he wouldn't have done it -- not from the pulpit -- except that his parishioners kept asking: Should they really vote for Proposition 8 and end same-sex marriage, as California's Catholic bishops ...

A western Pennsylvania diocese is expected to announce several church closings at a news conference.

A rabbi who became the first Jew to address a synod of Catholic bishops on Monday said his presence sent a "signal of hope" after a history of "blood and tears" between Christians and Jews.

Imagine the next president of the United States moving decisively to slow down the world's population growth as it arcs from today's 6.7 billion toward a predicted and perilous 9.2 billion by 2050.

George Addison thought he had found his calling several decades ago when he was ordained as a United Church minister.

On a warm, picture-perfect morning in Huntington Beach, 400 people have gathered on the sands to ask God for tubular waves, a killer swell and a safe return to shore at the beachfront town's first blessing of ...

ROME: Pope Benedict yesterday paid a state visit to Italy and assured its leaders that the Church had no intention of imposing its will in political affairs but defended the right to express itself on social ...

He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach.

So Sunday at dawn, on the white sands of the town where the U.S. Surfing Championships were born nearly a half-century ago, Munoz and some two dozen fellow wave riders paused to thank God for all the joy the oceans have provided them.

Then, after the surfer's ceremonial blowing of a conch shell for good luck, the pastor of Orange County's St. Irenaeus Catholic Church shouted out a hearty, 'Let's surf!'

Oct. 5 - Pope Benedict XVI opens a major Vatican meeting and urges man not to brush God aside by declaring himself master of the world.

Artist Peter Howson has been chosen to paint the most important commission for a Scottish Catholic Cathedral since the 16th Century Reformation, the Catholic Church has announced.

Pope Benedict XVI warned Sunday that modern culture is pushing God out of people's lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities.

Benedict celebrated a Mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls to open a worldwide meeting of bishops on the relevance of the Bible for contemporary Catholics.

'Today, nations once rich in faith and vocations are losing their own identity, under the harmful and destructive influence of a certain modern culture,' said Benedict, who has been pushing for religion to be given more room in society.

A rally calling for an end to the current wave of anti-Christian vio-lence in the Indian state of Orissa will take place in London Saturday Oct 4. Many Christians have been killed, and an estimated 50,000 ...

Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson said Saturday the church will build a temple in Rome, the home of the Roman Catholic Church.

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POPE Benedict XVI today reaffirmed the Catholic Church's condemnation of artificial birth control, a position that has driven millions of people away from the faith.

Bill Maher has never befriended religion. In fact, widespread subscription to organized faith infuriates him, making his well-read, incredibly researched mind explode with incredulity.