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High court’s cross case could affect monuments nationally

WASHINGTON – A 40-foot-tall, concrete cross on public land in a Maryland suburb of Washington is at the center of a case before the Supreme Court. But similar monuments elsewhere in the coun...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope: Vatican next year to open archives on wartime Pius XII

VATICAN CITY – Declaring that the church “isn’t afraid of history,” Pope Francis said Monday he has decided to open up the Vatican archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, who has been cr...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

In Denver, Methodist churches question their futures after LGBTQ ban

In a narrow vote in St. Louis on Tuesday, United Methodist Church leaders banned same-sex marriages and members of the LGBTQ community from being ordained. In Denver, the Iliff Sc...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

United Methodist delegates reject recognizing gay marriage

ST. LOUIS – The United Methodist Church, America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference vot...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Australian Cardinal George Pell convicted of sexually assaulting two choirboys

SYDNEY – Cardinal George Pell, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church, sexually assaulted two 13-year-old choirboys at a cathedral in the Australian city of Melbourne 22 years...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Analysis: Pope’s sex abuse summit: What it did and didn’t do

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catholics outraged over a scand...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues

The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly convenes Sunday for a high-stakes, three-day meeting likely to determine whether America’s second-largest Protestant denomination will ...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

A global look at the Catholic Church’s sex abuse problem

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global response. His decision was...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormons increase missionary calls home from twice yearly to weekly

SALT LAKE CITY – Parents of Mormon missionaries will be able to hear their children’s voices a lot more often under new rules announced recently that allow the proselytizing youngsters to ca...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Colorado Catholic dioceses submit to voluntary abuse review

Attorney general launches investigation of past priest abuse allegations

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers

VATICAN CITY – The organizers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have descended on Rome to protest the Catholic Church’...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Ex-cardinal McCarrick defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse

ROME – The Vatican on Saturday said it had defrocked ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, leveling a historic penalty against a onetime church power broker and former archbishop of Washington aft...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion