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Church of Scientology launches TV channel

LOS ANGELES – The Church of Scientology launched its own TV channel with a vow that it will be candid about every aspect of the church and its operations but isn’t seeking to preach or conve...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican admitted Wednesday that it altered a photo sent to the media of a letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis. The manipulation changed the meaning of...

DATE: Mar 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

NPR stories feature Aztec High School students, community three months after deadly shooting

Three months after a gunman killed two students at Aztec High School, the small town just across the Colorado border is getting national media attention from National Public Radio. ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Francis marks 5 years as pope amid love, disenchantment

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis marked his fifth anniversary as pope Tuesday by receiving votes of confidence from his predecessor and current Vatican No. 2, even as surveys showed his reform-mi...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

MLK’s daughter, Bernice, has private audience with pope

VATICAN CITY – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s surviving daughter had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday. The Rev. Bernice King presented the pontiff ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

One way to get people to church on Sunday: Give away free cars

An example of God’s goodness gets people in the door

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Holocaust Museum revokes Suu Kyi’s human rights award

WASHINGTON – The United States Holocaust Museum is revoking a major human rights award given to Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader, saying she has failed to...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mike Tyson’s former Ohio home becoming a house of worship

WARREN, Ohio – A garishly appointed Ohio mansion that heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson once called home and subsequently fell into disrepair is being converted into a house of worship...

DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Polish law criminalizing some Holocaust speech takes effect

WARSAW, Poland – A Polish law that makes it a crime to falsely accuse the Polish nation of crimes committed by Nazi Germany took effect Thursday, part of a wider effort by nationalist author...

DATE: Mar 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. soar by 57 percent in 2017, report says

The Anti-Defamation League is reporting a 57 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. last year, the highest tally that the Jewish civil rights group has counted in more than t...

DATE: Mar 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

New Mexico sees increase in anti-Semitic incidents

ALBUQUERQUE – A civil rights group says harassment, vandalism and assaults against Jewish people and institutions have increased for a third straight year in New Mexico. The Anti-...

DATE: Mar 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles hold commitment ceremony

NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. – Crown-wearing worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, pro...

DATE: Feb 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion