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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

Studying the Bible in public schools: An old culture war returns

Officials in six states, including populous ones such as Virginia and Florida, are considering bills permitting the study of the Bible in classrooms. Proponents of these bills insist that th...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. nuns urge changes to church structure to address abuse

VATICAN CITY – The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church, after Pope Franc...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion