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Obama to exempt religious groups from contraception mandate
Facing growing backlash from religious groups over the administration’s birth control insurance plan, President Obama on Friday will unveil a new arrangement whereby insurers at religiously affiliated institutions —...
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Pastor poised to be first black to lead Baptists
After months of urging from other Baptists around the country, the Rev. Fred Luter told his African-American congregation that he will seek to become the first black man to lead the predominantly white Southern Baptist Conventi...
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Campus Crusade for Christ officially becomes Cru
Campus Crusade for Christ announced recently in a conference in Colorado that it has officially changed its name to Cru. The 60-year-old ministry made the announcement before some 5,000 staff members during its U.S. biennial st...
Pakistani official dismisses clergy offer of reward for Bibi’s death
A Pakistani government official decried recently the announcement by a cleric of a financial reward for anyone who kills a Christian woman and mother of five if the government does not sentence her to death by hanging. Shahbaz ...
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“Out in the Silence” confronts small town view on homosexuality
A 57-minute documentary which recently premiered at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York is taking a look at one small Pennsylvania town’s views on homosexuality, according to the film’s official web site. Based on ...