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Israel evicts Palestinian protesters from planned settlement site
JERUSALEM — Israel has moved against a Palestinian protest encampment at a planned settlement site in the occupied West Bank. Israeli police and soldiers moved into a Palestinian tent camp just outside Jerusalem early Sunday a...
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Documentary popular among Christians explores ethics of sperm donation
A new documentary exploring the ethical implications of sperm donation is creating a buzz among religious audiences.
“Anonymous Father’s Day” delves into bioethics from the perspective of donor-conceived children who grow up...
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Victims group urges Philadelphia archbishop to defrock convicted priest, Monsignor William Lynn
The leading advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse by clergy is urging Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput to defrock the priest convicted last week of shielding other clerics who preyed on children. But laicizing Monsig...
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Late Jesuit and ex-congressman Robert Drinan accused of attempted sex assault
A popular online advice columnist has said that the late Rev. Robert Drinan, a famed Jesuit priest and onetime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, tried to kiss and fondle her in the 1970s when she was 18 or 19 years old.
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Monsignor William Lynn convicted in landmark Catholic sex abuse case
A Philadelphia priest was convicted today of one count of child endangerment, becoming the first cleric in the Catholic Church’s long-running clergy abuse scandal to be tried and found guilty of shielding molesters.
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Southern Baptists approve alternate name, but barely
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention narrowly accepted the alternate unofficial descriptor of “Great Commission Baptists” as the denomination attempts to make inroads beyond its base in the Bible Belt.
Arts & Culture
Museum of Biblical Art raises its profile amid array of challenges
When art historian Bruce Boucher wanted to reunite the three panels of a huge 14th-century altarpiece from three different countries, the Italian lender of one of the pieces had one condition: the finished product had to be sho...
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Hutterites blast ‘exploitative’ show on National Geographic Channel
Hutterite bishops say a new National Geographic reality series that follows the members of a rural Montana colony gives a "distorted and exploitative version" of life inside a little-known Christian sect.
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Sandusky charity transfers $2 million to Christian group
A Christian foster care organization has been tapped to take charge of $2 million in assets from the troubled charity run by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is on trial for multiple counts of chi...
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Entrepreneur sees hope for clean water on Wal-Mart shelves
T.J. Foltz has a recipe to help the world's poor: Take one part entrepreneurship, one part social media savvy and one part faith-based motivation. Fold in the world's largest retailer.