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Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Stephen Colbert to star in Catholic comedy slam – Articles
So who is the funniest Catholic in the Western world: New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan or Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert?
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Update: U.K. innkeepers fined for turning away gay couple
LONDON (RNS) Britain’s Court of Appeal has ordered a pair of Christian innkeepers to pay 3,600 pounds ($5,800) in damages to a gay couple that was told they could not share a room in the couple’s guesthouse. The thr...
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British group can’t tout divine healing in ads, website
Britain’s powerful media advertising watchdog has banned a Christian group from claiming on its website and brochures that God’s cure-all powers can heal a string of medical ailments. The Advertising Standards Autho...
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Appeals Court drops suit challenging National Day of Prayer
A federal appeals court ruled recently 3-0 to throw out a lower court decision that stated that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. The three-judge panel decided on Thursday that the U.S. president has the right to ...
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Commission formed to review financial accountability policies of churches
A new panel was formed by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability to lead an independent, nationwide effort to study ways by which policies can be set in place for churches to have more accountability of its financ...
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Calif. gays might have to wait until next year to wed
Same sex couples may have to wait longer, possibly until next year, if they want to get married in California despite a Judge’s ruling to overturn Proposition 8. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, through a three-judge pane...
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Michigan court rules Christians can distribute literature at Arab festival
The Court of Appeals overthrew a lower court decision and allowed a Christian pastor to distribute spiritual materials at the perimeter of the Arab-American festival in Dearborn, Mich. The three-judge panel on the Sixth Circuit...
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Medical Experts perceive new anatomical images in Sistine Chapel painting
Two neuroanatomy experts claimed recently that Michelangelo left secret anatomical images in his paintings on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The experts, Ian Suk and Rafael Tamargo, are from the John Hopkins University School of M...