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Ariz. hospital loses Catholic status over abortion case

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix stripped a major hospital of its affiliation with the church Tuesday because of a surgery that ended a woman's pregnancy to save her life.


Vatican clarifies pope's condom comments

The Vatican on Tuesday sought to clarify the pope's controversial comments about condoms and HIV, saying he by no means suggested condom use could be condoned as a means of avoiding pregnancy.


Christmas cards wish good will toward (mostly) all

Christmas cards can be a mini-message of personal theology. Even ones that quote the passage from Luke calling for peace and good will reveal a subtle distinction: Is that good will toward all or just those who see the Christ child as messiah and savior?


Pope: Church must reflect on what allowed abuse

Pope Benedict XVI said Monday the Catholic Church must reflect on what is wrong with its message and Christian life in general that allowed for the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests.


Survey: For many, Jesus isn't the reason for the season

Come-all-ye-partiers trumps Come all Ye Faithful for more than 1 in 3 people asked about their Christmas activities in a LifeWay Research survey.


Many skip Christmas' religious aspect

Surveys indicate that while many call Christmas a holy day, their actions say otherwise. Many skip church, omit Jesus and zero in on the egg nog.


Paris conference targets 'Islamization' of Europe

About 150 people protested Saturday outside the site of a conference in Paris organized to criticize the "Islamization" of Europe.


'Don't Ask' repeal raises concerns for chaplains

The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell revives a battle over the role of military chaplains. Some fret over the stress to chaplains whose religion teaches homosexual behavior is unbiblical. But can the armed forces be a captive audience for evangelism.


Ind. church members embrace 'quaint' service

When the idea of having a worship service at Christmastime at Powers Church was presented to Marcia Powers a few years back, she was more than a bit skeptical.


Catholic hospital in Arizona gets reprieve from deadline

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has won a last-minute reprieve from Bishop Thomas Olmsted's Friday deadline for the hospital to meet his demands over moral teaching or lose its status as a Catholic hospital.


Vatican court kept Irish child rapist as a priest

The Vatican tried to stop Dublin church leaders from defrocking a particularly dangerous pedophile priest and relented only after he raped a boy in a pub restroom, an investigation reported Friday.


Young mother finds God's plan in husband's last words

We've all heard people say they rest in God's plan for their lives, even as it moves in directions they don't understand, both fearful and joyful.A bittersweet trio of stories follows Eric Jacobs' early death and his widow's path to love, old, new and eternal.


Pastors are flocking to Facebook, Twitter

Religious social media use is flourishing, as much in smaller, more conservative worship centers as in the megachurches.


Catholic Church's role in care at Ariz. hospital hotly debated

As the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center continued to talk Wednesday about the church's role in medical decisions, the national debate escalated over whether the local bishop's threat to remove the hospital's Catholic status was appropriate.


Jewish center: Anti-Semitism now mainstream

Anti-Semitism has gone mainstream, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, named for the famous Nazi Hunter. The cneter lists the Top Ten slurs on Jews but, oddly. leaves off the repercussions of those remarks.


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