Ruling lets religious groups not cover contraceptives
(Reuters, NOV 27 / Reuters)
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this year on the issue related to new health-care law.
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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Va. Episcopal dispute
Fight between Episcopal Church and breakaway group means diocese owns historic Falls Church property.
Methodists end minister's NY same-sex wedding case
A United Methodist bishop on Monday dropped the case against a retired minister accused of breaking church law by officiating his son’s same-sex wedding — a dramatic decision that came just months after another minister was defrocked for the same reason.
Spared a church trial in one region, Methodists may find censure in another
United Methodist Bishop Martin D. McLee of New York on Monday (March 10) announced he was dropping a case against a retired seminary dean who officiated at his gay son’s 2012 wedding and called for an end to church trials for clergy who violate the denomination’s law on ministering to gays.
Bishop drops same-sex wedding case against Methodist minister
A United Methodist Church bishop dropped the case against a retired Methodist minister, Thomas Ogletree, accused of breaking church law by officiating his son's same-sex marriage.
Court declines to take up Episcopal Church dispute
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a dispute between the Episcopal Church and a conservative northern Virginia congregation that left the denomination in a rift over homosexuality and other issues, ending a seven-year legal battle over a historic church that traces its roots back to George Washington.
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis' first year: An assessment
After I met Pope Francis during a visit to the Holy See in October, I remarked that if I were choosing a parish based upon the pastor, he would be my pastor. Now, he is the world’s pastor.
US Supreme Court lets the Episcopal Church keep Falls Church property
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 10) let stand a Virginia court ruling that allows the Episcopal Church to keep the property of a large congregation that left the denomination over theological differences.
Gay vice principal sues Catholic school claiming wrongful dismissal
Forced out of his Catholic school job for marrying his same-sex partner, a gay vice principal in suburban Seattle has filed a wrongful-dismissal suit against his former school.
Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis opened door to gay civil unions debate
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Sunday (March 9) that Pope Francis is asking the Catholic Church to look at the possibility of recognizing civil unions for gay couples, although the archbishop of New York said that he would be “uncomfortable” if the church embraced that position.
COMMENTARY: Lent isn't just a second chance at New Year's resolutions
So here we go again. It’s that time of year — Lent, when many Christians give something up. Often it’s food, although my mom told me when I was a kid that giving up vegetables doesn’t count.
As execution drugs grow short, states scramble on capital punishment
Prison guards meet in the desert to hand off chemicals for executions. A corrections boss loaded with cash travels to a pharmacy in another state to buy lethal sedatives. States across the country refuse to identify the drugs they use to put the condemned to death.
Pope to go to South Korea in August for youth fest
Pope Francis will make his first trip to Asia in August, visiting South Korea to participate in a Catholic youth festival, preside over a beatification ceremony for 124 Korean martyrs and bring a message of peace to the war-divided peninsula, officials said.
Orthodox NYC Jews protest proposed Israeli draft
Lower Manhattan turned into a human river of black-garbed people on Sunday as tens of thousands ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets, their anguished prayers booming through loudspeakers in protest of Israel’s proposal to draft strictly religious citizens into its military.
Orthodox NYC Jews protest proposed Israeli draft
Lower Manhattan turned into a human river of black-garbed people on Sunday as tens of thousands ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets, their anguished prayers booming through loudspeakers in protest of Israel’s proposal to draft strictly religious citizens into its military.
Pope departs on bus for weeklong retreat
Pope Francis has traveled to a retreat outside Rome aboard a bus with cardinals and bishops.
Utah polygamous family says going on TV liberating
The newest Utah polygamous family featured in a reality TV show says sharing their story with a wide audience has been liberating.
Serbs decry plans to move Tesla's ashes to church
Hundreds of Serbs rallied Saturday against plans by the Serbian Orthodox Church and nationalist leaders to move the ashes of scientist and engineer Nikola Tesla from his museum in Belgrade to the country’s biggest church.
Priest muses on merging the spiritual and historical Jesus
A visit to the Holy Land inspired the Rev. Jim Martin, a regular on ‘The Colbert Report,’ to write a book.
Miss. lawmakers feel pressure over religion bill
Lawmakers in conservative Mississippi find themselves in a tug-of-war over a religious-practices bill that some say is uncomfortably similar to one recently vetoed by Arizona’s Republican governor.
Pope asked about marriage, faith, prayer. You answered.
“The Pope Asks” series will pose various questions. Some responses will be online and in the newspaper.
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