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U.S. Catholic bishops asked to foot bill for Vatican probe of nuns
A three-year study of female religious congregations in the United States is costing $1.1 million, and Rome is asking the U.S. bishops to foot the bill.
Anglican Bishop Minns tells Lutherans to leave
The Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns, a bishop of the Episcopal/Anglican breakaway group CANA, has a message for the Lutheran CORE conferernce
Conservative Lutherans overflow upcoming conference
Conservative Lutherans are meeting in a Catholic church this weekend to strategize their exit strategy from the ELCA.
Local Episcopal priest elected Georgia bishop
Scott Benhase of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in the District was just elected the new Episcopal bishop of Georgia
Muslim prayers to surround U.S. Capitol
A mass Islamic prayer event is slated for Sept. 25 that will turn the area around the Capitol into a gigantic mosque.
Guest list for White House Ramadan reception
Here is who attended President Obama's "iftar" dinner Tuesday night plus what the president actually said.
Gay Lutherans celebrate
Conservatives were in mourning Friday night but it was party time for homosexuals in America's largest Lutheran denomination
Lutherans vote yes on gay 'relationships'
This just in: the ELCA just approved the first of four controversial resolutions to "recognize, support and hold publicly accountable" same-sex relationships
The Lutherans and the tornado
The biennial meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America came within a block of being hit by a tornado Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Episcopalians race to elect a gay bishop
Two Episcopal dioceses are vying for which one gets to elect the denomination's second openly gay bishop.
Miguel Diaz and the Vatican
The Obama administration's proposed ambassador to the Vatican, Miguel Diaz, has a way of avoiding the media. Why?
Episcopal juggernaut
Hoping for multiple victories at General Convention, the gay Episcopal caucus Integrity publishes a graphic novel that swipes at Truro Church in Fairfax
Voice of the Faithful is going bankrupt
A lay-led Catholic organization announces it may shutter its headquarters by July 31 unless it gets $60,000
What the pope gave Obama
What the media missed during Obama's Vatican visit was the small green book the pontiff handed him.
Eight questions for the archbishop
America's newest archbishop, J. Augustine "Gus" Di Noia was consecrated today and we have a few questions for him on his new Oregon see.
