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Escaped Ariz. Convict Sang Christian Hit 'Your Grace Is Enough' Before Arrest [LYRICS]
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 9) -- Escaped Arizona convict and murder suspect Tracy Province reportedly started singing like a canary to authorities after they picked him up this afternoon. But the day before, he was all about making a joyful noise to the Lord. The Associated Press interviewed a drummer at the nondenominational Christian Meeteetse Community Church in Meeteetse, Wyo., where Province was arrested. It's about 60 miles from Yellowstone -- where authorities initially thought the fugitives might be hiding. The drummer says the fugitive not only showed up at the church in time for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday ...
Reader Feedback: Guns in Church
By not in system - AOL News(July 20) -- I am all in favor of guns in church ("Who Needs Guns in Church?" by Michael Arceneaux). Last year I conducted the Open Carry Celebration at New Bethel Church in Louisville, Ky., which was a great success. The event was to promote gun safety, but since then I have become an ardent supporter of guns in religious institutions for safety, as well as for armed security teams. More than 30 persons have been killed in church-related shootings over the past decade. I preached for a church yesterday and had my pistol in my briefcase. While I am the "shepherd" the sheep will not only ...
Argentina, Uganda and the Future of Conservative Christianity
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(July 15) -- Argentina, a predominately Catholic nation, became on Thursday the first Latin American country to grant homosexuals the full legal rights enjoyed by other citizens. The bill was opposed by Catholic and evangelical authorities. One of its opponents, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, said that "children need to have the right to be raised and educated by a father and a mother." Increasingly, Catholic Latin America is granting legal rights to gays and lesbians that the church opposes. "Same-sex civil unions have been legalized in Uruguay and some states in Mexico and Brazil," The New ...
Vatican Announces New Priest Sex Abuse Rules
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY (July 15) -- The Vatican issued a new set of norms Thursday to respond to the worldwide clerical abuse scandal, cracking down on priests who rape and molest minors and the mentally disabled. The norms extend from 10 to 20 years the statute of limitations on priestly abuse and also codify for the first time that possessing or distributing child pornography is a canonical crime. But the document made no mention of the need for bishops to report abuse to police and doesn't include any "one-strike and you're out" policy as demanded by some victims' groups. The document also listed ...
House for Sale: 3BR, 2.5BA, Pulpit, Bell Tower, $7.5M
By Richard C. Paddock - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO (July 11) -- The century-old church has a pulpit, a pew and a bell tower. But instead of a congregation, the historic, red-brick structure has a single occupant, the homeowner. Siamak Akhavan purchased the 20,000-square-foot building five years ago and transformed it into an unusual single-family residence. Now, he's ready to sell. He has put the former Golden Gate Lutheran Church on the market for $7.49 million. "Some people say that it's weird and eerie, but my perspective is that this is a house of the Lord," Marcus Miller, a real estate agent representing Akhavan, told AOL ...
Cuba Church Announces Release of 12 More Prisoners
By not in system - AOL NewsHAVANA (July 10) -- Cuban church officials on Saturday released the names of 12 more political prisoners who will be freed and sent into exile in the coming days under a landmark agreement with President Raul Castro's government, bringing to 17 the total number of jailed dissidents who have accepted asylum in Spain. While there has been no word on when exactly the men will be freed, there are growing signs that a release could be imminent, with the wife of one prisoner saying Cuban officials told her to prepare to leave the country. "They (Cuban officials) called me to tell me to get ready ...
Pope's Exit Strategy on Clergy Sex Scandal: Prayerful and Quiet
By David Gibson - Politics DailyVATICAN CITY -- Monday was an official holiday in the Vatican, with the city state's regular employees (there are about 4,600 of them) getting a day off and a small bonus to mark the five years since their boss, Benedict XVI, was elected pope. Benedict himself was taking it easy as well, enjoying a low-key luncheon with 46 cardinals and resting after his emotional 24-hour visit to Malta the day before, a visit that included a brief but intense closed-door meeting with eight men who as children had been sexually abused by priests at their orphanage. At the lunch in the Vatican, the embattled ...
Glenn Beck Urges Listeners to Leave Churches That Preach Social Justice
By David Sessions - Politics DailyOn his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a "code word" for communism and Nazism. Beck urged Christians to discuss the term with their priests and to leave their churches if leaders would not reconsider their emphasis on social justice. "I'm begging you, your right to religion and freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the Bible as you want to read them and as your church ...
Common Cup at Church in the Time of Swine Flu
By David Gibson - Politics DailyIn the "Jesus versus Germs" death match, who wins? Jesus, of course. Indeed, that's what United Methodist Church leaders have said -- "Jesus is more powerful than germs." Yet they go on to advocate a number of hygienic precautions for communicants in a time of swine flu, as most other churches seem to have done -- and as we detailed in our story, "Swine Flu Scare: Religions Take Precautions." But Russell Moore, dean of theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is having none of it. "Table fellowship is a sign of familial solidarity and of the messianic reign," Moore writes in an ...
Why Gay Guys Are Churchier Than Their Straight Brethren
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAs America's leading Christian denominations are once again feuding and splitting over whether they should allow gays and lesbians to marry, or ordain them as clergy, is it a miracle there are any gay Christians? Given Christianity's history of exclusion and often outright homophobia, and the current bloodletting over their role, why do homosexuals bother staying, not to mention believing? ...
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