Topic: Religion

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Denying Catholics communion 'is the last straw'

Posted by admin on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 03:57 AM

	The quality of their outrage is different from anything I've heard before, even during the darkest days of the most recent clergy sex abuse scandal. Read full article: 'Denying Catholics communion 'is the last straw''

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Articles: Archdiocese closing a parish

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 08:50 AM

	St. John Berchmans/St. Juliana Parish will close by the end of June, the Archdiocese of Detroit announced Tuesday. Read full article: 'Archdiocese closing a parish'

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Articles: Call to prayer spurs angry noise

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 08:42 AM

	When the call to prayer finally issues from the loudspeakers atop the little mosque in Hamtramck today, the sound is likely to be drowned out not so much by organized opposition as by the noise of the city itself Read full article: 'Call to prayer spurs angry noise'

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Articles: Prayer call low-key and supported

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 08:40 AM

	The call to prayer from the Al-Islah Islamic Center in Hamtramck at 1:35 p.m. Friday could barely be heard across the street, but it echoed around the world. Read full article: 'Prayer call low-key and supported'

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Articles: New head of church supports gay union

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 08:38 AM

	Montreal's Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, regarded as a liberal in the divisive dispute over gays and lesbians, was elected Monday as new national leader of the Anglican Church of Canada. Read full article: 'New head of church supports gay union'

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Articles: Priest helps change the world

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 08:36 AM

	The Rev. Rodney Reinhart, 55, is leaving Michigan and taking his spiritual creativity with him to a pair of small Episcopal churches on Chicago's south side. Read full article: 'Priest helps change the world'

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Articles: Bush, Kerry fight to win Catholics

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 08:25 AM

	When President George W. Bush visits Rome today, he'll have an audience with Pope John Paul II. But the real audience will be at home, where Bush is battling Democratic Sen. John Kerry for the votes of American Catholics. Read full article: 'Bush, Kerry fight to win Catholics'

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Articles: More couples share preaching duties

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 01:44 AM

	-- For pastors Barbara Anderson, 47, and Mark Smutny, 48, of Pasadena Presbyterian Church, preaching together and living together come naturally as breathing. Read full article: 'More couples share preaching duties'

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Articles: Cardinal marks anniversary in Detroit

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 01:42 AM

	Cardinal Edmund Szoka, the former archbishop of Detroit who holds two high-ranking posts at the Vatican, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in Detroit on Wednesday. Read full article: 'Cardinal marks anniversary in Detroit'

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Articles: Monks count unusual blessing

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 01:40 AM

	They still tool around these gently rolling green hills in the same sturdy Chevys. They still wear their same black robes. Their rooms are spartan as ever, and still called cells. Read full article: 'Monks count unusual blessing'

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