MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn't participate in a day of silent protest against abortion. Full Story »
LONDON - Two of Britain's most high-profile Muslim extremists have been given free rein to recruit fellow inmates in prison and are spreading propaganda from behind bars, a think-tank founded by two former Islamic radicals said Monday. Full Story »
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BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95. Full Story »
VALLETTA, Malta - The bishop of Malta says Pope Benedict XVI will visit the tiny Mediterranean island April 17-18 to mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck. Full Story »
MILWAUKEE - The Archdiocese of Milwaukee says a successor has been named to the archbishop post once held by Timothy Dolan. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church from the law, but so far city council members aren't budging. Full Story »
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Matisyahu, whose music merges Hasidic Judaism with reggae beats, hip-hop and rock, is lending his voice to NBC's promotion of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Full Story »
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MANILA (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday the time was ripe for the Philippines to finally seal a peace deal with the country's largest Muslim separatist group and end a 30-year insurgency. Full Story »
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church, but a sign of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Catholic church has warned it will stop joint aid projects with Washington's authorities if the city passes a proposed law to legalize gay marriage. Full Story »
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GENEVA (AFP) - The World Council of Churches on Thursday called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the Copenhagen climate change summit on December 13 as a call to action on global warming. Full Story »
SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment. Full Story »
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage. Full Story »
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VATICAN CITY - E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church. Full Story »
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that South Carolina can't issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase "I Believe." Full Story »
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Some raise the specter of political correctness in the treatment of Muslim officer Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of the Fort Hood shootings Full Story »
ROME - Pope Benedict XVI sings and prays along to a mix of modern music and ancient church chants in a new album presented Tuesday before its release at the end of the month. Full Story »
BEARS ROCKS, Pa. - The leader of a western Pennsylvania church is settling a federal lawsuit by pulling the plug on jam band concerts he says were religious services. Full Story »
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