News - April, 2012

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Under pressure, college cancels speech by Ted Kennedy’s widow

Apr 03, 2012 by David Gibson

A small Catholic college in Massachusetts has been pressured by the local bishop into canceling an invitation to Senator Ted Kennedy’s widow to deliver the school’s commencement address because of her support of abortion rights and gay marriage.

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Richard Land says activists using Trayvon Martin to get out the vote

Apr 03, 2012 by Bob Allen

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Southern Baptists top public-policy spokesman said on his radio program March 31 that black leaders are exploiting outrage over the shooting death of a Florida teenager to help President Obama get re-elected.

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Scottish churches combat soaring metal theft

Apr 02, 2012 by Trevor Grundy

(ENInews)--The Church of Scotland is making a high-tech move to protect its 1,600 churches and buildings from metal theft, a newly-popular crime that is estimated to cost the British economy about 700 million pounds a year.

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German Catholics and Protestants create online worship listings

Apr 02, 2012 by Ruby Russell

Berlin (ENInews)--As Palm Sunday and Holy Week get closer, Catholics and Protestants are cooperating on a new website that allows German Christians to find their nearest church service, anywhere in the country, any day of the year.

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One psalm, two causes and two meanings

Apr 02, 2012 by David Van Biema

Saralee Howard remembers the woman who walked into the Shared Pregnancy Women’s Center in Lansing, Michigan, last year and asked for an ultrasound even though she was leaning toward an abortion.

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Religious leaders press Village Voice on sex ads

Apr 02, 2012 by Annalisa Musarra

c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious leaders on Thursday (March 29) delivered more than 230,000 signatures to the office of Village Voice Media, demanding the company shut down the adult advertising section on its website, Backpage.com, where advertisements for sex with underage minors have appeared.

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Vatican wants to revive church's role in fighting the Mafia

Apr 02, 2012 by Alessandro Speciale

c. 2012 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Vatican officials traveled this week to the island of Sicily, the heartland of the Mafia, to promote the church's role in fighting organized crime.

The Vatican says it wants to show that the best way to respond to the Mafia is through the promotion of a "culture of dialogue and legality."

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After Trayvon Martin case, churches say 'stereotypes cost lives'

Apr 02, 2012 by Adelle M. Banks

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) An umbrella group of Christian denominations committed to combating racism is urging churches to use the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin as a "teachable moment" to speak out against racial stereotypes.