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U.S. Resettling Record Low Numbers Of Refugees

5:35am April 05, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Despite a global refugee crisis, the United States is closing its doors. Refugee resettlement is near record lows, even for minorities whose plight the Trump administration has highlighted.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday that it will no longer consider people in same-sex marriages to be apostates. Here, a pride flag flies in front of the Historic Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City as part of a 2015 protest of

In Major Shift, Mormon Church Rolls Back Controversial Policies Toward LGBT Members

7:29pm April 04, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

"We want to reduce the hate and contention so common today," said LDS President Dallin Oaks. Church doctrine will consider same-sex marriage "a serious transgression" but not apostasy.

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LDS Church Rolls Back Policy That Restricted Baptizing Children Of Gay Parents

5:49pm April 04, 2019

by Lee Hale

The LDS Church rolled back its 2015 policy that restricted baptizing children of gay couples and was criticized as penalizing kids. It no longer will refer to gay couples as apostates.

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Why The Pope's Appointment Of Wilton Gregory As Archbishop Of D.C. Is Significant

4:27pm April 04, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John Carr of Georgetown University, about why Pope Francis' appointment of Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., is significant.

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Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory speaks during a Mass to repent clergy sexual abuse and to pray for molestation victims, in Indianapolis, in June 2017. Pope Francis has named him as the new archbishop of Washington D.C.

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Pope Names New D.C. Archbishop

3:01pm April 04, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Archbishop Wilton Gregory accepted the offer from Pope Francis to become the leader of an archdiocese in turmoil over abuse allegations.

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Catholic nuns participate in a healing protest in Manila in 2017, as Catholic bishops called for an end to killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war.

Philippine Clergy Reports Death Threats As President Duterte Rails Against Church

3:37pm April 03, 2019

by Julie McCarthy

Catholic Church officials who have criticized the Philippine president's deadly drug war say they are receiving threats and government surveillance.

Pope Francis, pictured earlier this week, unveiled a new mandatory-reporting edict on Friday. It requires any Vatican official who learns of an allegation of abuse within the city-state or by Vatican officials to report it to Vatican prosecutors.

Pope Issues New Edict Requiring Vatican Officials To Report Sex Abuse Allegations

8:53pm March 29, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Applicable only to Vatican personnel and diplomats around the world, it is the first unified policy for the protection of children and vulnerable adults. But critics say it doesn't go far enough.

Days after footage showed Pope Francis refusing to let lay Roman Catholics kiss the papal ring, the pontiff explained it was an attempt to stop the spread of germs. On Wednesday Francis allowed 85-year-old Sr. Maria Concetta Esu to kiss his hand during hi

Why Did The Pope Refuse To Let Worshippers Kiss His Ring? 'Hygiene'

6:55pm March 28, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"He wants to avoid the risk of contagion for the people, not for him," Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti told reporters on Thursday.

LifeWay Christian Store, the retail arm of the Southern Baptist Convention's publishing company, plans to close all 172 of its outlets by the end of 2019.

LifeWay Christian Closing Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores

1:59pm March 28, 2019

by Chas Sisk

Evangelical Christian book retailer LifeWay is closing its stores by the end of the year. Some lament the stores' end, while others say LifeWay sells too narrow an understanding of Christianity.

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Women On Vatican Magazine Editorial Board Quit En Masse

7:32am March 27, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

The founder and all-female editorial board of a women's magazine for the Vatican have quit. They say they were being delegitimized.

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