Public 'less committed to church'
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The Archbishop of York says he would be "hard-pushed" to describe Britain as a Christian country.
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A rise in Islamist extremism is creating "no-go areas" in Britain for non-Muslims, a senior Anglican bishop said in a newspaper article Sunday, warning the country's Christian status was at risk.
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U.S. psychiatrists generally are less likely to be Protestant or Roman Catholic than other types of doctors, according to a study released on Monday.
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Evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.
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Religion is taking a back seat to the  Iraq war and domestic issues in the 2008 White House race, but  most Americans still feel faith is an important attribute in  their president, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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The death of Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley renews attention on Mitt Romney's little-known religion Â yet rather than being reluctant to discuss it, he's making a public embrace that shows some shifting political attitudes.
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By Frank E. Lockwood, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Dec. 16--When it severed ties with its denomination, Church of the Apostles forfeited more than its "Episcopal" label. It also gave up its buildings, its bank accounts, its furniture, even its name tags.
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A visit to church may be good for the  soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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The proportion of the Finnish population who belong to the countrys main religion, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church, has been declining.
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The UK's leading Christian leader has tried to damp down controversy surrounding comments he made suggesting that some aspects of Muslim Sharia law could become part of British law.
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Fortnightly church attendance could be required for children to get into popular faith schools, a Church figure suggests.
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Some Catholic Church activists in Austria accused Pope Benedict of devoting too little time to hear ordinary churchgoers' concerns during a visit starting on Friday and said he was risking losing more of his flock.
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn&#39;t binding and won&#39;t likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual
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A desire to exercise stewardship over the environment is growing among evangelical Christians.
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Science & environment: The Church of England is urging people to cut down on carbon, rather than chocolate, for Lent this year