Bishop poses political challenge to Argentine leader
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PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina  - An elderly bishop's fight against allowing politicians to run for re-election has sparked the latest angry spat between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and the country's influential Roman Catholic Church.
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By Marc Parry, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Mar. 7--ALBANY -- A retired assistant bishop in the Albany Episcopal  Diocese has joined a controversial splinter group at the forefront of a  worldwide fight over the future of the Episcopal church.
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A bishop who claimed Islamic extremism turned some communities into no-go areas receives threats.
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Catholic leaders try to regain trust amid continuing lawsuits and financial challenges.
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A local city councilman in the town of Sestao, Spain, and a leader of the movement "Christians for Socialism," is criticizing the government's offensive against the Church, warning that the confrontation will ...
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Fears of a split with the Anglican Communion have been growing as Anglican leaders seem set to demand an end to the consecration of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions by the Episcopal Church.
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Relations between Spain's government and its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the church is putting up a fight.
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One of the Church of England's most senior bishops is warning that people will die unless Muslim leaders in Britain speak out in defence of the right to change faith.
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Roman Catholic Church leaders say they are frustrated with Rudolph W. Giulianiâs position on abortion.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, dealing with  a pervasive priest sexual abuse scandal, on Monday elected as  their new president Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane,  Washington, whose diocese faces dozens of lawsuits from alleged  victims.
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How Catholic ideals of fighting the abuse of power have shaped the life and politics of the presidential hopeful.
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While both are men of faith, the President and the Pontiff have important disagreements. Chief among them is the war in Iraq
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Hurdles include his Mormon faith and convincing voters of his views on social issues.
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MEXICO CITY -- Since being declared president-elect a week ago, Felipe Calder&#xF3;n, the conservative leader of the governing National Action Party, is spreading a message of conciliation and tolerance as he confronts a charismatic leftist opponent who insists that the election was rigged and who refuses to concede defeat.
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Spain's Roman Catholic church has effectively placed itself in the frontline of political opposition to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's six month-old government by calling the first major ...
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The head of an influential group of Roman Catholic bishops called Tuesday for a new grass-roots revolt in the Philippines to fight endemic corruption.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans opened a crucial meeting yesterday as the church struggles to reconcile Scripture and homosexuality, with the American wing coming under increasing pressure to reconsider its liberal stance on gays.