Mormon church appoints new leader
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah  - Thomas Monson, a longtime senior leader of the Mormon church, was officially named its 16th president on Monday at the age of 80, assuming the reins of one of the world's fastest growing and most affluent religions.
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The priest sex abuse scandal that  shook the U.S. Roman Catholic church to its foundations two  years ago could turn out to be a key issue as America's bishops  gather to choose new leaders this week.
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By Ben Winslow Deseret Morning News  A judge is poised to sign a plan that will overhaul the Fundamentalist LDS Church's United Effort Plan Trust, which controls nearly everything in the polygamous border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.
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Roman Catholic Church leaders in Austria formally installed a new bishop Sunday in a diocese rocked by the discovery of a vast cache of child pornography on computers at a seminary.
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Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman picked to lead an Anglican province Sunday when she was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, a groundbreaking and potentially divisive step that comes three years after the denomination ordained an openly gay bishop.
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China installs a new bishop of Beijing, the first in over 50 years to have tacit prior approval from the Vatican.
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America&#39;s Roman Catholic bishops chose Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., as their new president Monday and elected Chicago Cardinal Francis George vice president.
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WASHINGTON, DC - In an apparent affirmation of church tradition, Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane yesterday was elected president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops at its annual fall meeting.
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PROVO, Utah (Sports Network) - Brigham Young promoted  defensive coordinator Bronco Mendenhall to head football coach  on Monday.
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Kalkot Mataskelekele becomes the new leader of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.
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China on Thursday ordained a new bishop in its state-approved Catholic church, a move that could aggravate efforts to improve relations with the Vatican.
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Gordon B. Hinckley, the longest-serving president of the Mormon church who presided over one of the greatest periods of expansion in its history, died Sunday, a church spokesman said. He was 97.
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Provo, UT (Sports Network) - Brigham Young promoted defensive coordinator Bronco Mendenhall to head football coach on Monday. Mendenhall takes over for Gary Crowton, who resigned at the end of the season after
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Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., who plans to declare his diocese in bankruptcy because of sexual abuse claims, was elected yesterday as the next president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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The men&#39;s national football (soccer) team in Argentina has a new coach. The South American nation&#39;s football association announced Thursday that Jose Pekerman will lead the team.
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America's Roman Catholic bishops chose a new president Monday who has released the names of priests accused of molesting children and reached out to victims but who also plans to seek bankruptcy protection for his diocese because of abuse claims.
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.