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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 12--HIGHLAND -- The debate that City Council members are expected to  hear tonight won't be a matter of church versus state.
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The Church of England faces fresh division over plans to ordain women as bishops and to end vicars' jobs for life.
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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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By Sam Hodges, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 16--The dedication of a gleaming new church building is no big deal in suburban Dallas. Downtown, though, it's almost as rare as real wine in a Baptist communion.
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A Kentucky connection could change Sunday services for Episcopalians across the country. On Tuesday, an emergency panel of the Worldwide Anglican
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The Boston archdiocese is asking a panel of community leaders to review its ongoing reconfiguration, though the committee won't revisit the sometimes bitter parish closings that have already occurred.
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The U.S. Episcopal Church is in the middle of a wrenching debate that could end with its departure from the worldwide Anglican Communion over disagreements about gay clergy and same-sex unions.
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Members of Sacred Heart Church in the North End said they will continue to fight to keep their church open despite a setback in court this week against the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, which wants to close its doors.
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No, of course not, Ave Maria is not a Roman Catholic town, its builders say. Why would you think such a thing?
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By April Bethea, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 17--Protestors this morning apparently stayed away from a Gastonia church that had been publicly criticized recently for a blackface performance.
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They are challenging a 2000 federal law that gave houses of worship more room to grow.
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This election year has seen unprecedented outreach to churches by the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, and intensified political activity by the religious groups themselves. But some watchdogs for separation of church and state are concerned that congregations are violating the federal tax code, which restricts the political activities of certain nonprofits, including churches.
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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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The leader of Anglicans in the United  States said Sunday he thought a ban on the blessing of same-sex  marriages was unlikely as the Anglican Church struggles to  resolve a potential schism over homosexuality.
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The US church now awaits response from traditionalists. Will schism be headed off?
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A fire which caused extensive damage to a Baptist church in County Down is suspicious, say police.
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MEMBERS of a church are to debate the ethics of running raffles and tombolas at church fetes.   Some members of the United Reformed Church in Kelvedon, Essex, think that encouraging gambling sends out the wrong message.  (c) 2007 Evening Mail; Birmingham (UK).