First woman bishop in Cuba won't copy men
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The Rev. Nerva Cot, the first woman bishop named by the Episcopal Church in a developing nation, said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership of her rapidly expanding congregation in Cuba.
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Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday.
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MADRID, Spain  - The Catholic Church in Spain backtracked late Wednesday from a leading bishop's groundbreaking statement in support of condom use to fight the spread of AIDS, saying instead the church still believes artificial contraception is immoral.
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He was speaking at a conference about sexual health &amp;#151; a meeting convened in part to help reduce the alarming number of rapes in Kenya. But the priest wasn&#039;t crusading. He was trying to entertain.
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A spokeswoman for Madonna on Wednesday denied claims by officials in the African nation of Malawi that the pop star had adopted a year-old orphan boy there.
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The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland vows to fight plans to give sex education to young children.
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Cuba vowed to defy U.S. efforts for economic and political change on the island in a front-page editorial Thursday in the Communist Party's newspaper that also referred to dissidents as "mercenaries" and "counterrevolutionary puppies."
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Yoruba gods protect ailing Fidel Castro from witchcraft and want to see him continue leading Cuba, the first priest of the Santeria religion to be elected to parliament said on Monday.
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** FILE ** Mexico&#39;s Maribel Dominguez speaks during a press conference in Mexico City, in this Dec. 15, 2004 file photo. Soccer&#39;s world governing body FIFA has rejected a request to sign the female player
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When Annia Hatch was 17, her homeland of Cuba refused to send her to the 1996 Olympics even though she had won the country&#39;s first world championship medal earlier that year.
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Mexican second division club Celaya has been refused permission by the world governing body FIFA to field woman striker Maribel Dominguez.
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A judge ruled Wednesday that the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese cannot withhold potential evidence or proof of clergy sex abuse by claiming that communications between priests and bishops are confidential.
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The Celaya soccer club will not appeal a ruling by FIFA rejecting its bid to hire national women&#39;s team star Maribel Dominguez.
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A prominent activist for illegal immigrants sought sanctuary in a church Wednesday rather than turn herself in for deportation, saying she fears being separated from her young son.
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Seven conservative Anglican archbishops refused to take communion with the head of the U.S. branch of the church on Friday, in protest at her pro-gay stance in a row pushing the Church toward schism.
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Five women and one married man are ordained in Toronto in a ceremony that openly defies Catholic doctrine.
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An excommunicated Roman Catholic archbishop continued to defy the Vatican when he installed two married priests as bishops on Sunday.