Mormons take Wiesenthal off list to be baptised
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In life, Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal was among the most famous Jews of the 20th century. In death, he wound up on a list of people eligible to be posthumously baptised as Mormons so they could enter heaven.
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Pope Benedict was baptised at birth and will most likely be baptised again one year after his death, not by his Roman Catholic Church but by a Mormon he never met.
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia  - Malaysia's best known Christian convert, Lina Joy, lost a six-year battle on Wednesday to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card, after the country's highest court rejected the change.
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On Sunday voters rejected government-backed plans to simplify naturalisation procedures for second-generation foreigners. They also turned down a proposal to grant children born in Switzerland to foreign parents the automatic right to a Swiss passport.
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A church group that protests at military funerals around the country will be barred from services for an American Indian soldier on a reservation, tribal officials say.
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Malaysia's highest court rejects a Muslim convert's appeal to be legally recognised as a Christian.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah  - White House hopeful Mitt Romney left the campaign trail on Saturday for the funeral of the Mormon church leader but shrugged off criticism of his faith among evangelical Christians.
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MARION -- The Blue Christmas service set for 7 pm Dec. 22 at First United Church of Christ, 326 S. Prospect St., was cancelled due to the weather and has been rescheduled for 7 pm Thursday at First UCC.
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The Episcopal Church was told to ban blessings of same-sex unions or risk a reduced role in the denomination.
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An urban ministry that aids the poor and homeless had its official recognition removed by Lutheran church officials in a dispute over an associate pastor who is in a lesbian relationship.
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An atheist who tried to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance lost a bid Friday to bar the saying of a Christian prayer at President Bush's inauguration.
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VIENNA -- A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year.
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Federal employees in part of Illinois now have the option of enrolling in a Catholic-run health insurance plan that does not cover abortion, contraceptives or fertility treatment.
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Mexico's Roman Catholic Church has been cleared of accusations that its opposition to abortion violated a law banning priests from mixing in politics, but the church said Monday it will mount a campaign to change the law it believes is too restrictive.
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The head of the Anglican church in Europe, Dr Geoffrey Rowell, was locked out of six churches in Turkey by their congregations after his controversial decision to ordain a local convert to the priesthood
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist  rejected Wednesday an emergency request from a California  atheist who sought to stop the recital of prayers at President  Bush's inauguration.
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China's state-run Catholic Church ordained another bishop without Vatican approval, religious officials said, in a move seen as further damaging relations between the Holy See and Beijing.