Monson named new Mormon church president
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Thomas S. Monson, a leader who became known for his folksy storytelling as he ascended through church ranks, was introduced Monday as the 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., who will seek bankruptcy protection Nov. 29 for his diocese from millions of dollars in clergy sex abuse claims, was elected yesterday to be the next president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Dan Monson resigned as the men's basketball coach at Minnesota on Thursday, one day after his team's fifth straight loss.
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PROVO, Utah (Sports Network) - Gary Crowton has resigned  from his position as the head football coach at Brigham Young.
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In the days after Mormon Church president and prophet Gordon B. Hinckley is laid to rest, the men who served as his closest advisers will begin the process of choosing a successor.
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PROVO, Utah - Brigham Young University revamped its athletic department Wednesday, but said the move was made after a months-long internal review rather than as a reaction to the recent sexual abuse allegations that have rocked the steadfast Mormon
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Senior clergy of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church are gathering in Athens to elect the new leader following the death last month of Archbishop Christodoulos.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, facing the  financial aftermath of a pervasive child sex abuse scandal, on  Monday elected a president whose diocese plans to seek  bankruptcy protection from dozens of alleged victims.
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Thomas S. Monson, a longtime Mormon leader who has served in the top echelon of the church for more than 40 years, will head the 13 million-member faith, Mormon church officials announced today.
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Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, who was president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for three years during the height of the clergy molestation crisis, has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to serve as Archbishop of Atlanta, the archdiocese announced Thursday.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, facing the  financial aftermath of a pervasive child sex abuse scandal,  elected a president on Monday whose diocese plans to seek  bankruptcy protection from dozens of alleged victims.
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Bloomberg - Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Mormon church leaders would have no influence on government policy if he were elected president.
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With the selection of Michael O. Leavitt, a former governor of Utah, the shape of the cabinet in President Bush's second term has become clear.
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Washington, Nov 7 : US President George W Bush today chose Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the next Secretary of Agriculture to oversee the nation&#39;s farm and food programmes.
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Mitt Romney's Mormonism isn't something his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination talk much about in public, but his faith appears to have stoked a whisper campaign, engineered by an Iowa staffer for Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.).
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The pope accepted the resignation of Cardinal William Keeler as archbishop of Baltimore on Thursday and named Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, who leads the U.S. military archdiocese, as his successor.
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Defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham replaces Urban Meyer as the new head coach at Utah on Wednesday.