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North Carolina church halts weddings to protest gay marriage ban

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 03:42 PM PDT

By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A small United Methodist church in North Carolina said it will not host weddings for heterosexual couples until the rest of the Protestant denomination ends its ban on same-sex marriage, an unusual step in the traditionally conservative U.S. South. The decision by leaders at Green Street United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem appears to be a first for the denomination in the U.S. South, said Tim Sturgis, who sits on the 18-member leadership council that unanimously endorsed the marriage statement announced by the church this week. ...

Southern Baptists expand north with church plants

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:33 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 photo, Pastor Tom Cabral, of the Redemption Fellowship of Fall River, Mass., gestures to drivers as he tries to gain support for his church at a stop light in Fall River. The church is one dozens of churches the Southern Baptist Convention has planted around New England in the last decade. It's part of a multi-million dollar push by the nation's largest denomination into territory that's both skeptical of the south and increasingly indifferent to religion. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Pastor Tom Cabral still tells people to meet him at "the bar," even though it's his church now. Locals best remember his worn building as a former sports bar where a 19-year-old once walked in and shot three suspected rival crack dealers.


Pope urges religions, those with no church to ally for justice

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:13 AM PDT

Pope Francis takes part in his inaugural mass in Saint Peter's Square at the VaticanBy Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged members of all religions and those belonging to no church on Wednesday to unite to defend justice, peace and the environment and not allow the value of a person to be reduced to "what he produces and what he consumes". Francis, elected a week ago as the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, met leaders of non-Catholic Christian religions such as Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans and Methodists, and others including Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus. ...


''Unpredictable" pope worries security team

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:02 AM PDT

Pope Francis kisses a child in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Pope Francis officially began his ministry as the 266th pope on Tuesday in an installation Mass simplified to suit his style, but still grand enough to draw princes, presidents, rabbis, muftis and thousands of ordinary people to St. Peter's Square to witness the inauguration of the first pope from the New World. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Forgive Pope Francis' security team for looking a bit nervous.


True Religion's founder steps down from CEO post

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 07:57 AM PDT

True Religion Apparel CEO Jeff Lubell is stepping down from his post, a little over two weeks after the clothing company announced that it would not be renewing its founder's contract.The company, based ...

Pope reaches out to Jews, Muslims, urges respect

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 05:32 AM PDT

Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter's Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Borgo, the sleepy, medieval neighborhood with a timeless feel right outside the Vatican's borders, has been at the service of pontiffs for centuries. From resoling to risotto, from light bulbs to linguine, Borgo is the go-to place for up-and-coming cardinals and sometimes even for popes. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has promised to continue the Catholic Church's "fraternal" dialogue with Jews and work with Muslims for the common good.


Cyprus archbishop says will put church assets at country's disposal to help emerge from crisis

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:46 AM PDT

Cyprus' Finance Minister Michalis Saris speaks as he arrives at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Saris will meet with his Russian counterpart tomorrow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)NICOSIA, Cyprus - The head of Cyprus' influential Orthodox church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, says he will put the church's assets at the country's disposal to help pull it out of a financial crisis, after lawmakers rejected a plan to seize up to 10 per cent of people's bank deposits to secure an international bailout.


Cyprus: Church assets at disposal of state

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:35 AM PDT

The head of Cyprus' influential Orthodox church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, says he will put the church's assets at the country's disposal to help pull it out of a financial crisis, after lawmakers rejected ...

Obama sends private letter to new pope

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 07:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has sent a letter to the new pope.

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