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• Mahony defends legacy on church abuse in blog
• Obama birth-control proposal: Some religious groups reject revised plan
• The Religious Right Is Still Mad About Getting What It Wanted on Birth Control
• Church should have more control over Russian life: Putin
• Cardinal in church sex scandal stripped of duties
• Not guilty plea entered in Tulsa church sex case
• Source: Religious get new opt-out on birth control
• Source: Obama administration to announce broader opt-out for religious groups on birth control
• Evangelical churches try to find right balance on gay issues
• LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties
• Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese releases priest abuse files
• LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties as church releases files on priest abuse

Mahony defends legacy on church abuse in blog Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:20 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Retired Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony defended his tattered legacy Friday in a sharply worded letter to his successor, one day after Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped him of his administrative duties and bowed to a court order to release thousands of pages of confidential files on sexually abusive priests.

Obama birth-control proposal: Some religious groups reject revised plan Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:10 PM PST The Obama administration proposed a way Friday that women working for religious nonprofits could receive free birth-control coverage without mandating that their employers pay for it.

The Religious Right Is Still Mad About Getting What It Wanted on Birth Control Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:14 PM PST Today, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced a compromise on the contraception mandate. The proposal lets religious organizations opt out of directly providing women with birth control, while still ensuring that women get contraception at no extra charge from health insurance providers. The work-around basically grants certain religious organizations an exception from the birth-control mandate due to their moral objections. But women employed by these groups would still get contraception without extra co-pays. ...

Church should have more control over Russian life: Putin Posted: 01 Feb 2013 11:59 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday the Orthodox Church should be given more say over family life, education and the armed forces in Russia, as he celebrated the leadership of its head Patriarch Kirill. Faith runs deep in Russia after the fall of the officially atheist Soviet Union and Putin has looked to the largest religion in Russia for support since he began his third term as president after a wave of protests against his rule. ...

Cardinal in church sex scandal stripped of duties Posted: 01 Feb 2013 11:52 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardinal Roger Mahony, who retired with a tainted career after dodging criminal charges over how he handled pedophile priests, was stripped of his archdiocese duties in an unprecedented move by his successor, who described the actions by abusive priests in the files as evil.

Not guilty plea entered in Tulsa church sex case Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:52 AM PST TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A judge has entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of a former janitor charged with making a lewd proposal to a 14-year-old girl at a megachurch in Tulsa.

Source: Religious get new opt-out on birth control Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:20 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is announcing a broader opt-out for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control.

Source: Obama administration to announce broader opt-out for religious groups on birth control Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:02 AM PST Source: Obama administration to announce broader opt-out for religious groups on birth control.

Evangelical churches try to find right balance on gay issues Posted: 01 Feb 2013 07:52 AM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Rev. Robert Jeffress has changed the way he talks about homosexuality from the pulpit.

LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties Posted: 01 Feb 2013 01:47 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardinal Roger Mahony, who retired with a tainted career after dodging criminal charges over how he handled pedophile priests, was stripped of duties by his successor as a judge ordered confidential church personnel files released.

Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese releases priest abuse files Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:09 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, after years of legal battles, released files on Thursday of priests accused of molesting children and removed a top clergyman who had been linked to efforts to conceal the abuse. Archbishop Jose Gomez said he had stripped his predecessor, retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, of all public and administrative duties. Mahony's former top aide, Thomas Curry, stepped down as bishop of Santa Barbara. "I find these files to be brutal and painful reading. ...

LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties as church releases files on priest abuse Posted: 31 Jan 2013 06:52 PM PST LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties as church releases files on priest abuse .

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