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• North Carolina church halts weddings to protest gay marriage ban
• Southern Baptists expand north with church plants
• Pope urges religions, those with no church to ally for justice
• ''Unpredictable" pope worries security team
• True Religion's founder steps down from CEO post
• Pope reaches out to Jews, Muslims, urges respect
• Cyprus archbishop says will put church assets at country's disposal to help emerge from crisis
• Cyprus: Church assets at disposal of state
• Obama sends private letter to new pope

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 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 By 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 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 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 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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