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• Gay Catholic school teacher in Ohio fights firing
• Police: NM church stabbing sparked by 'Mason' fear
• Man charged in Albuquerque church stabbings
• July sentencing date in attack on Christian group
• Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church
• Israel OKs barrier in Palestinian Christian area
• Police: 4 people stabbed at Albuquerque church

Gay Catholic school teacher in Ohio fights firing Posted: 29 Apr 2013 05:09 PM PDT A gay teacher who said she was fired by an Ohio Catholic school after her mother's published obituary included the name of her partner is fighting to get her job back.

Police: NM church stabbing sparked by 'Mason' fear Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:26 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lawrence Capener was shaking hands with his fellow churchgoers at Sunday Mass, exchanging the traditional peace offerings when some people next to him noticed something strange — his hands were quite sweaty and clammy. Then, as the choir began singing a hymn to wrap up Mass, the man bolted from his pew, ran to the choir area and started stabbing the choir leader and others.

Man charged in Albuquerque church stabbings Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:47 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The man accused of stabbing four churchgoers during Sunday Mass told police that he was after the choir leader because he thought the man was a member of a secret society.

July sentencing date in attack on Christian group Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:16 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to three charges in a shooting that wounded a security guard inside the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group awaits sentencing in mid-summer.

Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:50 AM PDT By Mary Wisniewski LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority. Rosemarie Smead is one of about 150 women around the world who have decided not to wait for the Roman Catholic Church to lift its ban on women priests, but to be ordained and start their own congregations. ...

Israel OKs barrier in Palestinian Christian area Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:50 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A lawyer for a convent in a Palestinian Christian town near Bethlehem says she will appeal an Israeli court ruling allowing construction of a segment of Israel's separation barrier through properties owned by the Vatican and Palestinian residents.

Police: 4 people stabbed at Albuquerque church Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:20 AM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man jumped over several pews at an Albuquerque Catholic church and stabbed several members in the choir area just as Mass was ending Sunday, Albuquerque police said.

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