Another courtroom victory for religious colleges
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars....
Church surrenders lot near ground zero for $20M
NEW YORK (AP) -- The World Trade Center site's owner has offered $20 million to acquire the 1,200-square-foot lot of a church destroyed on Sept. 11, freeing one more piece of land needed to rebuild every inch of ground zero....
Ukraine Jews want graves building halted
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Jewish group asked the Ukrainian government on Wednesday to stop construction on the site of a grave containing the remains of an estimated 26,000 victims of the Holocaust....
NY priest pleads guilty to raping 3 teenage boys
BOSTON (AP) -- A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation....
Former Mass. charity head gets year in prison
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The founder of a defunct Muslim charity has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for lying to an FBI agent about his travels to Afghanistan....
Religion today
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- They filled the cafe night after night. To the casual observer, it might have appeared to be a roomful of 20-somethings with enviable amounts of idle time....
Wis. Supreme Court rules against men in abuse case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by five men who claimed two Roman Catholic dioceses should have reported sexual abuse claims against a teacher before he moved on to a Kentucky diocese and molested them....
Clarification: Immigration sanctuaries story
CHICAGO (AP) -- In a story July 12, The Associated Press reported that federal immigration officials have ordered the deportation of Flor Crisostomo, a Mexican immigrant living in a Chicago church....
Pope prays for end to rifts in Anglican church
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that he is praying there will not be any more rifts in the Anglican community following the recent Church of England decision on women bishops....
Pope expresses worry about climate change
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he wants to wake up consciences on climate change during his pilgrimage in Australia....
