Topic: United States
DENVER (Reuters) - A wind-swept fire tore through a landmark Catholic retreat in the Colorado mountains on Monday, heavily damaging the site where Pope John Paul II spent an afternoon in 1993 while attending World Youth Day in Denver.The blaze erupted in ...
Gay marriage will be among the issues discussed by U.S. bishops at their fall assembly in BaltimoreGay marriage will be among the issues discussed by U.S. bishops at their fall assembly in Baltimore. The November 14 – 16 meeting of the U.S. ...
The all-encompassing Hawaiian term "Aloha" can mean both hello and goodbye, making it an apt phrase this weekend in Honolulu where the welcome for an Asia-Pacific summit is wearing thin.The legions of protesters who normally accompany such gatherings are absent in remote, ...
At its annual meeting, North Carolina Baptists approved a resolution in support of a proposed gay marriage banAt its 181st annual meeting, North Carolina Baptists approved a resolution in support of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage. Voters ...
A radical group in Yemen announced on Wednesday that a film will be produced documenting the life of slain US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi and which will include a previously unknown message to Americans.Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law) said "a film on Awlaqi's ...
(Reuters) Vice President Joe Biden defended Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over his Mormon faith on Friday, saying it was "outrageous" for anyone to suggest he should not be president because of his religion.With a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showing President Barack Obama ...
CONWAY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The oldest Roman Catholic newspaper in the United States has retracted an opinion column that said the devil may cause homosexual attraction after the essay was condemned by gay rights groups.The 184-year-old weekly newspaper, the Boston Pilot, run ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Uzbek President Islam Karimov on human rights and thanked him for supporting US troops in Afghanistan, during a visit to the strategically-located ex-Soviet state.US ties with Uzbekistan have for years been a delicate balancing act ...
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tajikistan on Saturday that efforts to crack down on religious freedom might backfire and increase sympathy for radical views that could threaten stability in the Central Asian country.Clinton, who met Tajik President ...
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - One of the wives of Warren Jeffs has broken away from the private Arizona compound once ruled by the jailed polygamist leader, officials said on Thursday.The 25-year-old woman, whose name was not released, left the Fundamentalist Church ...
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