Ledger-Enquirer.com: AP Religion http:///308/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Ledger-Enquirer.com en-us Copyright 2008 Ledger-Enquirer.com AP Religion 60 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:53:59 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Ledger-Enquirer.com Atheists sue to take God out of Kentucky terrorism law http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/529722.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/529722.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:52 EST An atheists-rights group is suing the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security because state law requires the agency to stress "dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth." Roundup of new Christmas albums from contemporary Christian artists http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/529437.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/529437.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:51 EST Why do recording artists make new Christmas albums? Diocese questions ‘grave matter' of voting for pro-choice candidate http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/528786.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/528786.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:01 EST CNN called Bishop Stephen Blaire of the Stockton Diocese requesting an interview Monday. St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto had all four of its receptionists answering calls throughout the day. The church even had to add a special link to its Web site to accommodate the surge of e-mail comments. Parishioners support priest who encourages confession for Obama supporters http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/527242.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/527242.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:13 EST Several people attending mass Saturday evening at St. Joseph's Catholic Church said they support a Modesto priest who is urging parishioners to go to confession if they voted for Barack Obama. Catholic priest urges parishioners who voted for Obama to go to confession http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/526164.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/526164.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:58 EST Father Joseph Illo, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto, Calif., has told parishioners in a homily and in a follow-up letter that if they voted for Barack Obama, they should consider going to confession because of the president-elect's pro-abortion position. Pastor who helped get "under God" in Pledge dies http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/525997.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/525997.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:33 EST The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97. A brief bio of Jose Olallo http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/524237.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/524237.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:53 EST Jose Olallo was born on Feb. 12, 1820 and abandoned by his mother 30 days later at the Saint Joseph orphanage in Havana, Cuba. 19th-century Cuban monk set to move 1 step closer to sainthood http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/524169.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/524169.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:08 EST The Roman Catholic Church is set to hold its first beatification ceremony on Cuban soil this weekend, honoring a humble 19th-century monk who helped the sick during an 1835 cholera epidemic. 19th-century Cuban monk set to move 1 step closer to sainthood http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/524155.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/524155.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:53 EST The Roman Catholic Church is set to hold its first beatification ceremony on Cuban soil this weekend, honoring a humble 19th-century monk who helped the sick during an 1835 cholera epidemic. Religion today http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/522391.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/522391.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:31 EST Nearly two years ago, the quiet lives of Trappist monks in South Carolina were disrupted by accusations they were mistreating chickens in their egg business. The monks say they did nothing wrong but now, because of the glare of publicity, are turning to new ways to earn their daily bread. Religion news in brief http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/522385.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/522385.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:31 EST Complaints have led to the removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in this San Bernardino County city. Voices of faith: Is prayer meant to change God or change us, both or neither http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/522326.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/522326.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:21 EST Voices of faith: Is prayer meant to change God, or change us, both or neither He's young, tall, handsome — and a possible successor to Dalai Lama http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/520792.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/520792.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:14 EST Give the magnetic personality and hunky good looks of a rock star to a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and the result might be Gyalwang Karmapa, the third-highest lama in the Tibetan religious firmament. Catholics vote with their pocketbooks, and for Obama http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/519677.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/519677.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:25 EST On his way to a decisive victory, Barack Obama won a majority of the nation's Catholic voters, a closely watched swing group that has sided with the winner in nine of the last 10 presidential elections. Religion news in brief http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/515958.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/515958.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:13 EST The World Council of Churches will help deliver Christmas messages and prayers of peace to the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Religion today http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/515951.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/515951.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:08 EST One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country - even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah. But the global financial crisis has scuttled the effort for now, leaving the Magen Abraham chained, padlocked, badly damaged and rife with weeds. Voices of faith: What aspect of your faith do you find most difficult to explain? http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/514751.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/514751.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:20 EST Voices of faith: What aspect of your faith do you find most difficult to explain? Pagans welcome solstice, celebrate Yule http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/205523.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/205523.html Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:53 EST Shrines to earth, fire, air and water made four points. A bottle of wine, chalice and cauldron on a Celtic altar made the fifth -- the five points of the pagan pentagram in a Rowland Avenue back yard. Wood stacked for a bonfire waited for a match, and the burnished steel of a long sword stuck in the ground glittered as the sun set. STANLEY M. ARONSON: Religious bigotry got in the way of controlling malaria http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/164655.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/164655.html Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:45 EDT When reflecting on the geographic distribution of malaria we think of the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, the riverside villages of southern Asia and the vivid images within Joseph Conrad's tales describing dissolute, gin-drinking Europeans sweating profusely in tropical saloons. But the image of temperate climate England as the site of malarial epidemics seems, somehow, too strange to accept. Students told to tote, quote Bible http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/140210.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/308/story/140210.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:13 EDT A New Jersey Christian activist will mount an unusual effort this week to carry religion into the nation's public schools.