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faith stories: 23 news summaries

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 Kennedy to Pope: Pray for Me 

Senator wrote letter delivered by Obama

Aug 30, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the months before he died, Ted Kennedy penned a letter to Pope Benedict beseeching the pontiff's prayers—and enlisted no less a messenger than the leader of the free world to deliver it, reports CNN. “I am writing with deep humility to ask that you pray for me... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Ted Kennedy • faith • Catholicism • prayer • Catholic • political dynasty • brain cancer • President Obama • letter

Faith Groups Rally Behind Obama on Health Reform

Plan rallies, webcast, 55,000 messages to Congress

Aug 11, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Religious groups are coming to President Obama’s aid in selling health care reform, backing expanded care through a 40-day campaign promoting the moral argument for reform, CBS News reports. Prayer vigils and rallies will take place in 45 cities today to send a message to Capitol Hill. Later this... More »

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Congress • rally • faith • webcast • health care reform • President Obama • women's issues

OPINION

 Religious Right 
 Sets Phasers to 
 'Stun Obama' 

Coalition takes a page from Enterprise's book

Jul 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The religious right is going Star Trek, Dana Milbank writes for the Washington Post. “Individual, national, multi-ethnic and transgenerational organizations” have joined forces to create the Freedom Federation to promote “faith, moral values, and freedom” and equality, says the organization’s statement. But rather than targeting Nero the... More »

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religious right • faith • Christian conservatives • Star Trek • conservatives • Obama administration • President Obama • Freedom Federation

 More Than Bush Did, 
 Obama Cites Jesus 

Politically shaky ground for Bush may help Obama

Jun 9, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has invoked Jesus more than his predecessor, despite the major role Christianity played in George W. Bush’s policies, Politico reports. Obama has mentioned his faith in recent speeches in Cairo, at Notre Dame, and at Georgetown, to name a few instances. Though he was backed by evangelicals,... More »

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Christianity • religion • faith • Jesus Christ • George W. Bush • President Obama

 Jobless Cling 
 to Their Faith 
 in Detroit 

Religions offer
comfort as jobless
face pain, hunger

May 31, 09 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Detroit's jobless are coping with fear and desperation by falling back on faith, the Detroit Free Press reports. Houses of worship are increasingly fielding calls from people seeking jobs, food, and housing—but above all, congregants say, they find comfort. "When the tension comes and the pressure... More »

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layoffs • Detroit • religion • God • church • faith • auto industry • economic crisis

(Newser) - A judge in Minnesota allowed 13-year-old Daniel Hauser to return to his parents' custody after they agreed to have him undergo chemotherapy treatments, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The judge allowed the family to pursue alternative remedies along with the chemo for Daniel, who has Hodgkin's lymphoma. The boy and... More »

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cancer • medicine • chemotherapy • faith • Daniel Hauser • Colleen Hauser • Anthony Hauser

glossies

 Genome Whiz 
 Aims to Reunite 
 God, Science 

Geneticist seeks to reconcile conflicts between faith, science

May 2, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young Christians inevitably experience a crisis when they realize how deeply religion clashes with science, but an evangelical geneticist is aiming to restore their faith, Time reports. Unveiling the BioLogos Foundation this week, Francis Collins seeks to resolve questions over Adam and Eve’s creation and evolution. “We cannot... More »

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evolution • Christianity • science • intelligent design • faith • Bible • evangelicals

Americans Switching, Not Losing, Religion

But people who abandon faith just 'drift away', new poll says

Apr 27, 09 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A majority of Americans who have abandoned organized religion "gradually drifted away," a new Pew Forum poll says. The finding surprised experts who expected policy debates or scandals—like clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church—to fuel people's rejection of a faith. But overall, the survey... More »

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religion • poll • faith • survey • Pew Center

 Survey: Religion Shrinks in US 

Most groups lose members; Christianity falls 11%

Mar 9, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new survey shows sweeping changes in US religious attitudes over the past 18 years, with most religions losing members despite population growth, USA Today reports. Those identifying themselves as Christians have dropped 11% in a generation; mobility and marriage patterns have uprooted many religious affiliations. “More than ever... More »

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religion • United States • population • faith • Catholic • Baptist • survey • Wiccan • Bill Maher Grid

Episcopal Priest Faces Ban for Practicing Islam

Seattle cleric considers faiths compatible

Oct 10, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Episcopal priest who also practices Islam will likely be defrocked, the Seattle Times reports. "I'm still following Jesus in being a Muslim," said Ann Holmes Redding, who has been a priest for almost 25 years. "I have not abandoned that." But the local... More »

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Islam • Christianity • Episcopal Church • faith • Seattle • Ann Holmes Redding • defrock

 Half in US Say
 God Can Save
 the Dying

Only 20% of doctors agree, but many want to relate

Aug 18, 08 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many Americans believe God can intervene to save dying patients, a new survey shows. More than half say that God can revive a family member declared lost by doctors, and nearly 75% agree that patients are justified in seeking extra treatment. "Sensitivity to this belief will promote development of... More »

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medicine • faith • survey • doctors

McCain Recalls POW Prayers, Tests of Faith

Generally quiet on religion, candidate open about Vietnam

Aug 15, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has kept relatively quiet about his religious beliefs and practices, but he speaks freely on the spiritual significance of his captivity in North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973. Ahead of tomorrow's sit-down with Rick Warren, the candidate tells the Chicago Tribune about his harrowing experience in the Hanoi... More »

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John McCain • Vietnam • religion • faith • prisoner of war

Oregon Teen
in Faith-Healing Family Dies of Bladder Infection

'Horrible way to die,' says medical examiner

Jun 19, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 16-year-old Oregon boy whose family believed that faith can heal has died after refusing medical treatment for pain and shortness of breath, reports ABC News. The state medical examiner said the boy's bladder infection would have been easily treatable and his death was "absolutely a horrible way to... More »

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religion • faith • Oregon • medical treatment

Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

Says superior threatened charges over meeting in Iraq

Apr 26, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - An atheist soldier is suing the US military for harassment after commanders pressured him to find faith, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. One officer broke into Jeremy Hall's atheist meeting in Iraq last year and said, “People like you are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted... More »

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religion • lawsuit • faith • US Army • atheism • Bill Maher Grid

Domino's Founder Grows His Catholic-Friendly Town

After a year, Florida's Ave Maria boasts close to 1K residents

Apr 14, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost a year after opening, Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan’s made-to-order Catholic town is growing. Although the 1,000 residents of Ave Maria, Fla., are not exclusively Catholic, the town wears it identity on its sleeve: The only coffee shop plays Mass on TV 24/7, and the bookstores prominently... More »

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Florida • Catholic Church • faith • Tom Monaghan • Domino's Pizza • Ave Maria • Catholic education • Catholicism • Roman Catholicism

Bitter Schism Dominates
Faith Forum

Dems try to close
God Gap, but debate
cleaves to politics

Apr 14, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secular politics won the day at last night's "Compassion Forum" in Pennsylvania, the LA Times reports, despite the Democratic contenders' resolve to present a united front on faith. Hillary Clinton used her pulpit at Messiah College to sermonize against her rival's comments on "bitter" religious voters, again calling... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • religion • Pennsylvania • faith • Bittergate • compassion forum • Messiah College

More Americans Cut Church Ties

50% have switched denomination, and
16% have no affiliation

Feb 26, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are swapping  religious affiliations at an accelerating rate, with 50% choosing  a different denomination than the one they were raised in, and 16%—double the number 20 years ago—saying the have no ties to a particular church, a new survey of religious life finds. That doesn't mean they're... More »

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immigration • Catholic Church • religion • America • secularism • faith • Latinos • churchgoers • evangelicals

$3.7M Study Questions Origins of Faith

UK researchers will
ask if people believe
in God naturally

Feb 20, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - UK researchers will spend $3.7 million probing whether belief in God is a matter of nature or nurture, the Times of London reports. The University of Oxford crew will examine whether faith in a deity conferred an evolutionary advantage, or might be byproduct of other advantageous human characteristics, such... More »

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Christianity • religion • God • faith • Oxford University • academic research

Bush Opens Up About History
of Addiction

Prez talks up 'higher power,' praises faith-based initiatives

Jan 29, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush recalled his battles with alcoholism during a visit to a faith-based social services organization today in Baltimore. "I drank too much at one time in my life," said the president, adding that his experiences showed him that people "can find inspiration from a higher power"... More »

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alcohol • alcoholism • addiction • faith • Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives • church sponsored organizations • Jericho Program • George W. Bush

Obama to SC Blacks: Have Faith

Dem puts religion over race in primary strategy

Jan 12, 08 6:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is putting religion over race in the Palmetto State, where almost half of Democratic voters are black—a strategy that has worked for President Bush twice, Politico reports. As in Iowa, Obama has held faith forums throughout the state and even stumped in conservative, white churches. Some sneered... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • South Carolina • religion • church • faith • African-American voters

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