AltWeeklies Wire
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For four days in late July, 1,300 people gathered at UC Berkeley to proclaim that they believed in God, compassion, and, yes, social justice. But there's still trouble in getting across the message.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
08-22-2005 |
Religion
Tags: Michael Lerner
Kiss and Tellnew
Critics want the diocese to explain why a Houston Roman Catholic priest accused by many adult nuns of sexual misconduct is still celebrating Mass.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-15-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Nine Women Illicitly Ordained as Catholic Clergynew
The women went to international waters off Canada, where they were ordained as priests or deacons by female bishops from Europe.
Monterey County Weekly |
Brett Wilbur |
08-08-2005 |
Religion
Christian Jihadnew
Members of the anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Islam group Operation Save America justify the protest tactics that some find unsettling.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
08-05-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Last Suppernew
When a restaurant manager breaks company rules for religious reasons and gets fired, the path to God is paved with lawsuits.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
07-25-2005 |
Religion
Top Church Official Turned Blind Eye Toward Accused Priestnew
Pope Benedict XVI named William J. Levada Roman Catholicism's top doctrinal watchdog -- even though, as San Francisco archbishop, Levada resolutely looked away from sex-abuse complaints against a renowned priest and legal scholar.
Born Again to Be Wild: Burning Rubber With Bikers for Jesusnew
Christian motorcycle ministries are spreading the Gospel on two wheels -- but will they succeed in their mission to convert hard-core bikers into born-again disciples?
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
07-13-2005 |
Religion
Airplane Is Gone, and So Is the 'Prophet'new
This June 2005 report on Warren Jeffs' disappearance was just one of many by Phoenix New Times on the FDLS prophet, who yesterday was found guilty of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old church member.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
07-06-2005 |
Religion
Christ by the Slicenew
Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan is spending millions to build a City of God in suburban Florida.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-16-2005 |
Religion
'Washing of the Brain'new
A new allegation surfaces in the already strange story of the New Gnostic Church.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
05-18-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Trouble at an Ohio Sikh Templenew
A conflict between cut and uncut members of a Sikh temple in Bedford, Ohio, led to a fistfight and a request from the city law director that the temple remain shut for two weeks to allow tempers to cool.
Cleveland Scene |
Charu Gupta |
05-17-2005 |
Religion
Used Clothing Collectors Deny They're in a Cultnew
Since Planet Aid started in the U.S. in 1997, news reports have questioned its connection to Tvind, a Denmark-based organization that government officials in France and Belgium have declared a cult.
Quitting the Cultnew
James King had dozens of people under his sway, and his obscure New Gnostic Church had few issues with the outside world -- until he and his mistress seduced the 17-year-old daughter of two church members.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
05-04-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
A Relationship Between a Bank and a Church Draws Firenew
Some past members of a Missouri church see their conservative pastor’s business dealings with a bank executive as an unholy alliance.
Pope and Circumstancenew
Those giving archconservative Benedict XVI the benefit of the doubt are straining to see a more-liberal Church dating back to Vatican II, one that never really existed.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
04-29-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
