Ga. pastor apologizes to Jewish group for ceremony
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia megachurch leader is apologizing to a Jewish group that criticized him for taking part in a ceremony in which he was wrapped in a religious scroll and exalted as a "king."...
Vatican rejects prelate's corruption allegations
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The administration of the Vatican City State on Saturday categorically rejected as groundless a top prelate's accusations of corruption in the Holy See's awarding of contracts....
Abuse victim: church at top must ask forgiveness
ROME (AP) -- An Irish woman raped as a teen by a priest said Friday some clergy sex abuse victims are questioning motives behind an upcoming Vatican-backed symposium, where she hopes the pope and other Catholic leaders will ask for forgiveness for those who failed to protect children....
Muslim groups plan rally after NYPD intel report
NEW YORK (AP) -- Muslim groups and interfaith leaders are holding a rally in the wake of a report about New York Police Department intelligence....
Contraception mandate outrages religious groups
The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception....
Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration scrambled Thursday to contain a growing election-year outcry over its decision that church-affiliated employers must cover birth control regardless of their religious principles....
Religion news in brief
Jesus at mountaintop ski resort in US allowed to stay after feds reverse statue's eviction...
5 years after headlines, SC monks grow mushrooms
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) -- Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms. It hasn't been easy or without frustration....
Macedonian Orthodox Christian church set alight
LABUNISTA, Macedonia (AP) -- An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was set alight in southern Macedonia overnight, authorities said Tuesday, as religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims grew over a carnival in which men dressed as women in burqas and mocked the Quran....
AP Exclusive: Vatican rewrites money launder law
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican has rewritten its 2010 anti-money laundering law after European inspectors found that it didn't fully meet their tough standards to combat the financing of terrorism....
