Ohio Churches' Political Activities Challenged- April 25, 2006 In a challenge to the ethics of conservative Ohio religious leaders and the fairness of the Internal Revenue Service, a group of 56 clergy members contends that two churches have gone too far in supporting a Republican candidate for governor.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925641/AR2006... Witness Details Finding Body of Ohio Nun- April 25, 2006 TOLEDO, Ohio -- The body of a nun found strangled and stabbed to death in a hospital chapel appeared to have been displayed in a ritualistic fashion, her arms and legs straight and no sign of blood, two fellow nuns testified Monday at the murder trial of a priest accused of the 1980 killing.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925639/AR2006... Mayor Postpones Church Parking Crackdown- April 24, 2006 Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) has backed off a planned crackdown on double-parking around city churches, instead imposing a moratorium on enforcement until a task force recommends ways to end squabbles between churches and their neighbors, the mayor's office confirmed yesterday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925647/AR2006... Herndon Church Adds Mass In Spanish- April 24, 2006 In the year and a half since moving from El Salvador to Herndon, Salvador Bonilla has gone to church only when friends could give him a lift to a Catholic parish four miles away in Sterling, the closest place offering Mass in Spanish. Yesterday afternoon, he stood outside St. Joseph Catholic Church...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925642/AR2006... On Tape, Bin Laden Warns of Long War- April 24, 2006 BERLIN, April 23 -- Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged his followers to prepare for a drawn-out conflict with the Western world in a new audiotape broadcast Sunday, blaming what he called "a Crusader-Zionist war" for a long list of attacks on Islam in places from Darfur to Denmark.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925646/AR2006... 'Da Vinci' Author Lets Others Fight It Out- April 24, 2006 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Though he's been hit with lawsuits and rebuffed by the Vatican, author Dan Brown said Sunday it's not his responsibility to address controversies stirred up by his book, "The Da Vinci Code."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925643/AR2006... World's youngest political prisoner turns 17- April 24, 2006 BEIJING (Reuters) - A Tibetan youth considered by rights groups to be the world's youngest political prisoner turns 17 on Tuesday, 11 years after disappearing from public view when he was named the Himalayan region's second-ranking religious figure.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925644/AR2006... Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter- April 24, 2006 ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday, worshipping at candlelit services from Russia to Ethiopia before gathering families for outdoor feasts.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925645/AR2006... China, Vatican Edge Toward Accord- April 23, 2006 HONG KONG, April 22 -- After more than half a century of hostility, China and the Roman Catholic Church have inched within reach of normal relations, a historic shift aimed at improving the lives of 10 million Chinese who regularly practice the faith, according to leaders and analysts on both sides...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/religion/index_xml/~3/246925648/AR2006... |