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Church leaders, gathering in Anaheim for their first national convention in three years, also consider repealing a de facto ban on the consecration of gay bishops.
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Jews see an endorsement of efforts to convert them in recent Catholic writings. That's not what we meant, Catholic leadership insists. >>
BELIEFS
Their book is filled with colorful artwork and includes a foreword by the spiritual leader. It is part of the peace program at 186th Street Elementary School. >>
BELIEFS
Police leaders hope that the new chaplain, who has a history of building bridges between Muslims and law enforcement, can help officers understand his community better. >>
POP MUSIC REVIEW
It's a case of deja vu as Bad Religion and NOFX headline in Pomona. Sideshow annoyances aside, the marquee names and promising newcomers prove there's plenty to enjoy in the annual punk road show. >>
Holdouts Ulster Defense Assn. and the Ulster Volunteer Force say the time has come for peace and that they have decommissioned or will soon all their weapons. >>
MOVIE REVIEW
'The Stoning of Soraya M.' vividly depicts the violent execution of a woman condemned by religion distorted. >>
Sheila Schuller Coleman, who has worked in the church for decades, will deliver occasional sermons and be the driving force behind Crystal Cathedral operations, including the 'Hour of Power' TV show. >>
BELIEFS
Made wary by recent events, church leaders are turning to security companies for help and even asking members to carry guns for security reasons. >>
Former high-ranking executives tell a newspaper that church leader David Miscavige hit staff members and encouraged others to do the same. >>
COLUMN ONE
At New York's Beth Israel Medical Center, Buddhist chaplains offer prayers, meditation, massage and other assistance to the sick. 'We focus on listening,' one says. >>
The plaintiff, 32, said that when he was 9 or 10, the priest molested him repeatedly at a Catholic church near downtown. An archdiocesan official says the priest was removed from service in 1988. >>
Opinion
California's bishops remind Sacramento that budget cuts should not be borne by the weakest among us. >>
BELIEFS
As they retired from South L.A. pulpits, civil rights-era ministers took with them a civic-minded Christianity that is neither the 'prosperity gospel' nor the soul-saving ministry of televangelists. >>
OBITUARIES
Thomas Berry dies at 94; cultural historian became a leading thinker on religion and the environmentDescribed as an 'eco-theologian,' he was an early advocate of the notion that Earth's ecological crisis was basically a crisis of the spirit. >>
The son of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson lacked her charisma but led the church she founded through a period of explosive growth. >>
OBITUARIES
Ralph D. Winter, a Christian missionary who was named one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals by Time magazine in 2005, died Wednesday at his home in Pasadena after battling multiple myeloma and lymphoma. He was 84. >>
RETAIL
Expensive denim is jumping off the racks, even as fashion sales fizzle in general. People say the pants are a relative bargain and affordable luxury. >>
Blowback
She says it's because we're boring. More likely, it's because we speak out against the intellectually bankrupt beliefs of religion. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
In one case, Archbishop Hector Gonzalez calls attention to a drug trafficker in his neighborhood and accuses the government of ignoring the situation. The prelate later apologizes for his comments. >>
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Jews come together at events marking Birkat Hachamah, which celebrates the sun's return to what the Talmud says is the exact position it occupied at the time of Creation. >>
Jesuit Father John D. McAnulty, who founded a retreat center in Los Angeles for Catholic priests and served as its director for more than 25 years, has died. He was 88. >>
Seven East L.A. Catholic parishes join to reenact the Crucifixion, and the cast is dominated by teenagers. >>
It was revealed in 2007 that Paulk, co-founder of Chapel Hill Harvester Church in Georgia, was the biological father of his brother's son. He was dogged by accusations of sex misconduct for decades. >>
Editorial
Attempts to disinvite the president as commencement speaker are an unwelcome intrusion of religion into academic life. >>
Editorial
A Brazilian excommunication case stirs worldwide indignation. >>
BELIEFS
A full 22% of New Englanders identified with no religion last year, compared with 20% on the West Coast, the survey says. New England's shrinking Catholic population is part of the explanation. >>
OBITUARIES
Wheatley, the senior pastor at Westwood United Methodist Church for nearly two decades, was 'a visionary for the whole church,' a longtime friend said. >>
CAUSE CELEBRE
Celebrities including Harrison Ford, Gwyneth Paltrow add their names to Archbishop Desmond Tutu's letter. >>
Leon Howell, an author and essayist who was the last editor of the influential liberal-tilting journal Christianity and Crisis, has died. He was 73. >>
Martin's lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years. His book 'Chalk Talks on Alcohol' was published in 1982 and is still in print. >>
Gerber taught Spanish, Italian and French at Mount St. Mary's College for 45 years and guided a program that trained highly educated Cuban immigrants to become Spanish teachers in California. >>
Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen, a leading Tibetan lama, human rights activist and founder of a Buddhist center in Long Beach, died Feb. 13 after a short illness. He was 85. >>
HOT PROPERTY
The Bad Religion guitarist's four-bedroom, three-story home sits on over half an acre and features an outdoor gym, a pool, spa and waterfall. >>
Millard Fuller, a self-made millionaire who gave away his wealth to start the Christian house-building group Habitat for Humanity, and who started a similar organization after he was fired over disputes with the Habitat board, died Tuesday en route to a hospital in Albany, Ga. He was 74. >>
Opinion
In their 43-year marriage, Charles and Emma Darwin used respect, understanding and acceptance to bridge the gulf between his reason and her steadfast faith. >>
Opinion
Barack Obama's use of Abraham Lincoln's Bible serves to connect the presidents by religion. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
The Vatican's No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, calls for a 'harsh deterrent' to the drug violence that left more than 5,000 dead last year. >>
The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a leading intellectual of the Christian right who helped build a new coalition of conservative Protestants and Roman Catholics, and informally advised President George W. Bush, died Thursday in New York. He was 72. >>
The Rev. Robert J. Marshall, who presided over the largest denomination of the Lutheran Church in the 1970s and was part of early discussions that led to the merger of three branches of the church, has died. He was 90. >>
BOOKS
The book uses pop culture images to spread the gospel. >>
He led University of Judaism for 29 years before it was renamed. He was also the guiding force behind the first modern Torah commentary for Conservative Judaism. >>
Cardinal Avery Dulles, a former professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., who was born into a family of elite Protestant diplomats and became one of the country's most prominent Catholic theologians, died Friday at an infirmary at Fordham University in New York. Stricken with polio when young, he had post-polio syndrome, which led to progressive muscular and pulmonary deterioration. He was 90. >>
Artists capture in images and words cures and wonders, great and small, at Avenue 50 Studio. >>
The Inland Empire's poorest congregation gives money toward a 'balloon church' to replace a crumbling building. 'Even though they are poor, you have no idea how generous they really are,' pastor says. >>
'La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin' has become a tradition in L.A.'s Latino community. >>
During his 18 years as patriarch, Alexei had restored the church to an institution of privilege and power and healed a rift with a splinter group. >>
The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died. He was 97. >>
Editorial
Gains among women in the clergy are under attack in both Catholic and Protestant churches. >>
Editorial
The Supreme Court should deny the sect's demand for a monument to its beliefs, similar to one in a park featuring the Ten Commandments. >>
The Rev. Louis H. Evans Jr., the organizing pastor of Bel Air Presbyterian Church who went on to lead the congregation of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., where Ronald Reagan worshiped while he was president, has died. He was 82. >>
Obama's lead among Catholic voters may signal a profound shift. >>
Sukkot, the 'season of our rejoicing,' lasts a week and celebrates the final harvest. Observers of the holiday build and spend much of their time in sukkahs, reflecting on their ancestors' desert trek >>
Opinion
Not that again. Palin's view ignores the fact that, as in religion, the attraction is undeniable. And heeding such calls is the essence of freedom. >>
Opinion
His movie, 'Religulous,' is one-dimesional, while religion is varied and colorful. >>
Catholics, Jews and Muslims gather at the Huntington Beach Pier to offer brief prayers. After a bowl of holy water is poured into the ocean, some grab their boards and hit the waves. >>
An exhibit at the cultural center in Los Angeles demonstrates how his acceptance of outsiders as a young boy shaped much of his legacy as head of the Roman Catholic Church. >>
Dust-Up
Erik Stanley says the power to tax enables the government to destroy the free exercise of religion. Barry Lynn says that it isn't unreasonable for organizations that pay no taxes to accept some federal oversight. >>
The deal ends a two-year legal battle between a Vietnamese congregation and the city over a plan to build a temple on Chapman Avenue. The city had said the site of a former medical center was inapprop >>
The actor has become a regular on the annual show because he is energized by the organization's good works. >>
Archbishop Joseph Kiet Ngo of Vietnam visits Catholic counterparts in Orange County. >>
Opinion
Healthcare providers should not be allowed to let faith interfere with delivering care. >>
The three-day evangelistic gathering, which features Christian rock and last year attracted more than 100,000 people, gets a more somber source of momentum. >>
Parvez Sharma's documentary depicts their battle to reconcile their sexual orientation with their devotion to a faith that condemns their way of life. The film screens at an L.A. theater next week. >>
The Mother Mosque in Cedar Rapids, the oldest in North America, is badly damaged by flooding. But the imam plans to rebuild. >>
OUT THERE
Three sisters take over the dome in Landers, where therapeutic 'sound baths,' time travel and who knows what else are said to be possible. >>
TRENDS
The religious symbol as decoration? It's complicated. >>
Officials never proved they were in imminent danger, ruling asserts. Some polygamist families could be reunited within weeks. >>
Twenty years after a woman said the Virgin Mary appeared to her, hundreds still attend Our Lady of the Rock gatherings in the Mojave. Despite disavowal by the church, followers say they draw comfort. >>
CLASSICAL MUSIC
The renowned 'orchestra of voices' is taking its dozen male singers on the road -- the state's historic Camino Real that links the mission sites. >>
ISLAM IN A NEW WORLD
The new film, based on the Islamic version of Jesus' life, depicts him as a prophet rather than the son of God. Its director says he wants to further understanding. >>
CAMPAIGN '08
Not long after he became the presumed Republican nominee, John McCain flew to New Orleans to face a skeptical audience -- conservative leaders of the Council for National Policy. >>
JAPAN | MT. KOYA
Guests can stay overnight at one of the temples and participate in the monks' routines. >>
TOON-OP
Cartoonists mix politics and religion. >>
At the funeral, the Chaldean patriarch urges patience for the beleaguered minority in Mosul. Some members see it as the last straw and prepare to leave. >>
The Chaldean priest kidnapped two weeks ago had said Christians in the city were at risk. Baghdad blast kills 18. >>
After a teddy bear incident and much debate, the House of Lords votes to abolish it. >>
Recently a group of Southland Muslims undertook the hajj -- Islam's ritual pilgrimage to Mecca. With moments of peace and chaos, the trip was an experience they won't forget. >>
The church's history of nuanced social views frees members from litmus-test voting. >>
The nation's long-held Protestant majority has slipped to 51%. Evangelicals make up the nation's single-largest tradition, followed by Catholics. >>
Column One
The country is a fast-growing producer of kosher-certified food. But inspection and approval require a cultural balancing act -- how do you explain the Book of Leviticus in an atheist nation? >>
COLUMN ONE
He is grieved by his inability to make peace between liberals and conservatives in his own faith. It's a battle that has left him estranged from the Southern Baptist Convention. >>
The president-prophet moved the church closer to the religious mainstream, offering a media-friendly face. >>
COLUMN ONE
They wanted their Billings, Mont., communal home to bring them a deeper faith and a simpler life. But everyday concerns kept getting in the way. >>
A La Crescenta temple is dedicated to Vedanta, a Hindu philosophy that honors all religions. >>
Another member of the media gets in trouble for making inappropriate comments. Only this time, the subject was religion. >>
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