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The Catholic order of priests that has refused to join a global payout to abuse victims heads to trial over accusations that four students were molested in the 1960s. >>
Critics say policies of the Roman Catholic Church are to blame for condemning many to poverty. Clerics say poverty is the culprit. >>
Egyptian Gamal Banna backs women's right to lead prayers and thinks clerics should adapt to modern times. >>
The Catholic Church priesthood shortage is being alleviated by men embarking on second careers, who bring special wisdom -- and challenges. >>
Actress and director Zane Buzby's Survivor Mitzvah Project sends funds directly to poor Eastern Europeans. >>
The state competition begins today in Chula Vista. >>
The China Philharmonic Orchestra is to perform for the pope, who has sought to improve ties with China to aid Catholics there. >>
Breaking his silence on the topic, the former British prime minister says his belief in God has been an essential backdrop in his public life. >>
COLUMN ONE
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
With timing unwelcome to Democratic candidate's campaign, Wright defends his racially charged comments. >>
The Rev. Ray Gibbons, a minister who helped Protestant churches in the United States address major social and political issues as director of the Council for Christian Social Action from 1944 to 1968, died of natural causes March 18 at Pilgrim Place retirement home in Claremont, his son David said last week. He was 105. >>
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. >>
State Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas and L.A. Councilman Bernard Parks visit churches, knowing the clout of clergy's opinions among congregations. >>
The cosmetically enhanced corpse goes on display. The church and officials of his hometown hope his reputation as a miracle worker will enhance faith, not to mention tourism. >>
The women's legal efforts to stay with their children are rejected, and they are given the choice of returning to their polygamist compound. >>
He reached out not just to the American faithful but to members of other religions and victims of the church's sexual abuse scandal. >>
Wrapping up his U.S. trip, the pontiff also leads Mass at Yankee Stadium, where he calls for rights for the 'unborn child.' >>
The pontiff humbly describes himself as a 'poor successor' to St. Peter and brings up his youth amid Nazism. >>
The Passover meal helps build bonds with other communities. >>
Benedict, who also visits a synagogue and meets with Jewish leaders, calls for collective diplomacy and the protection of religious freedom. >>
The world body's chief of protocol says planning was much harder than for President Bush. Among the rules of conduct, Benedict should be the one to initiate contact. >>
Benedict XVI later encourages church educators to fortify Catholic identity to avoid 'confusion' in the young. >>
In a private encounter with a handful of those harmed by priests, the pope is said to have offered words of hope. >>
The crisis has been mishandled, the pontiff acknowledges during his visit to Washington. >>
David Noel Freedman, a Bible scholar who was the general editor of the Anchor Bible Commentary series, a standard reference in seminary and university libraries that includes updated translations with explanatory notes of each book of the Bible, died April 8. He was 85. >>
On his flight to the U.S., he promises more effort to weed out pedophile priests. Bush greets his plane. >>
Benedict XVI isn't expected to chastise the educators during his East Coast visit this week, but he might challenge them to promote a stronger Catholic identity for their schools. >>
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Nostalgia offers an outlet for quiet rebels. Government uses the past too, as do the fashion-conscious. >>
But Democratic rival Clinton and Republican McCain fan the flames of the controversial comment. >>
Benedict XVI arrives Tuesday for a six-day visit to America, which he sees as a potential role model for melding religion into daily life. >>
The exiled Tibetan leader says dialogue can make enemies into friends. He hopes for an end to nuclear weapons. >>
He says he didn't choose his words well, but "I said something that everybody knows is true." Clinton says the comments "are out of touch," and McCain also takes aim. >>
ON VIEW
An exhibit at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels includes garb worn by popes and surveys the work of liturgical vestment maker Stadelmaier of the Netherlands. >>
Unlike Arizona and Utah, it closed a compound forcibly. >>
The actor, who died last week, told The Times in 1956 that walking in the prophet's footsteps left him nearly overwhelmed. >>
The Democrat says of struggling communities, 'It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy.' Clinton and McCain call his comments elitist. >>
History of polygamist sectThe Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a rogue offshoot of the Mormon Church, which has disavowed the sect. Polygamy is a central FLDS tenet, and FLDS followers believe the Mormon Church was wrong to have banned it in 1890. Here's a brief history of the group and recent events involving its leader, Warren Jeffs, who is imprisoned: >>Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, who helped establish renewed Vatican relations with Mexico's government, died Thursday at his Mexico City home. He was 88. >>
Though Benedict XVI isn't likely to talk about the presidential campaign, the candidates may seek to tap the influence he wields with Catholic voters. >>
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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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