Number of nuns drops by more than 20 percent
Associated Press VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official says the number of nuns who dedicate their lives to prayer and contemplating God is dwindling, …
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Birth control mandate violates religious rights
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Missouri lawmaker who cited …
Financial justice was a key focus at 2016 NAACP convention
By CHARLENE CROWELL With 2,200 branches in every state, and added presence on 60 military installations – five located overseas – the NAACP’s grassroots reach …
America first, or American?
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Yes, it’s morning in America but the skies are partly cloudy, with a good chance of rain. I’m afraid the rain …
Trump’s speech, dark vision of global and national decay
By ROGER CALDWELL The Republicans have finished fabricating lies at their three-ring circus, where their presidential nominee Donald Trump was the ringmaster. Trump is …
America’s exceptionalism
By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN After nearly two and a half centuries of democracy, this is what the state of national politics has degenerated to: The …
Blacks have opportunity to break Democratic chains
By BARBARA HOWARD African Americans have been tied to the Democratic Party since slavery, particularly in the South. First, plantation owners owned slaves who …
Methodists elect first openly gay bishop in defiance of injunction
Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – The Western district of the Methodist church has elected an openly gay bishop despite the denomination’s ban on same-sex …
Aspiring nun crowdfunds to pay off $12,000 student loan debt
Associated Press CLIFTON, N.J. – An aspiring nun who was told she couldn’t enter a convent until her student loan debt was paid off …
Africa’s biggest city shuts churches, mosques to fight noise
By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Africa’s largest city is closing dozens of mosques, churches and nightclubs in a bid to …