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Methodist survey aims to stop membership decline
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It's the conundrum Protestant denominations with declining memberships and shrinking budgets are desperate to solve: How to stem the decades-long losses and attract new worshippers....
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A lawsuit filed by a federal agency claims Somali Muslim workers at a meatpacking plant in Nebraska were denied prayer time and faced harassment and even termination for asking to pray....
Suits: Muslims harassed at JBS meatpacking plants
DENVER (AP) -- Muslim Somali workers at two JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in Colorado and Nebraska face ongoing harassment because of their race and religion, including being prevented from getting a drink at one of the plants after fasting all day during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges....
German bishops expand sex abuse guidelines
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's Roman Catholic church introduced new guidelines Tuesday on handling reports of sexual abuse that require prosecutors to be informed of any suspected case unless the victim objects to that....
Pope grants interviews to journalist for new book
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has granted a series of interviews to a German journalist that will form the basis of a new book expected later this year....
Group sues Ill. police over Muslim chaplain flap
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Muslim advocacy group filed a federal discrimination lawsuit Monday over an Illinois State Police decision to revoke the appointment of the agency's first Muslim chaplain....
Mormon church officials talking with Chinese
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Mormon church is in talks with the People's Republic of China to improve relations for church members living in mainland China, church officials said in a statement Monday....
Swift sued over treatment of Muslims at Neb. plant
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Somali Muslim workers at a meatpacking plant in Grand Island were denied prayer time and faced harassment and even termination for asking to pray, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission....
Belgian cardinal: I was 'naive' to meet victim
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The former head of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church has acknowledged that he should not have held a meeting with a victim of serial sexual abuse and suggested a cover up until the offending bishop retired....
Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Sunday he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim. "The facts are the facts," said Obama, who is a Christian. In an interview broadcast on "NBC Nightly News," the president blamed the confusion over his religious beliefs on "a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly."...
