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Sunday Faith United Church (UUC), 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will hold a Sunday study "Introducing the Disciples" at 9:15 a.m., fellowship at 10 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Karl Tewold's message will be "Why We Do What We Do. ... full story

Spring brings proposals, entering marriage sacrament

By BRUCE CHABOT What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. -- John 2:11 "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" wrote Tennys ... full story

Cardinal leaves complicated legacy

PHILADELPHIA -- Church leaders called on parishioners Wednesday to pray for the soul of retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who led them for more than 15 years but was also an uncharged central figure in a child sex-abuse case that involves the all ... full story

Film spotlights gay honor killing

ANKARA, Turkey -- Shortly after telling his parents he was gay, Ahmet Yildiz was gunned down inside his car by his father in Istanbul. It was Turkey's first officially recognized gay "honor killing." An award-winning film partly inspired by Yildiz's ... full story

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Sunday * Faith United Church, 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will hold a Sunday study "Introducing the Disciples" at 9:15 a.m., fellowship at 10 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Karl Tewold's message will be "Your Real Identity." For ... full story

Mitt Romney's tithes detailed in tax returns

Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate's remarkable personal wealth. The documents also give a rare glimpse into tithing to the Mormon church by one its most prominent member ... full story

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Saturday Christ United Methodist Church, 4201 Texas 6 South, will hold a District Missions Forum from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. There will be missionaries from the Ukraine and Kenya making presentations and workshops on Missions ... full story

Religious employers must cover the pill

WASHINGTON -- Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced Friday in an election-year move that outraged religious groups, fueling a national debate about the reach of go ... full story

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Islamic American rejected moderate upbringing

Moeed Abdul Salam didn't descend into radical Islam for lack of other options. He grew up in a well-off Texas household, attended a pricey boarding school and graduated from one of the state's most respected universities. But the most unlikely thing ... full story

Supreme Court ruling confuses religious workers

DETROIT -- Aleeza Adelman teaches Jewish studies at a Jewish school, yet she considers herself a teacher whose subject is religion, not a religious teacher. She's rethinking how to define her job after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling left her won ... full story

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Saturday * Shiloh Baptist Church, 502 East Martin Luther King St. in Bryan, at 3 p.m. will celebrate the second pastoral anniversary of the pastor and his wife. The Rev. M. O. Cooper and the St. Matthews Baptist Church will be guests. For more inform ... full story

Czech churches to be repaid

PRAGUE -- Churches were seized, priests jailed or executed and those who were still allowed to lead religious services did so under the watchful eye of the secret police. More than 22 years after the fall of Communism, the Czech government agreed We ... full story

Gambling Las Vegas priest gets 3 years for embezzlement

LAS VEGAS -- Muffled sobs erupted Friday in a courtroom packed with supporters of a Roman Catholic priest who was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison and ordered to repay $650,000 he acknowledged embezzling from his northwest Las Ve ... full story

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Saturday * St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th in Bryan, invites guests to walk the Labyrinth from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in its Parish Hall. The January theme is "Prayerfully parting to the old of 2011 and joyfully journeying into 2012." It is fre ... full story

King fought for justice for all races

During the month of January, we mark the birthday of one of our nation's great modern heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Almost everyone in America knows how King struggled for human equality and dignity. All too many people have come to believe that ... full story