Thursday’s Religion News Roundup: Teavangelicals; Laicizing William Lynn; Exorcism lawsuit

Why Teavangelicals matter. Why Al Green isn't filled with love and happiness. Why a woman is suing her exorcist. 

All eyes are on the Supreme Court this morning. The health care decision should be released at about 10 a.m. RNS will have full coverage throughout the day.

CNN offers five reasons why “Teavangelicals” matter in the 2012 election.  

Can Catholics crash that party? An Idaho priest gave the invocation at the state's GOP convention and asked God to find President Obama a new job.


Rep. Al Green isn't filled with love and happiness about Rep. Peter King's hearings on American Muslims and thinks Congress should also investigate radicals from other religions. 

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is persecuted around the world, but it has plenty of friends on Capitol Hill.

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn ordered his to priests drop their 'Call to Disobedience' reform manifesto or else. 

SNAP is urging Archbishop Charles Chaput to defrock the priest convicted last week of shielding other clerics who preyed on children. But laicizing Monsignor William Lynn is not as simple as it sounds.

The Vatican seems to have sided with anti-abortion activist Rev. Frank Pavone in his battle against a bishop, but details are foggy. 

A Virginia woman who claims a priest molested her during exorcisms has filed a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, its bishop and an anti-abortion ministry that employed the exorcist.

The head of the Christian organization Exodus International is no longer trying to “cure” gays of their homosexuality, but Orlando’s gay community ain't buying it.


A new documentary exploring the ethical implications of sperm donation is creating a buzz among religious audiences.

Chicago church is bringing at-risk kids to a music studio to keep them off the streets. 

The Sistine Chapel Choir will sing together with the Westminster Abbey Choir, the first time the pope's personal singers will harmonize with other choristers. (And the preeminent Protestant choir, no less.) 

A megachurch pastor in Singapore was charged with stealing $19 million of the congregation's money to support his wife's singing career.

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Daniel Burke

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