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Nonprofit groups oppose Obama’s change in charitable deductions

WASHINGTON (RNS) For the fourth year in a row, President Obama is proposing lower tax deductions for the wealthy on donations to churches and other nonprofit organizations. And for the fourth year in a row, nonprofit groups say the change would lead to a dramatic drop in charitable giving. By Annalisa Musarra.
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Blacks say atheists were unseen civil rights heroes

| Feb 22, 2012

Why is Martin Luther King, a Christian, remembered by so many for his contributions to the civil rights movement while A. Philip Randolph, an atheist, is honored by so few? That is a question many black nonbelievers are asking this Black History Month. By Kimberly Winston.
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FBI, Muslims report progress over training materials

| Feb 16, 2012

(RNS) The FBI said it was willing to consider a proposal from a coalition of Muslim and interfaith groups to establish a committee of experts tasked with reviewing literature and videos used anti-terrorism training, but it had not yet received a plan to consider.
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Company touts ‘medical tourism’ to Israel for sick pilgrims

| Feb 15, 2012

JERUSALEM (RNS) An Israel-based tourism company is offering "medical tourism" packages that combines medical care with a pilgrimage for the thousands of Americans who travel abroad for medical care. By Michele Chabin.
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From the RNS archives: Catholic birth control decree remains controversial

| Feb 10, 2012

This article was written in 2008, around the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the papal document that reinforced the Catholic Church's ban on artificial birth control.  c. 2008 Religion News Service (RNS) Some say Pope Paul VI predicted the dangers of loosening sexual morals: widespread divor...
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Till death (or illness or dementia) us do part?

| Feb 8, 2012

(RNS) When the person you married goes through a dramatic change -- a car accident, brain injury or dementia --  what's a spouse to do? As Valentine's Day approaches, clergy, ethicists  and brain injury experts agree: There are no easy answers.  By Adelle M. Banks.
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British group can’t tout divine healing in ads, website

| Feb 6, 2012

LONDON (RNS) Britain's powerful media advertising watchdog has banned a Christian activist group from claiming that God's cure-all powers can heal a string of medical ailments. By Al Webb.
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Yes, Mormons tithe, but most others don’t

| Feb 2, 2012

(RNS) Across the religious landscape, tithing is often preached but rarely realized.  Research into church donations shows a wide range of giving, with Mormons among the most generous relative to income, conservative Christians next, followed by mainline Protestants and Catholics last. By Bruce Nolan.
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Will the Mormon Church’s racial history be a problem for Mitt Romney?

| Jan 31, 2012

(RNS) Until 1978, African-Americans were denied full membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has refused to say whether he thinks his church's racial policies before then were misguided. Daniel Burke explores Mormons' troubled history with race.
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In Cleveland, a battle over unwanted churches

| Jan 30, 2012

CLEVELAND (RNS) Shuttered churches might be the biggest challenge facing the preservation community. Shrinking congregations and migration to the suburbs have left churches empty, or with fewer members. Preservationists lobby to save them, but no one can afford to open them. By  Michelle Jarboe McFee.
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Woman charged with embezzling $1 million from NY archdiocese

| Jan 30, 2012

NEW YORK (RNS) A 67-year-old woman with a criminal record for theft has been charged with siphoning $1 million in donations while working in the finance office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. By David Gibson.
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