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Liberals run risk in weaponizing church discipline against Sessions
By Jacob Lupfer — June 21, 2018
(RNS ) — A move by members of the United Methodist Church to rein in Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a symptom of our exhaustion over the immigration debate. But the liberals' sudden commitment to church discipline is shortsighted and likely to backfire.
Judge rules for breakaway church in St. Louis
By Tracy Gordon — March 19, 2012
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Wading into tricky church-state territory, a judge has upheld an independent-minded Catholic church's ownership of its property and its right to craft bylaws that limit the authority of the Roman Catholic Church over its governance. By Tim Townsend.
Priest fired over Mass prayers fights to keep his job
By Tracy Gordon — February 29, 2012
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (RNS) A Roman Catholic priest who was fired for altering the words of the Mass is now digging deep into the letter of church law in an effort to regain his post as parish priest. By Tim Townsend.
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