excommunication
Italian archbishop calls for 10-year ban on godparents to stop Mafia infiltration
By Josephine McKenna — July 2, 2014
ROME (RNS) Now that the pope has signaled he wants to challenge Italy’s organized crime groups, an Italian archbishop is suggesting a 10-year moratorium on naming godfathers at baptisms.
Excommunicated Mormon Kate Kelly: ‘I’ve done nothing wrong and have nothing to repent’
By Kristen Moulton — June 24, 2014
(RNS) Women’s ordination advocate Kate Kelly said it’s unlikely she will seek rebaptism anytime soon into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which excommunicated her Monday (June 23).
Kate Kelly, Mormon women’s group founder, excommunicated from church
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 23, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A panel of judges has moved to excommunicate Kate Kelly, a founder of the group Ordain Women, on charges of apostasy.
Mormon higher-ups hold keys to excommunication process against two activists
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — June 18, 2014
(RNS) If Mormon higher-ups want disciplinary actions against two activists to stop, they could do so. They've done it before.
The ‘Splainer: Excommunication 101
By Kimberly Winston — June 17, 2014
(RNS) Catholics may have invented the concept of excommunication, but they're not the only religious group to discipline or sideline members who stray from the official party line.
How to excommunicate a Mormon
By Lee Davidson — June 12, 2014
(RNS) How do Mormons decide who can be excommunicated? It all rests on the work of disciplinary councils.
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