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Religion and Faith

2 MN towns: Attacks on cops should count as hate crimes

The city councils of Cambridge and Austin have unanimously passed resolutions that call for protecting police under hate crime laws.
by Jon Collins

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Elk River priest on leave amid sex abuse claim from 1970s

The Rev. Antonio Marfori says there's no truth in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a teenage boy nearly four decades ago.
by Madeleine Baran

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Planned Parenthood will no longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue

Planned Parenthood will no longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue

President Cecile Richards said accusations that the women's health group illegally profits from tissue provided to researchers has "nothing to do with our fetal tissue donation compliance process."
by Brakkton Booker

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Twin Cities Catholics weigh in on new archbishop

Twin Cities Catholics weigh in on new archbishop

About 150 Catholics gathered in St. Paul Monday to tell Archbishop Bernard Hebda what they'd like to see in a new archbishop of the Twin Cities archdiocese.
by Madeleine Baran

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Vatican fires priest after he comes out as gay ahead of bishops' meeting

Vatican fires priest after he comes out as gay ahead of bishops' meeting

Monsignor Kryztof Charamsa appeared at a news conference with his partner. In an interview he called the Church's stance on homosexuality "backwards."

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Vatican says pope's visit with Davis not a form of support

Vatican says pope's visit with Davis not a form of support

On Wednesday, Davis and her legal team said that the meeting had been brief, and that the pope had thanked Davis for her courage and told her, "Stay strong."

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Judge in archdiocese bankruptcy balks at adding new costs

The legal bill for the bankruptcy is already about $3.6 million. Now, the archdiocese wants a firm hired to represent sex abuse victims who might file claims against the church in the future.
by Martin Moylan

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Dalai Lama blesses followers after release from clinic

Dalai Lama blesses followers after release from clinic

The appearance by the 80-year-old Dalai Lama in Rochester followed his stay at the Mayo Clinic, where doctors had instructed him to rest.
by The Associated Press

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Kim Davis, Pope Francis reportedly met privately in D.C.

Kim Davis, Pope Francis reportedly met privately in D.C.

The Vatican isn't denying the meeting took place. Davis, who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says she met the pope at the Vatican embassy in Washington.

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