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Home > News > Religion & Faith 5/9/2008 9:37:46 PM
The Holy Hole at The Players Championship 
 
 
Church Leader Arrested on Sex Charges in New Mexico 
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children. 
 
Community Says Good-bye to First Baptist's "First Lady" 
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The First Coast came together Monday night to remember a religious icon. Family and friends gathered at First Baptist Church downtown to say their good-byes to Shirley Lindsay. 
 
New Mexico Sect Leader Wanted to Sleep with Teen Virgins 
CLAYTON, N.M. (AP) -- For 16 years, he followed a man who calls himself Michael, finally settling along with other families on a former ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. 
 
Barack Obama Looks To Put Controversial Pastor Behind Him  
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is looking to get his campaign back on track today after making a strong effort to distance himself from his controversial former pastor. 
 
Appeals Court Backs Prison Chaplains 
ATLANTA (AP) -- An appeals court panel says a federal judge made a mistake by denying a request by two former prison chaplains to dismiss a suit against them by a Jewish inmate who claimed religious discrimination. 
 
License Plate With Cross Likely Will Not Move Forward 
TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- A Florida license plate that would have become the first in the nation to prominently feature a religious symbol is unlikely be on the road any time soon after state lawmakers did not include it in license plate legislation Tuesday. 
 
Miami Jewish Community Raising Support After Fire Destroys Synagogue 
MIAMI (AP) -- South Florida Jewish community leaders are rounding up support to rebuild the Chabad of Miami Beach after the synagogue was gutted by a fire earlier this week. 
 
Chinese State Media: Government Will Meet Dalai Lama Aide 
BEIJING (AP) -- The Chinese government plans to meet with a private representative of the Dalai Lama in the coming days, state-run media reported, after weeks of pressure from world leaders. 
 
Mothers From Polygamous Sect Separated From Young Children 
ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- Mothers from a polygamous sect described an emotional, rushed scene when they were forced from the shelter where they had been staying with their young children since the state removed them from their homes. 
 
Florida Lawmakers Debate Offering a Christian License Plate 
MIAMI (AP) -- Florida drivers can order specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat. But one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion. 
 
Polygamist Sect Kids Leave Shelter For Foster Care, For Now 
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- For 2 1/2 weeks, more than 400 children who lived on a polygamist compound in western Texas have been in state custody, exiled from home but relatively close to the parents who are fighting accusations of abuse within the sect. 
 
Charity Drops Jesus to Boost Donations 
MARTIN COUNTY, FL -- For nearly a quarter century Jesus House of Hope has provided food, clothes, and money for needy families in Florida's Martin County, helping more than 6,000 families a year. 
 
Televangelist Juanita Bynum to Appear on Divorce Court 
ATLANTA (AP) -- Televangelist Juanita Bynum says in a two-part episode of "Divorce Court" that she's through with her marriage to minister Thomas W. Weeks III, who is on probation for assaulting her.  
 
My Day With the Pope 
My kids, my wife, and I headed out Thursday afternoon to NYC for a trip of a lifetime - at least of this lifetime - so I am writing my first ever blog for firstcoastnews.com to give you a personal account of the scene surrounding that segment of the pontiff's visit.

Photo Gallery: Visit with the Pope

 
 
Online Confessions 
Greensboro, NC -- Imagine - A secret so deep you've kept it for years from your closest family and friends. What would it take to finally get it off your chest? And would you be willing to tell the entire world? Some folks are testing a new way to relieve those burdens. But, will it bring the peace so desperately sought? 
 
Pope Blesses Ground Zero in NYC, Prays For Peace 
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring "peace to our violent world." 
 
Pope Celebrates 3rd Anniversary as Pontiff 
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pope Benedict has gotten a hero's welcome at a youth rally in Yonkers, New York. 
 
Investigator Says Girls Pregnant in Polygamist Sect 
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- After hours of lawyers popping up with similar objections and questions, a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a polygamist sect finally turned to whether they were abused: A child welfare worker said some women at the sect's ranch may have had children when they were minors, some as young as 13. 
 
After Intimate Meeting, Pope Benedict XVI Turns To Global Audience 
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a dramatic three days in which he put the country's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center, Pope Benedict XVI turned his attention Friday to the original purpose of his first U.S. visit as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. 
 
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