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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge has denied Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul's request to review the Milwaukee Archdiocese's sealed bankruptcy records as part of his investigation into clergy sex abuse. U.S. District Judge G.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge has denied Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul's request to review the Milwaukee Archdiocese's sealed bankruptcy records as part of his investigation into clergy sex abuse. U.S. District Judge G.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Thousands sang, cheered and prayed as multiple preachers declared Donald Trump to be God’s favored candidate to defeat what one called the “forces of darkness.

ULM, Germany (AP) — The Ulmer Münster in southern Germany is the world's tallest church. For now, anyway.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A historic building boom of big, bright Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples — beacons to the faithful with steeples pointing heavenward around the world — is meeting resistance in some parts of the U.S.

ROME (AP) — Debate was leaning away from allowing women to take on ordained roles in the Catholic Church as the second phase of Pope Francis’ reform project opened Wednesday with an agenda topped by calls for women to take up more positions of respon

It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it as an act of love. Not toward the Jewish community he was born into, but to himself.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican bank confirmed Wednesday it has fired two employees on the grounds that their recent wedding violates a new ban on workplace marriages.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Three young Swedes were arrested Wednesday in connection with two predawn explosions that occurred in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen , prompting a nearby Jewish school to close for the day.

It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it as an act of love. Not toward the Jewish community he was born into, but to himself.