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Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:42 -0400

JERUSALEM - An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government.

NJ Democrats want to halt college building funds

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:47 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Some Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey want to block the state from helping to pay for construction at two religious schools.

Seminary professor named Luther College president

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:11:50 -0400

DECORAH, Iowa - A retired president and professor of a St. Paul, Minnesota, seminary has been chosen as interim president of Luther College in Decorah.

UK purchasing Lexington Theological Seminary

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:41 -0400

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - The University of Kentucky plans to purchase the Lexington Theological Seminary, which is adjacent to its campus.

Ex-teacher at Seattle private school charged

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:49:05 -0400

SEATTLE - A former teacher at a Seattle private religious school has been charged with four counts of first-degree child molestation.

Shanghai bishop funeral held amid successor crisis

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:08:18 -0400

BEIJING - Funeral services were held Thursday for Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, while the whereabouts of his anointed successor remained unclear amid a struggle for control between the Vatican and the ruling Communist Party.