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The film is narrated by devout Muslim American Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser and opens with the following statement: "This is not a film about Islam. It is about the threat of radical Islam. Only a small percentage of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are radical. This film is about them."
 

 

SHOCKING VIDEO- “Nigeria’s Millionaire Preachers” -

This “Prosperity” teaching is running rampant around the world – on a scale you cannot even imagine. Take a look below-


“Nigeria’s Millionaire Preachers” with Seyi Rhodes from Sahara Reporters on Vimeo. Continue Reading…

 

I have to say I hesitate to highlight this video, but I feel it is too
important to pass by. It is about the absolute Epidemic of “Prosperity”
teaching that is so damaging the church in Third World countries -
particularly in the bigger cities. In the case of this video it is Nigeria
that is highlighted. But this disease has already spread through
much of African Christianity, South America, and Asia as well
(Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Phiippines, and on and on). I
have seen this for myself in visiting these continents. It is a
disease that has now spread through Charismatic Christianity
worldwide to such a degree that I personally despair of what can
ever be done to arrest it.

The video was not made by Christians, and clearly they are
struggling a little to understand what they are seeing. But the
saddest thing of all is that the presenter seems to know more
about the “true Jesus” in the end than the ‘Prosperity’ preacher
does. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Andrew Strom

 

 

 

http://vimeo.com/31656466

 

 

 

"Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers" with Seyi Rhodes

3 months ago

 

 

 

VIDEO with 14 MILLION HITS – Comments?


Posted January 18th, 2012.

 

 

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The Book of Revelation consists of 404 verses that contain over 800 allusions to the Old Testament. These are detailed, along with Chuck's analysis of the design and structure of this fascinating book. Learn about the past, present and future of the Church and our ultimate destiny. This is an ideal "first study" and foundational for every Christian.

DVD

  • Introduction - Some general comments about the Book of Revelation and its uniqueness. Why this book contains a special blessing.
  • Revelation 1 - "The things which thou hast seen." The vision which opens the book and the verse that organizes it.
  • Revelation 2:1-7 - The letter to the church at Ephesus.

Slide Show Ephesis

  • Revelation 2:8-17 - The letters to the churches at Smyrna and Pergamos.

Slide Show Smyrna

 

Slide Show Pergamos

  • Revelation 2:18-29 - The letter to the church at Thyatira.

Slide Show Thyatira

  • Revelation 3:1-6 The letter to the church at Sardis.

Slide Show  Sardis

  • Revelation 3:7-22 - The letters to the churches at Philadelphia and Laodicea.

Slide Show Philadelphia

Slide Show Laodicea

 

  • The Kingdom Parables/Matthew 13 - A comparison of the Kingdom Parables in Matthew 13 and Jesus' letters to the seven churches.
  • Revelation 4 - John is caught up into Heaven. A vision of the Throne of God; the Cherubim. The mysterious 24 Elders.
  • Revelation 5 - The seven-sealed scroll and the Kinsman-Redeemer.
  • Revelation 6 - The Seven Seals are opened. The Four Horseman.
  • Revelation 7 - The 144,000 from the Twelve Tribes are sealed.
  • Revelation 8 - The Seven Trumpets begin. The first four Trumpets sound: the "Judgments of the Thirds."
  • Revelation 9 & 10 - The next two Trumpets sound. Opening the Abousso. The 200 million Demon Riders. The Scroll is "eaten" and the Seven Thunders sound.
  • Revelation 11 - The Coming Temple is measured. The Two Witnesses minister.
  • The Coming Temple - An update on the preparations to rebuild the "Third Temple" in Jerusalem.
  • Revelation 12 - One of the most important chapters in the Bible: an overview of the enigma of Israel, without which the Bible cannot be fully understood.
  • Revelation 13 - The Seventh Trumpet introduces seven personages: the Woman, the Man-Child, the Red Dragon, Michael, the remnant of Israel, and two more - the two beasts.
  • Revelation 14 - The Lamb on Mt. Zion and the Fall of Babylon.
  • Revelation 15 & 16 - The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath.
  • Revelation 17 & 18 - The Harlot, "Mystery Babylon," and Babylon the Great.

Slide Show  Cast Down

  • Revelation 19 - Armageddon and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
  • Revelation 20 - The Millennium: Satan Bound, the Kingdom Age, the Second Resurrection, and the White Throne Judgment.
  • Revelation 21 & 22 - The New Heaven, the New Earth, and the New Jerusalem.

 

02 February 2012, 09:19:26 AM
 

Former Archbishop called 'Thatcherite yesterday's man' by fellow cleric

 
02 February 2012, 09:00:56 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
The dispute in the Church of England over welfare reform intensified last night as the former Archbishop of Canterbury was dismissed as a "Thatcherite yesterday's man" by a prominent cleric.
 

1million Catholics to be given 'faith cards'

 
01 February 2012, 08:00:40 PM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
Every devout Roman Catholic in the country is to be given a credit card-sized reminder to share their faith with others.
 

Muslim teenager attacked by brother and sisters for kissing white man

31 January 2012, 06:56:05 PM | Andy BloxhamGo to full article
A Muslim teenager was kidnapped, beaten and threatened with hammers and knives by her brother and sisters after kissing a white man, a court heard yesterday.
 

Muslim girl 'attacked by siblings for kiss'

 
31 January 2012, 06:41:46 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
Muslim teenager Shamima Akhtar was kidnapped, imprisoned and had her hair cut off after her family saw her kiss a white man on her 18th birthday, a court has heard.
 

 

 

31 January 2012, 01:29:27 PM
 

Gay marriage won't make the world stop turning

 
31 January 2012, 01:16:18 PM | JP FloruGo to full article
If we defend inequality in marriage though not in the rest of society, we are guilty of gross hypocrisy, writes JP Floru.
 

Religion's usefulness is drawn from its truth

 
30 January 2012, 09:33:12 AM | Charles MooreGo to full article
Charles Moore reviews Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton (Hamish Hamilton).
 

The super-healthy city flipping over burgers

 
30 January 2012, 09:30:12 AM | Nick AllenGo to full article
Nick Allen meets the residents of the Californian town resisting the coming of McDonald's.
 

Women bishops are coming to the Church of England, says leading opponent

 
29 January 2012, 09:50:00 AM | Edward MalnickGo to full article
The Church of England is on an unstoppable path to women bishops, their most senior traditionalist opponent has conceded.
 

Lord Carey backs Christian psychotherapist in 'gay conversion' row

 

28 January 2012, 11:00:00 PM | Robert MendickGo to full article
Leading church figures including the former Archbishop of Canterbury have sparked controversy by championing a psychotherapist who believes gay men can be 'cured' of their homosexuality.
 

France is still fractured by the Dreyfus Affair

 
28 January 2012, 09:00:28 PM | Piers Paul ReadGo to full article
Nationalists were fixated on the idea that there was a conspiracy against Catholicism - and the most obvious culprits were the Jews, says Piers Paul Read.
 

 

Captain Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), the man whose case divided France - France is still fractured by the Dreyfus Affair

Don't legalise gay marriage, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu warns David Cameron

 
28 January 2012, 12:00:15 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
David Cameron will be acting like a "dictator" if he allows homosexual couples to wed, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu says in an interview with The Telegraph.
 

Dr John Sentamu: Church must avoid being 'too middle class'

 
28 January 2012, 12:00:06 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
The first time Dr John Sentamu visited Jamaica, it was to accompany Neville Lawrence, who was visiting the grave of his son Stephen, thousands of miles away from the racist gang that murdered him and the incompetent police who failed to catch them.
 

Marriage only between a man and a woman says Archbishop of York

 
27 January 2012, 11:46:53 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
The Archbishop of York says that while civil partnerships are fine, marriage must only be between a man and a woman.
 

Christmas ends next Thursday

 
27 January 2012, 10:48:03 PM | Christopher HowseGo to full article
Sacred Mysteries: Christopher Howse looks at a Jewish ritual with an honoured place in the Christian calendar.
 

If we're stuck with each other, we might as well share a bagel

 
27 January 2012, 10:39:18 PM | Graeme ArcherGo to full article
The trick is to find the balance between legitimate agitation for change and aggressive proselytising, believes Graeme Archer.

 

 

Temple for atheists provokes row among non-believers

 

Richard Dawkins (left) and Alain de Botton Photo: Rex Features

 

27 January 2012, 01:13:27 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
Two of Britain's most revered non-believers have come to blows over plans to build a £1 million "temple for atheists" in the City of London.
 

How Britain's Armed Forces work to prevent genocide

 
27 January 2012, 12:07:17 PM | David RichardsGo to full article
On Holocaust Memorial Day we should honour those who have suffered to ensure that the lessons of the 20th century are not forgotten, writes David Richards.
 

 

Police release interview with sham marriage vicar

A police interview with the Rev Canon John Magumba has been released following his conviction for conducting bogus marriages.

26 Jan 2012

 

Clergyman jailed for sham marriage scam

 
26 January 2012, 08:56:41 PM | John BinghamGo to full article
An Anglican clergyman who advised the Church of England on how to handle sham marriages has been jailed for two and a half years for conducting dozens of the illegal ceremonies himself.
 

Police release interview with Rochdale vicar jailed for presiding over dozens of sham marriages.

 
26 January 2012, 05:00:34 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
A police interview with the Rev Canon John Magumba has been released following his conviction for conducting bogus marriages.
 

Quiz: how honest are you?

 
26 January 2012, 11:00:47 AM | Conrad Quilty-HarperGo to full article
Take our quiz, based on an integrity study conducted by Essex University, to find out how honest you really are.
 

Vicars 'presided over hundreds of sham marriages for immigrants'

 
26 January 2012, 09:30:19 AM | Victoria WardGo to full article
Two Church of England vicars conducted "hundreds" of sham marriages to enable illegal immigrants to stay in Britain, a court was told yesterday.
 

Lord Carey criticised for defending government's welfare reforms

 
26 January 2012, 09:00:37 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
Lord Carey, the fomer Archbishop of Canterbury, has been criticised for defending the government's controverisal welfare reforms despite missing a crucial debate and vote in the House of Lords.
 

Bishop of Leicester: 'Lord Carey was wrong to defend government's welfare reforms'

 
26 January 2012, 09:00:26 AM | The Rt Rev Tim StevensGo to full article
After the events of this past week there will be few left who doubt the old saying that religion and politics are a potent mix.
 

The Muslim Brotherhood is not the Taliban

 
25 January 2012, 10:40:50 PM | Shashank JoshiGo to full article
Those in the West who demonise all Islamic political movements are making a big mistake, says Shashank Joshi.
 

Honesty test: lack of integrity is bad for the economy, scientists conclude

 
25 January 2012, 01:49:50 PM | Martin EvansGo to full article
An integrity study conducted by Essex University has suggested that an erosion of trust between people can have economic as well as social consequences.
 

Rise in dishonesty signals looming 'integrity crisis' in Britain

 
25 January 2012, 10:20:41 AM | John BinghamGo to full article
British people have become less honest in the last decade, according to a study suggesting moral decline.
 

Welfare reform: Lord Carey attacks bishops opposed to benefit cap

 
25 January 2012, 08:59:03 AM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
Former Archbishop enters row over welfare reform by attacking five bishops who opposed Government's proposed £26,000 cap.
 

Religion takes a back seat to rights in court, says theologian

 
25 January 2012, 08:30:50 AM | Andrew HoughGo to full article
The courts are endangering religious freedom because the judiciary are giving it a lower priority than equality, a leading philosopher has claimed.
 

Royals' own set of kings and queens paintings revealed

 
23 January 2012, 09:00:54 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
Many family homes are decorated with pictures of their illustrious predecessors, and a new exhibition shows that royalty is no exception.
 

Ministers ban extra benefits for multiple wives

 
21 January 2012, 11:00:00 PM | Patrick HennessyGo to full article
Ministers are to bring to an end an "absurd" benefits regime which has seen husbands with multiple wives able to claim extra welfare payments.
 

US election 2012: a mormon for President? So long as he's as American as apple pie

 
21 January 2012, 09:30:54 AM | Alex SpilliusGo to full article
Americans would make history by voting mormon Mitt Romney into the White House, says Alex Spillius.
 

Migraine cannot explain Hildegard

 
20 January 2012, 10:36:40 PM | Christopher HowseGo to full article
Sacred Mysteries: Hildegard of Bingen has a reputation as a visionary, a musician and a sort of feminist, says Christopher Howse.
 

Church of England weddings up by 4% in 2010

 
20 January 2012, 09:00:09 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
The number of church weddings has risen for the first time in several years, new figures show.
 

Manchester Cathedral at the mercy of God over metal thefts

 
20 January 2012, 09:00:04 AM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
There have been so many metal thefts at Manchester Cathedral that it can no longer claim on its insurance policy.
 

Russians plunge into icy waters to mark the new year

 
19 January 2012, 08:42:33 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
Thousands of people jumped in frigid waters all across Russia to mark the celebration of the Russian Orthodox Epiphany.
 

Orthodox Christians celebrate the feast of Epiphany by jumping into freezing water

 
19 January 2012, 02:56:39 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany by jumping into icy water.

 

19 January 2012, 09:44:04 AM
 

The pilgrimage of 70 million Chinese to Boots in Barnsley

 
19 January 2012, 09:30:57 AM | Sarah RaineyGo to full article
The South Yorkshire town is becoming England's Mecca, says Sarah Rainey.
 

Protesters lose St Paul's eviction battle

 
18 January 2012, 04:50:01 PM | Richard AlleyneGo to full article
Protesters lose St Paul's eviction battle
 

Catholic midwives challenge ruling on abortions

 
18 January 2012, 08:35:18 AM | Auslan CrambGo to full article
Two Roman Catholic midwives are taking a health board to court for allegedly failing to recognise their conscientious objection to supervising staff involved in abortions.
 

US election 2012: Mitt Romney's tax returns would shed light on tithes to Mormon church

 
17 January 2012, 10:00:36 PM | Jon SwaineGo to full article
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) - the central church for Mormons such as Mitt Romney - requires its members to give 10 per cent of their income as a tithe.
 

Dr Jeffrey John: senior Gay cleric plans legal action after bishop role snub

 

 

16 January 2012, 12:00:44 AM | Andrew HoughGo to full article
Britain's most senior openly homosexual cleric is threatening legal action against the Church of England under discrimination laws, it has emerged.
 

British nun who hid Jews from Nazis on track for sainthood

 
15 January 2012, 10:59:09 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
A British nun who helped hide Jews from the Nazis is being considered for Sainthood.
 

Is 'green' Bishop of London now a commuter?

 
15 January 2012, 09:24:02 AM | Richard EdenGo to full article
The Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, has bought a house 100 miles outside the capital for almost £500,000.
 

RBS sees Princess Royal's son Peter Phillips as a long-term investment

 
15 January 2012, 09:22:17 AM | Richard EdenGo to full article
Peter Phillips, the Princess Royal's son, has held on to his position at RBS despite 3,500 job losses in his division.
 

Under the crest of the owl and rat

 
13 January 2012, 10:32:11 PM | Christopher HowseGo to full article
Sacred Mysteries: Christopher Howse enjoys being introduced to the surprises of Standish, a town near Wigan

 

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Half a million children unhappy, says church-backed report

 
12 January 2012, 09:30:57 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
Half a million children in Britain are unhappy at any moment, according to a report backed by the Church of England.
 

Bishops claim shops don't want Christian Easter eggs

 
12 January 2012, 09:00:26 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
Supermarkets do not want to stock Christian products, according to senior figures in the Church of England.
 

Yard officer in church apology for wrongful arrest

 
11 January 2012, 08:30:53 AM | Mark HughesGo to full article
A senior Metropolitan police officer has made a public apology to a church congregation after a black mother was wrongly arrested and charged.
 

John Paul II statue 'that resembles Winston Churchill' to be remodelled

 

10 January 2012, 04:53:18 PM | Nick SquiresGo to full article
A pinheaded statue of John Paul II which was widely mocked as looking more like Winston Churchill or Benito Mussolini is to be remodelled.

 

09 January 2012, 09:35:26 AM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
More than 3 million Roman Catholic worshippers paraded with a charred Christ statue through the Philippine capital in an annual procession Monday despite a warning from the president that terrorists might target the gathering.
 

Brass lectern stolen from Wiltshire church turns up at Romanian antique fair

 
09 January 2012, 12:00:00 AM | Donna BowaterGo to full article
An ornate brass lectern stolen from a church in Ashton Keynes in Wiltshire has been spotted in Romania and could now be returned to the UK.
 

Debbie Purdy: Being allowed to die would help me to live

 
08 January 2012, 09:30:53 AM | Cole MoretonGo to full article
Debbie Purdy, in constant pain from MS, says last week's proposals that GPs could help the terminally ill to die don't go far enough.
 

God's more than a watchmaker

 

06 January 2012, 08:36:06 PM | Christopher HowseGo to full article
Sacred mysteries: Christopher Howse discovers how a misapprehension of the New Atheists has been exploded.

Bishop asks if church should stop funding schools that are 'Catholic in name only'

 
06 January 2012, 09:00:08 AM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
The church should consider ending its ties with schools that are now "Catholic in name only", a bishop has said.
 

Los Angeles bishop with secret family resigns

 

05 January 2012, 02:59:56 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
The resignation of a Los Angeles bishop who fathered two children has shocked the nation's most populous Roman Catholic archdiocese, where Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala grew up.

Church of England calls assisted suicide plan morally unacceptable

 
05 January 2012, 01:40:53 PM | Martin BeckfordGo to full article
A senior bishop has described plans to allow assisted suicide for the terminally ill as morally unacceptable.

Men banned from selling lingerie in Saudi Arabia

 
05 January 2012, 09:00:23 AM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
From Thursday, only female staff will be able to sell women's lingerie in Saudi Arabia, ending decades of awkwardness in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom where women are expected to don black cloaks at all times out of the home.
 

Scientologists in feud over leader

 
03 January 2012, 02:01:25 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
The Church of Scientology has been rocked by accusations from one of its former senior executives that the religion is becoming a hollow moneymaking machine run by an autocratic ruler.
 

Scientologists in feud over 'tyrannical' leader

 
03 January 2012, 02:01:25 PM | Telegraph StaffGo to full article
The Church of Scientology has been rocked by accusations from one of its senior executives that the religion is becoming a hollow moneymaking machine run by an autocrat.

 

 

 

02 February 2012, 03:01:26 PM
 

NATO ministers mull Afghan drawdown (AP)

 
02 February 2012, 03:01:26 PMGo to full article
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's plane awaits the arrival of the secretary at sunrise, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, before Panetta traveled to a NATO conference in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)AP - NATO's top official joined the U.S. and France on Thursday in calling for Afghan forces to take the lead in all combat operations by mid-2013, while continuing to assist them in fighting the Taliban.
 
 

Iraq court agrees execution of Baghdad church attackers (Reuters)

 
02 February 2012, 12:39:43 PMGo to full article
Reuters - Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion.
 

Obama to attend National Prayer Breakfast (AP)

 
02 February 2012, 12:30:19 PMGo to full article
AP - President Barack Obama attends the National Prayer Breakfast this morning in Washington, along with the first lady and Vice President Joe Biden.
 

Labor talks in Greece as debt deals near (AP)

 
02 February 2012, 12:28:39 PMGo to full article
AP - Unions and employers are to resume talks in Greece as the country scrambles to push through more cost-cutting reforms and conclude massive debt deals with private and rescue creditors.
 

Church leaders mourn death of Cardinal Bevilacqua (AP)

 
02 February 2012, 01:34:02 AMGo to full article
FILE--Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, shown in this Dec. 2, 2000, file photo taken in Philadelphia.The retired Cardinal, who served as head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for more than 15 years,  died in his sleep Tuesday night Jan. 31, 2012 in his apartment at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, PA. He was 88. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr., )AP - Church leaders called on parishioners Wednesday to pray for the soul of retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who led them for more than 15 years but was also an uncharged central figure in a child sex-abuse case that involves the alleged shuffling of predator priests.
 
 

Religion news in brief (AP)

 
01 February 2012, 09:41:41 PMGo to full article
AP - Jesus at mountaintop ski resort in US allowed to stay after feds reverse statue's eviction
 

5 years after headlines, SC monks grow mushrooms (AP)

 
01 February 2012, 09:25:19 PMGo to full article
AP - Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms. It hasn't been easy or without frustration.
 

Ga. church members plead for help after Fla. crash (AP)

 
01 February 2012, 02:16:59 PMGo to full article
AP - Members of a small Brazilian church outside Atlanta are trying to find ways to pay for bringing the bodies of members killed in a deadly Florida interstate pileup back to Georgia and then, hopefully, on to their native country to bury them.
 

US Muslims seek clemency for condemned US-Iranian (AP)

 
01 February 2012, 04:57:25 AMGo to full article
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 27 2011 file video frame grab made from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB TV,  U.S. citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, accused by Iran of spying for the CIA, sits in Tehran's revolutionary court, in Iran. An American Muslim group appealed to Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 to show clemency to Hekmati, an ex-U.S. military translator with dual citizenship condemned to death on accusations of being a CIA spy. (AP Photo/IRIB, File)  NO ACCESS IRAN;  BBC PERSIAN TV OUT; VOA PERSIAN TV OUTAP - An American Muslim group appealed Tuesday to Iran's supreme leader to show clemency for an ex-U.S. military translator with dual citizenship condemned to death on accusations of being a CIA spy.
 
 

$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case (AP)

 
31 January 2012, 11:57:40 PMGo to full article
AP - Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys' fees.
 

Macedonian Orthodox Christian church set alight (AP)

 
31 January 2012, 07:15:18 PMGo to full article
The storage shed for fire wood, built beside the Christian Orthodox church St. Nikola is seen burnt, right, in the dominantly Muslim village of Labunista in southwestern Macedonia, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was almost set alight in southern Macedonia Monday overnight, amid religious tension between Christians and Muslims in this part of the country. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)AP - An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was set alight in southern Macedonia overnight, authorities said Tuesday, as religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims grew over a carnival in which men dressed as women in burqas and mocked the Quran.
 

 

31 January 2012, 02:13:02 AM
 

Islam critic backs out of West Point cadet event (AP)

 
31 January 2012, 02:13:02 AMGo to full article
AP - A retired U.S. lieutenant general who made comments denigrating Islam withdrew Monday from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after a veterans' advocacy group asked the Army chief of staff to rescind the invitation.

Can Obama's health-care law force Catholics to support birth control? (The Christian Science Monitor)

 
31 January 2012, 12:12:06 AMGo to full article
The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration has stirred up new and vocal opposition to its health-care law, as Roman Catholic institutions confront a rule that in their view violates religious liberty.
 

Macedonia Muslims urge restraint over carnival (AP)

 
30 January 2012, 07:11:25 PMGo to full article
AP - Muslim leaders in Macedonia appealed for calm on Monday among community members outraged over a carnival in which Orthodox Christian men mocked Muslims by dressing as Burqa-clad women.
 

Catholics hear protests of Obama health ruling at Mass (Reuters)

 
30 January 2012, 06:20:57 AMGo to full article
Reuters - U.S. Catholic bishops and priests across the country read out letters at Mass on Sunday protesting plans by President Barack Obama's administration to force religiously-affiliated nonprofit groups to offer birth-control coverage to women employees.

 

27 January 2012, 07:44:12 PM
 

Police commissioner: NYPD is good with Muslims (AP)

 
27 January 2012, 07:44:12 PMGo to full article
Talat Hamdani, center, whose son Mohammad Salman Hamdani died attempting to save lives in the World Trade Center attacks, hands off protest sign as members of the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC) and supporters gather on the steps of City Hall for a news conference, calling for the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and his public affairs commissioner Paul Browne on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 in New York. Kelly and Browne are being criticized for the production of an anti-Muslim movie used for police training. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - New York's police commissioner says a film that critics say paints Muslims in a bad light wasn't officially approved for NYPD training.
 
 

Dutch plan ban on Muslim face veils next year (Reuters)

 
27 January 2012, 07:41:29 PMGo to full article
Reuters - The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year.
 

Greek village priest held over church treasure dig (AP)

 
27 January 2012, 11:58:55 AMGo to full article
AP - Police in northern Greece have arrested a village priest and a church elder for allegedly digging for treasure in the chancel of the church.
 

Paterno's long goodbye ends with public memorial (Reuters)

 
27 January 2012, 02:51:59 AMGo to full article
Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno's hearse passes through downtown State College, Pennsylvania en route to his burial site January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Pat LittleReuters - The son of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told 10,000 mourners on Thursday his father died "with a clear conscience," and former players shared why they worshipped the man in a final goodbye to the legendary "JoePa."
 
 

Muslims call for NYPD chief to resign over movie (AP)

 
27 January 2012, 01:06:12 AMGo to full article
In this image made from a video produced and made available on YouTube by the Clarion Fund, a scene from the documentary “The Third Jihad,†is shown. A Sergeant in the New York City Police Department has been reprimanded after showing the film during breaks in NYPD counter-terrorism training from October to December 2010. Use of the film, which contends Muslims are bent on establishing an Islamic regime worldwide, has also drawn criticism from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/The Clarion Fund)AP - Muslim groups are calling for New York's police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say puts their religion and its adherents in a bad light.
 
 

Fire badly damages 19th century church in Ukraine (AP)

 
26 January 2012, 06:54:06 PMGo to full article
AP - Emergency officials say a fire has badly damaged a 19th-century Orthodox church in southern Ukraine, including collapsing its dome.
 

Austrian priest publishes names of ex-Catholics (AP)

 
26 January 2012, 04:07:50 PMGo to full article
AP - The Vienna archdiocese has apologized for the publication of a list of people who have formally left the Roman Catholic church.
 
VIENNA – The Vienna archdiocese has apologized for the publication of a list of people who have formally left the Roman Catholic church.

A statement says those affected have been asked "for forgiveness," noting making the names public "is not allowed by state or church rules."

The statement was issued Thursday after a priest in a village north of Vienna listed local church-leavers in the diocese newspaper. The archdiocese says the priest has since "apologized in the form of a Mass and has written those affected a letter" of apology.

The rash of sex abuse scandals hitting the Catholic church has led to an increased number of people formally renouncing their affiliation. That also frees them from paying a mandatory church tax.

 

 

Politics of Romney's tithing: generous philanthropy or dogmatic Mormonism? (The Christian Science Monitor)

 
26 January 2012, 04:00:18 AMGo to full article
The Christian Science Monitor - As Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s voluminous tax returns sink into the American psyche, some line items stand out for sheer size, most notably his contributions to the Mormon church.
 

Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition (Reuters)

 
26 January 2012, 03:13:45 AMGo to full article
Reuters - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals.
 

Muslims urge resignation of NY police chief over video (Reuters)

 
26 January 2012, 02:13:30 AMGo to full article
Reuters - U.S. Muslim civil rights groups demanded the resignation of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Wednesday amid a controversy over the repeated screening of an offensive video.
 

Vatican official warns pope of corruption (AP)

 
26 January 2012, 01:16:39 AMGo to full article
AP - An Italian news program has obtained letters from a top Vatican official to the pope in which he begs not to be transferred after exposing corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts that cost the Holy See millions of euros (dollars).
 

Alaska Airlines retiring meal tray prayer cards (AP)

 
26 January 2012, 12:29:43 AMGo to full article
In this handout provided by Alaska Airlines, a prayer card of the type given to passengers on their meal trays is seen. After 30 years of giving passengers spiritual words to reflect on while they eat their meals, Alaska Airlines is retiring the prayer cards on Feb 1, 2012. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the decision was made after hearing from customers who preferred not to mix religion with transportation. She says the cards began as a marketing ploy to differentiate the regional airline from its competitors. The cards offer a rotating message of different psalms from the Old Testament. (AP Photo/Alaska Airlines)AP - Alaska Airlines is ending decades of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, saying Wednesday the decision was made out of respect for all passengers.
 
 

Top NY cop regrets role in film critical of Muslims (Reuters)

 
25 January 2012, 11:55:14 PMGo to full article
Reuters - Police mishandling of a controversy surrounding a video offensive to Muslims has enveloped New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly just as he was restoring the department's strained relations with the religious minority.
 

Religion news in brief (AP)

 
25 January 2012, 07:40:03 PMGo to full article
AP - Catholic bishops, immigrant advocates protest NM driver's license repeal effort
 

Religious Fla prep school a victim in $135M fraud (AP)

 
25 January 2012, 07:34:20 PMGo to full article
AP - A prominent businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud in a $135 million real estate scheme that fleeced hundreds of investors, including the Roman Catholic prep school he once attended.
 
MIAMI – A prominent businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud in a $135 million real estate scheme that fleeced hundreds of investors, including the Roman Catholic prep school he once attended.

Gaston Cantens, 73, faces up to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to a single count of wire and mail fraud conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams set sentencing for April 4.

Cantens also lured investors from Miami's close-knit Cuban-American community, many of them elderly and some Roman Catholic priests.

One victim, 80-year-old Eduardo Arango, said he lost about $800,000 investing with Cantens. He called the plea agreement "a sweet deal" because Cantens could have faced more charges and a longer prison sentence.

"Most of the victims were people who are very aged. They lost whatever their resources were. They have suffered," Arango said.

Federal prosecutors said Cantens operated his company, Royal West Properties Inc., like a Ponzi scheme in which he paid older investors with money raised from newer ones. The company sold real estate investments in southwest Florida since 1993 but fell on hard times beginning in 2002 and was eventually forced into bankruptcy in 2009, according to court documents.

Before it crashed, Royal West promised rates of return as high as 16 percent for investors who bought properties, which were marketed nationally on Spanish-language networks and through offices in Florida, New York, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

One investor was the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, which traces its roots to Cuba and from which Cantens graduated when it was still located in Havana. Fidel Castro also is an alumnus from those days.

Eric Bustillo, chief of the SEC field office in Miami, called it a typical "affinity" scam in which the perpetrator uses a position of trust to prey on members of a specific group, in this case people connected to Belen and members of the larger Cuban-American community.

"The Cantens used their prominent standing in a close-knit Cuban-American community to ruthlessly exploit vulnerable elderly investors who trusted them with their life savings," Bustillo said.

Cantens' wife, 75-year-old Teresita Cantens, was named in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission complaint but was not charged in the criminal case.

Their son, former state Rep. Gaston I. Cantens, was also not implicated in the scheme, but he did co-sign documents allowing his father to remain free until sentencing on $100,000 bail. The younger Cantens is vice president at the Florida Crystals Corp. sugar company.

In all, prosecutors said more than 150 investors lost about $47 million between 2003 and 2008. Of the total, investigators said Cantens and his wife skimmed about $20 million for other business ventures, to pay themselves more than $5 million in salaries and to pay children and grandchildren $1 million in "consulting fees" even though they did no work for Royal West.

Cantens could be ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution, but it's doubtful that he has any means to do so. Royal West is being liquidated in the bankruptcy case and Cantens has been unable to pay a $5.3 million judgment in the SEC case.

Arango said most investors have gotten only about 3 cents on the dollar from the bankruptcy proceeding.

"The anguish, pain and suffering here has been immense," he said.

 

 

 

 

 

Bosnian police raid conservative Muslim village (AP)

 
25 January 2012, 01:04:21 PMGo to full article
AP - Police are searching a highly conservative Bosnian Muslim village looking for evidence related to an attack on the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo last October.
 

In Romney's tax returns, details on Mormon tithe (AP)

 
25 January 2012, 10:28:42 AMGo to full article
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stands in front of a foreclosed home in Lehigh Acres, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate's remarkable personal wealth. The documents also give a rare glimpse into tithing to the Mormon church by one its most prominent members.
 
 

Mitt Romney taxes show 'very high' charitable giving tied to Mormon church (The Christian Science Monitor)

 
25 January 2012, 02:51:52 AMGo to full article
The Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney makes a lot of money. But he and his wife, Ann, also give away a significant amount of their wealth to charity and especially their church.
 

House bills promote religion at war memorials (AP)

 
25 January 2012, 01:08:47 AMGo to full article
AP - The House on Tuesday passed two bills endorsing the use of religious symbols at military memorials. One writes into law the propriety of displaying religious markers at war memorials while the other orders that the Interior Department add to the World War II Memorial in Washington a plaque with Franklin Roosevelt's prayer to the nation on D-Day.
 

Greek creditors urge quick deal after eurozone rejection (Reuters)

 
25 January 2012, 01:04:00 AMGo to full article
Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (L) talks with European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi at the start of a Eurogroup meeting at the European Union council headquarters in Brussels January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - Greece's private creditors pleaded on Tuesday with European officials who rejected their bond swap offer to hammer together a deal before Athens tumbles into a chaotic default.
 
 

Muslims' charges to be dismissed in NY park clash (AP)

 
24 January 2012, 10:07:14 PMGo to full article
AP - Fifteen Muslims on Tuesday won conditional dismissals of charges stemming from an amusement park disturbance that started when women were told they couldn't wear religious headscarves on some rides.
 

Listen to the silence in your lives, pope says (Reuters)

 
24 January 2012, 03:22:30 PMGo to full article
Reuters - Pope Benedict is asking people to stop amid the noise and haste and listen to the sounds of silence in life.
 

Germany, France press for rapid Greek debt deal (Reuters)

 
23 January 2012, 11:25:21 PMGo to full article
Head of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Charles Dallara enters the Greek Prime Minister's office in a car in Athens January 20, 2012. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Germany and France pressed Monday for a rapid deal between Greece and its private creditors that cuts its soaring debt to sustainable levels and said they were committed to a sealing a new bailout for Athens by March to avert a disastrous default.
 
 

Ancient Jewish scrolls found in north Afghanistan (Reuters)

 
23 January 2012, 04:48:50 PMGo to full article
Reuters - A cache of ancient Jewish scrolls from northern Afghanistan that has only recently come to light is creating a storm among scholars who say the landmark find could reveal an undiscovered side of medieval Jewry.
 

Euro zone finance ministers to rule on glacial Greek debt talks (Reuters)

 
23 January 2012, 01:02:07 AMGo to full article
Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers will decide on Monday what terms of a Greek debt restructuring they are ready to accept as part of a second bailout package for Athens after negotiators for private creditors said they could not improve their offer.
 

Feds: Religious employers must cover the pill (AP)

 
21 January 2012, 12:37:09 AMGo to full article
AP - Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced Friday in an election-year move that outraged religious groups, fueling a national debate about the reach of government.
 

Gingrich seeks help among Florida evangelicals (AP)

 
20 January 2012, 11:33:35 PMGo to full article
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich listens to staff during visit to Children's Hospital, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Newt Gingrich's presidential hopes may rest among the pews of Florida's ministries and megachurches.
 
 

U.S. gives church groups a year on birth control rule (Reuters)

 
20 January 2012, 10:03:30 PMGo to full article
Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday ruled that religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations, including hospitals and universities, will have to offer birth-control coverage to women employees but gave the organizations an extra year to comply.
 

UK Muslims convicted in landmark gay hatred case (Reuters)

 
20 January 2012, 06:50:37 PMGo to full article
Reuters - Three British Muslim men were found guilty on Friday of stirring up hatred by distributing leaflets calling for the death of homosexuals in what prosecutors said was a landmark case.
 

Supreme Court ruling confuses religious workers (AP)

 
20 January 2012, 10:40:25 AMGo to full article
Aleeza Adelman teaches Judaic Studies to second graders at The New Orleans Jewish Day School in Metairie, La., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. A Supreme Court ruling that appears to give wide leeway to churches and other religious organizations to decide who qualifies for an exemption to anti-discrimination policies has some employees of those institutions wondering whether they'd have any protection if they were fired. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Aleeza Adelman teaches Jewish studies at a Jewish school, yet she considers herself a teacher whose subject is religion, not a religious teacher. She's rethinking how to define her job after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling left her wondering what could happen if she ever needed to defend her right to keep it.
 
 

Presbyterian group breaks away over gay clergy (Reuters)

 
20 January 2012, 12:28:17 AMGo to full article
Reuters - Presbyterians opposed to gay clergy split from the church on Thursday, announcing in Orlando a new denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.
 

Pope hits out at `radical secularism' (AP)

 
19 January 2012, 10:14:55 PMGo to full article
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during a general audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI says Roman Catholics in the U.S. need to understand the "grave threats" to their faith posed by what he calls radical secularism in the political and cultural arenas.
 
 

Ohio Muslim inmates settle meal preparation suit (AP)

 
19 January 2012, 08:55:42 PMGo to full article
AP - A Muslim death row inmate has settled a lawsuit that accused the Ohio prison system of denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners.
 

Priest who fathered child removed from New York church (Reuters)

 
19 January 2012, 08:38:25 PMGo to full article
Reuters - A newly installed Roman Catholic priest has been removed from his suburban New York parish after church officials on Thursday said he secretly fathered a child while attending seminary.

 

19 January 2012, 12:35:00 PM
 

In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com)

 
19 January 2012, 12:35:00 PMGo to full article
Time.com - In community after community, rigid fundamentalists are going after purveyors of alcohol and Muslims who pray at the burial sites of saints
 

GOP field leaves SC's religious right uninspired (AP)

 
19 January 2012, 09:09:10 AMGo to full article
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum greets during a campaign stop at the Beacon Drive-In restaurant, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Spartanburg, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - The Greenville-Spartanburg area, home to many of South Carolina's evangelical voters, should be prime political ground for Rick Santorum, a longtime anti-abortion crusader who was embraced by a group of Christian leaders meeting last weekend in Texas.
 
 

In Bain deals, Romney gave stock to Mormon church (Reuters)

 
19 January 2012, 03:55:37 AMGo to full article
Reuters - Using a practice that made him eligible for large tax deductions, Mitt Romney gave the Mormon church substantial stock holdings that he obtained through his private equity firm, according to documents filed with the government and to Romney associates.
 

Man sentenced in anti-Obama arson of black church (Reuters)

 
19 January 2012, 01:08:10 AMGo to full article
Reuters - A white man who admitted to helping burn down a mostly black church to protest against Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president was sentenced on Wednesday to four-and-a-half years in prison.
 

In Bain deals, Romney gave stock to Mormon church (Reuters)

 
19 January 2012, 01:07:41 AMGo to full article
Reuters - Using a practice that made him eligible for large tax deductions, Mitt Romney gave the Mormon church substantial stock holdings that he obtained through his private equity firm, according to documents filed with the government and to Romney associates.
 

Religion news in brief (AP)

 
18 January 2012, 10:59:30 PMGo to full article
AP - Maine lawmakers form legislative prayer group
 

Nigeria Christmas church bomb suspect escapes (Reuters)

 
18 January 2012, 07:52:17 PMGo to full article
Reuters - The main suspect in a Christmas Day bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria's capital escaped within 24 hours of his arrest, and the police officers involved in the case have been detained pending an investigation, the government said on Wednesday.
 

In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com)

 
18 January 2012, 12:30:00 PMGo to full article
Time.com - In community after community, rigid fundamentalists are going after purveyors of alcohol and Muslims who pray at the burial sites of saints
 

Gingrich sets a demand for Muslim office-seekers (AP)

 
18 January 2012, 12:07:11 AMGo to full article
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a campaign town hall at the Art Trail Gallery, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says a Muslim-American seeking office in the U.S. would have to publicly renounce Islamic law to receive his backing.
 
 

Supreme Court rejects prayer, student Internet cases (Reuters)

 
17 January 2012, 11:01:27 PMGo to full article
Reuters - The Supreme Court passed up the chance on Tuesday to hear controversial new cases about prayers before public government meetings and punishing students for Internet parodies or attacks made on computers at home.
 

Court rejects appeal over prayer at public meeting (AP)

 
17 January 2012, 05:08:01 PMGo to full article
AP - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a North Carolina county commission over the mostly Christian prayers offered at the beginning of its public meetings.
 

After Two Days of Debate, Evangelical Leaders Unite Behind Santorum (Time.com)

 
17 January 2012, 12:10:00 PMGo to full article
Time.com - A group of 125 evangelical leaders met in Texas this weekend and after eight hours of conversation and a final ballot taken on 3 x 5 cards named Rick Santorum as their preferred GOP candidate
 

After Two Days of Debate, Evangelical Leaders Unite Behind Santorum (Time.com)

 
17 January 2012, 04:45:00 AMGo to full article
Time.com - A group of 125 evangelical leaders met in Texas this weekend and after eight hours of conversation and a final ballot taken on 3 x 5 cards named Rick Santorum as their preferred GOP candidate
 

Jewish man arrested for swastikas, anti-Semitic calls (Reuters)

 
17 January 2012, 01:17:11 AMGo to full article
Reuters - A Jewish man was under arrest on hate-crime charges on Monday, accused of making anti-Semitic telephone calls to his mother and other elderly women and putting swastikas on apartment doors, police said.
 

Cuba and its patron saint await Pope Benedict (Reuters)

 
16 January 2012, 10:13:35 PMGo to full article
Reuters - The Virgin of Charity of El Cobre is a gold-clothed, doll-like figurine which, according to Cuban legend, three fishermen found floating in a bay as Spain colonized the region with the sword and the cross.
 

North Korea transition "smooth," economy the real test (Reuters)

 
16 January 2012, 11:04:46 AMGo to full article
Kim Jong-Un (C), supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and supreme leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, state and army, visits the KPA Unit 169 in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA in Pyongyang January 19, 2012.     REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORSReuters - North Korea's new leadership under the inexperienced Kim Jong-un appears to be functioning "relatively smoothly," but he has to look beyond key ally China to rebuild its shattered economy, South Korea's senior most official on the North said on Monday.
 
 

More US Catholics take complaints to church court (AP)

 
16 January 2012, 03:14:04 AMGo to full article
In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo, Rev. Patrick Lagges stands in front of a statue of Saint Francis in Chicago. Lagges, a canon lawyer for three decades in the Catholic Church, helped lead the canon law society workshop last year. It was once assumed that disagreements between Roman Catholic clergy and lay people would end one way: with the highest-ranking cleric getting the last word. That outcome is no longer a given. Lately, those trying to resolve such disputes in the U.S. have increasingly turned to the church's internal legal system, according to canon lawyers. Reasons for the uptick reflect changes in church and society; the American concern for individual freedoms likely has played a role as has the explosion of information on the Internet. But the change is also an unexpected consequence of the clergy molestation crisis. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Parents upset by the admission policy at a parochial school. Clergy and parishioners at odds over use of their building. A priest resisting a transfer to another parish.
 
 

Santorum targets Romney in South Carolina (Reuters)

 
16 January 2012, 03:08:34 AMGo to full article
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum took aim at front-runner Mitt Romney on Sunday as he sought to build on a late endorsement from evangelical leaders and narrow the crucial South Carolina contest to a two-man race.
 

More US Catholics take complaints to church court (AP)

 
16 January 2012, 01:22:05 AMGo to full article
In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo, Rev. Patrick Lagges stands in front of a statue of Saint Francis in Chicago. Lagges, a canon lawyer for three decades in the Catholic Church, helped lead the canon law society workshop last year. It was once assumed that disagreements between Roman Catholic clergy and lay people would end one way: with the highest-ranking cleric getting the last word. That outcome is no longer a given. Lately, those trying to resolve such disputes in the U.S. have increasingly turned to the church's internal legal system, according to canon lawyers. Reasons for the uptick reflect changes in church and society; the American concern for individual freedoms likely has played a role as has the explosion of information on the Internet. But the change is also an unexpected consequence of the clergy molestation crisis. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Parents upset by the admission policy at a parochial school. Clergy and parishioners at odds over use of their building. A priest resisting a transfer to another parish.