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    September 5, 2018
    Catholic priests accused of having sex in a car spark international uproar
    The men having sex inside the Volkswagen Beetle were so involved that a Miami-Dade police officer said he had to tap on the window to let them...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 5, 2018 - 10:38pm
    August 16, 2018
    A Catholic church in Pittsburgh. Bishops and other church leaders in Pennsylvania covered up child sexual abuse by hundreds of priests over a period of 70 years, persuading victims not to report the abuse and police officers not to investigate it, according to a grand jury report issued on Aug. 14, 2018. (Jeff Swensen/The New York Times)
    Pennsylvania church officials helped ex-priest get job at Disney World knowing he was 'sexual predator,' report says
    For 15 years, a man reportedly piloting trains at Walt Disney World in Orlando kept a dark secret locked away. When Edward Ganster died at 71...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 16, 2018 - 7:46am
    July 18, 2018
    A Virgin Mary statue has been 'weeping' olive oil. Church leaders can't explain it.
    Inside a Catholic church in New Mexico, a 7-foot tall bronze statue of the Virgin Mary appears to be "weeping," according to church leaders.
    lifestyle/faithJuly 18, 2018 - 7:19pm
    July 3, 2018
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    Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer.
    The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the...
    lifestyle/faithJuly 3, 2018 - 8:22am
    Mom used Taser to make her son attend Easter service, police say
    "Nobody writes a book on the correct way of parenting," Sharron Dobbins explained to ABC 15 Arizona this week, shortly after her release from...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 3, 2018 - 10:49am
    December 28, 2017
    Rev. Daryl Schubert stands in front of the alter at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Mitchell. The window of the Holy Trinity, back, was one of the stained glass windows that was refurnished in November. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    Restoring a church's legacy
    Staring into the swirling shades of colors, Nikki Porter easily gets lost in the beauty of the stained glass windows in St. Mary's Episcopal...
    community/nonprofitsDecember 28, 2017 - 7:00am
    December 23, 2017
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    AgweekTV: McMartin Bankruptcy Update
    The trustee in the large McMartin farm bankruptcy is alleging fraud and the amount of debt has risen to more than sixty-three million dollars....
    newsDecember 23, 2017 - 8:00am
    December 8, 2017
    In 1960 a Texas woman went to confession and then vanished. We now know the priest murdered her.
    For more than five decades, the black-and-white image of Irene Garza has haunted the town of McAllen, Texas, her story painfully recounted again...
    lifestyleDecember 8, 2017 - 10:44am
    November 6, 2017
    A second deadly church shooting in America on Sunday
    Manuel Garcia was waiting for his estranged wife and her new boyfriend when they came out of church in the Central California city of Fresno,...
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 2:48pm
    Members of the First Reformed Church in Mitchell were invited to a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday in Mitchell. (Libby Leyden/ Daily Republic)
    First Reformed Church breaks ground on $1.4M expansion
    It was a community affair Sunday morning, as church-goers watched as 10 gold-painted shovels broke ground at First Reformed Church in Mitchell....
    newsAugust 6, 2017 - 3:24pm
    Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod South Dakota District President The Rev. Scott Sailer blesses the new Zion Lutheran Church building Saturday in Delmont. (Luke Hagen / Republic)
    Zion Lutheran: Dedication in Delmont two years after devastation
    DELMONT — More than two years after a devastating tornado clobbered Delmont's Zion Lutheran Church, there was celebration and dedication....
    newsAugust 6, 2017 - 12:48pm
    July 23, 2017
    The Rev. Dominique Buchholz engages a young congregant during an outdoor service at Sharon Lutheran Church in Grand Forks. Eric Hylden / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Winging it on a prayer: churches are trying new ways to attract young followers
    GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The names of hundreds and hundreds of people are hidden, but not forgotten, beneath the rug in the Worship Center at...
    newsJuly 23, 2017 - 9:37am
    April 17, 2017
    South Dakota churches come together to fight poverty
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Churches in South Dakota's largest city are working together to address the city's rising poverty rate in an effort to help children and families. The Argus Leader reports Sioux Falls' poverty rate jumped to 14 percent last year. Empower Sioux Falls hosts forums...
    newsApril 17, 2017 - 12:47pm
    April 15, 2017
    People attend Good Friday services Friday night at First Lutheran Church in Mitchell. Easter services typically draw in a larger crowd to churches in Mitchell, while the remainder of the year tends to be lower in numbers. Nationwide trends show average weekly attendance in churches is on the decline, leaving an uncertain future. (Sarah Barclay / Republic)
    National trends show average church attendance is dropping, but Mitchell area pastors remain hopeful for the uncertain future
    The service at First Lutheran Church will nearly double its attendance this Sunday, and it's a hike that Pastor Lon Kvanli is accustomed to....
    newsApril 15, 2017 - 7:06am
    March 23, 2017
    U.S. cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley talks with Brazilian cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz (left) before the start of the "Safeguarding in Homes and Schools" seminar at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi
    Catholic leaders told to come down from pulpit to deal with sexual abuse
    ROME - Catholic leaders must come down "from the pulpit" to acknowledge that clergy sexual abuse of children and cover-ups had broken the Church's...
    newsMarch 23, 2017 - 12:15pm
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