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TAM’s 19th annual Houses of Worship Tours open June 25

The 19th Annual Houses of Worship Summer Tours is offering a special bonus this year – a visit to the back acreage of a church on the tour with an array of large and thriving gardens and animal pens that help feed the needy.
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Coming to a Mass near you: St. Joseph

(RNS) St. Joseph will now get equal billing with the Virgin Mary during the prayers Catholic priests say as they bless the wine and bread used at Communion.
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Southern Ohio ELCA Synod elects new bishop

CHICAGO -- The Rev. Suzanne Darcy Dillahunt, of Marysville, Ohio, was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
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Newly retired minister to continue working for social justice

LAKESIDE, Ohio -- The Rev. Karen Shepler has just stepped down from active ministry, but the retired pastor of Monroe Street United Methodist Church is not about to slow down or take it easy. "My whole life has been working for justice and I will continue to do so in retirement,” she said.
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United Methodists hold 2013 conference at Lakeside resort

Members of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church held their 2013 annual conference at Lakeside, Ohio, from Sunday through Wednesday (June 9-12).
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Meet our new Hindu writer, Dipti Vyas

Our new Hindu writer, Dipti Vyas, looked through an airliner's little window and was reminded of the beauty of nature, a mother's wisdom, and the grace of God.
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Catholic teens from 5 states make ‘heart connections’ in Toledo

Painting, polishing, sweeping, scrubbing, scraping, and digging, 245 Catholic teenagers from five states are starting their summer vacations by working on service projects in the Toledo area.
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Pope Francis downplays threat of Vatican scrutiny of religious orders

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Weeks after authorizing a continued investigation of American nuns, Pope Francis told a group of nuns and priests from Latin America not to worry if they found themselves under similar scrutiny.
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Southern Baptists push for more black missionaries

(RNS) Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter’s recent overseas missions trip is being hailed by black and white Southern Baptists as a catalyst to change a long-present reality: very small numbers of black missionaries.
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Visitors say Benedict XVI is in declining health

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A month after returning to live at the Vatican, visitors say retired Pope Benedict XVI is in failing health even as his mind remains sharp.
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Let the church be like a crash of rhinos

Rhinos in the wild are dangerous, capable of causing fear and chaos. At a game reserve in Zimbabwe, it didn't seem right when tame rhinos ate out of tourists' hands. The contrast made me think of the church: Should it be like the fear-inducing, untamed beasts in the wild, or the rhinos that been turned into harmless pets?
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