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Mixing Faith and Politics, Labrador Talks About Mormonism on Meet the Press

Republican Rep. Raul Labrador appeared on NBC's Meet the Press this morning, making his third appearance since beginning his Congressional term in 2011. In what was billed as a special Easter...

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Report: Mormons Quit Church in Mass Resignation

A group of 150 Mormons that gathered from around the country, including some from Idaho, quit their church in a mass resignation this past weekend in Salt Lake City. To actually resign from the church,...

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'Life Without God' Billboards Pop Up in Treasure Valley

Ahead of an Independence Day parade appearance, a local group of non-theists have launched a billboard campaign to spread awareness of its collection of agnostics, atheists and others who don't...

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Report: Idaho Among Nation's Most-Charitable States

Idahoans give more to charities than their counterparts in most other states. Newly released data published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy indicates that Idaho, along with Utah, Mississippi, Alabama,...

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Mormon Church: Go Ahead, Order a Coke or Pepsi

The Mormon church went out of its way this past week to remind its followers that they are free to drink Coke or Pepsi. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in response to an NBC News...

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Study: Fewer Protestants, More Americans With No Religious Affiliation

A new study indicates that Protestants are no longer in the majority in the United States, due in large part to the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. The Pew Forum...

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Atheists Want Jesus Statue Removed From Ski Mountain

Boiseans who remember the city's emotional tug-of-war over a public display of the Ten Commandments may take note of a Montana lawsuit from an organization called Freedom From Religion wanting to...

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Where There's Smoke: How a Pope is Elected

A papal resignation is a rare event. The last time a pope resigned, Christopher Columbus hadn't been born yet. A Vatican spokesperson said this morning that a papal election is expected by mid-March....

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Boise Bishop Celebrates New Pope

Bishop Michael Driscoll of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise said Wednesday afternoon that he joined Catholics around the world to "offer my support and prayers for our new pope, Pope Francis."The...

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Wife of Boise Pastor: Husband Moved To Iran Prison's Solitary Confinement

The wife of an Idaho pastor, sentenced to prison in Iran after being accused to trying to convert someone to Christianity, says her husband has now been moved into solitary confinement. Naghmeh...

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Federal Judge: Jesus Statue Can Remain Atop Ski Mountain

A federal judge says a statue of Jesus, regularly outfitted with goggles and ski poles, can stay atop Montana's Whitefish Mountain. In 1953, the Knights of Columbus won permission from the U.S. Forest...

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Ada County Commissioners Will Consider Proposed LDS Temple in Meridian

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says,"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.." and while no one is disputing the...

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Evangelii Gaudium: The Pope's 'Earthquake'

The Vatican estimates that there are 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world—approximately 85 million in North America. As many of them attended houses of worship today, they heard for the first time...

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U.S. Judge Orders Dismantling of Mountaintop Cross

A familiar debate has erupted in Southern California where a U.S. judge has ordered a cross removed from a mountaintop because it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. The order...

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LDS Women Suit Up For Second 'Wear Pants to Church Day'

A unusual protest will be repeated this weekend at some Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses of worship, as advocates of inclusion participate in what is being called the “The Second...

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In Major Shift, LDS Church Sending Out More, Younger Women Missionaries

In what is being called a fundamental shift in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more young Mormon women will be participating in missions in the coming years, expecting to trigger...

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Westboro Baptist Church Leader Fred Phelps Dies

Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps has died, aged 84, of an as-yet-undisclosed illness, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. A fire-and-brimstone preacher at his Kansas-based fundamentalist...

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Creationist Museum Opens in Boise

The debate over creationism is about to evolve in Boise. The Vision Center for the Northwest Science Museum opened for business on June 14 at 1835 Wildwood St. in Boise. That's where the public has...

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Muslim Cemetery Plans in Kuna Move Forward Despite Controversy

Members of the Islamic Community of Bosniaks are running out of places to bury their deceased loved ones while still observing Islamic religious law, according to KTVB. They've been using a part of...

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New Bishop for Catholic Diocese of Boise To Be Installed December 2014

Idaho's Roman Catholic Community will have a new faith leader in December when the Rev. Peter F. Christensen of Superior, Wis., is installed as the eighth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

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Idaho Lawmaker Tries to Block Hindu Prayer in Senate Chamber Today

When the Idaho House and Senate gavel into session, proceedings usually get underway with an invocation. But one Idaho lawmaker only wants a particular kind of prayer at the Statehouse.This morning's...

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Hindu Prayer in Idaho Senate: 'Lead Us From Darkness to Light'

When the Idaho Senate was brought to order Tuesday morning at 10 by Pro-Tem Senator Brent Hill, nine Idaho Senators were marked as absent—seven of them deliberately standing outside of the Senate...

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UPDATE: More Religious Leaders Join in Call for Apology from Idaho Senator...

UPDATE: As Cottonwood Republican Sen. Sherry Nuxoll doubles down on her controversial comments regarding guest chaplain Rajan Zed—who opened a March 3 session of the Idaho Senate with the chamber's...

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Rajan Zed Receives Thank-You Letter from 700 Idahoans, Calls for Apology from...

Rajan Zed, the Hindu statesman who read the Idaho Senate invocation March 3, has received a thank-you letter, signed by 700 Idaho citizens. Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism,...

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Press-Tribune: Controversy Grows Over Ouster of NNU Professor

A conversation on the campus of Northwest Nazarene University is less about graduation lately and more about what happened to faculty member Thomas Oord.This morning's Idaho Press-Tribune reports that...

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