Family Waits For Prayers To Work

A Texas family is racing to stop a hospital from amputating a patient's foot, saying the procedure violates their religious rights. The situation is now so tense that Angela Wright's husband has been barred from the hospital where she is being treated.

Living Under The Taliban Threat

Time magazine reports on Afghan Women and the Return of the Taliban.

The Taliban pounded on the door just before midnight, demanding that Aisha, 18, be punished for running away from her husband's house. Her in-laws treated her like a slave, Aisha pleaded. They beat her. If she hadn't run away, she would have died. Her judge, a local Taliban commander, was unmoved. Aisha's brother-in-law held her down while her husband pulled out a knife. First he sliced off her ears. Then he started on her nose.

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Evangelist Cindy Jacobs Calls For A 40-Day Fast

Evangelist Cindy Jacobs calls for a 40-day fast leading up to the 2010 Senate elections to ensure that pro-life, pro-biblical values, anti-same sex marriage candidates are elected.



From our friends over at Christian Nightmares

Minister Suspected In String Of Thefts

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Texas: Steven Breed is a gifted elementary school teacher and a grandfatherlike minister -- and he's suspected by several area law enforcement officials of being one of the most dauntless jewel thieves in North Texas.

But court documents, acquaintances and area Realtors accuse the divorced father of three of being much more than a sneak thief: They describe the 53-year-old as a con man whose life has been driven by a gambling habit.

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Breed's resume shows that he attended the University of Houston and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He received a master's "degree" in religious education. He was hired as the children's minister at First Baptist Church of Allen in 2004 and released a few months later.

Put Me In A Rubber Suit For Jesus

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Driver Refuses To Take Woman To Planned Parenthood

Priest Charged With Possession Of Child Porn

Wisconsin: The Diocese of La Crosse placed no restrictions on an Onalaska priest despite learning he had followed young boys into a water park bathroom last summer.

The Rev. Patrick Umberger now is accused of having child pornography after an investigation that traces back to the water park incident. Umberger, 59, also confessed to having anonymous sexual encounters with males and females, none of them minors, and having visited gay chat rooms.

Noah’s Ark Water Park employees reported seeing Umberger repeatedly follow boys into the bathroom near a children’s pool and was found standing next to a 10-year-old using a urinal. Park officials revoked Umberger’s season pass and placed him on a watch list.

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Umberger was arrested after agents discovered three sexually graphic photos of children on his computer. He then admitted that he had searched the Internet for images of 12- to 15-year-olds.