• Report: Chinese Bishop Freed from Police Custody

  An elderly bishop belonging to China's underground Roman Catholic Church has been released after spending more than 10 months in police custody, a Vatican-affiliated news agency reported Tuesday.

• VA Training Clergy to Deal with Veterans in Need

  Working with the Columbia Urban League, the Department of Veterans Affairs is training church leaders in South Carolina to help troubled military veterans, particularly those just returning from Afgha

• Eighth Episcopal Diocese Rejects Pro-Gay Leader

  An eighth conservative Episcopal diocese is rejecting the authority of the incoming head of the denomination and asking for oversight from another Anglican leader.

• Missouri Researcher Reports Adult Stem Cell Discovery

  A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher says he has isolated a rare type of adult stem cell circulating in the blood of pigs and found the stem cells are capable of becoming other cells that form

• Slovakia Catholics Fight Against Mormon's Influence

  Roman Catholic bishops are fighting efforts by the Mormon church to earn official recognition as a religious group in Slovakia.