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Rancho Cordova mixing church and state, critics charge

June 25, 2013, 11:55 am
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Two groups claim the city of Rancho Cordova is violating the constitutional principle of separation between church and state by scheduling a "Celebration of Faith" this Sunday as part of its 10th anniversary celebration.

The city of Rancho Cordova residents take part in videotaping an extensive lip dub to the song "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen with dozens of city residents at at City Hall on May 5, 2013 in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The extravaganza will be screened as part of the city's 10th year anniversary events June 30-July 4.
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Marcos Breton: Former 'rock star' priest facing trial as a solitary figure

June 27, 2013, 8:52 am
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The crowds have left the side of Uriel Ojeda, the former "rock star" priest facing criminal charges that he sexually molested a young girl.
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Caregiver writes from spiritual perspective about his role aiding ailing wife till the end

June 27, 2013, 8:40 am
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Together, Coy Cross II and his wife, Carol, took a caregiving journey from hope to tragedy. Cross, a retired historian, cared for Carol after she was diagnosed with advanced stage ovarian cancer in May 2009. She died last year.

Coy Cross II
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Bishop's messenger says he wasn't Ojeda's 'confessor'

June 27, 2013, 8:52 am
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The priest said it was all about business the day he went to Redding with a private eye to see another priest who had been accused of child molestation.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda waits for an elevator during a break in his pretrial hearing Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court. Ojeda is charged with molesting the teenage daughter of a parishioner.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda is accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl.
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Francis speeds sainthood of two papal predecessors

July 8, 2013, 7:53 am
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Showing more of his sprightly personality and his priorities, Pope Francis sped two of his predecessors toward sainthood on Friday: John Paul II, who guided the Roman Catholic Church during the end of the Cold War, and John XXIII, who assembled the liberalizing Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.

Enrique Martinez Associated Press Floribeth Mora of Costa Rica looks at a bust of Pope John Paul II at the archbishop's office in San Jose, Costa Rica, while describing how she was cured of a terminal cerebral aneurysm after praying to John Paul on the day of his beatification.
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Sacramento priest accepts plea deal in molestation case

July 8, 2013, 8:24 am
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Grudgingly, one of the nation's leading critics of the Catholic Church's handling of sexual abuse by priests credited the Sacramento Diocese with doing some things right in the prosecution of the Rev. Uriel Ojeda.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, left, walks to court with attorney Jesse Ortiz as they are followed by supporters before he took a plea deal in his molestation case in Sacramento Superior Court on Friday.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, left, walks to court with attorney Jesse Ortiz as they are followed by supporters before he took a plea deal in his molestation case in Sacramento Superior Court on Friday.
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Marcos Breton: Priest's downfall a tragedy of faith, delusion and denial

July 8, 2013, 8:24 am
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The nature of faith is to believe in something larger than yourself.

Ojeda, second from left, waits to be taken into custody Friday.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda agreed to a no-contest plea Friday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. He is to be sentenced on Aug. 2.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, above left, with the Rev. Angel Perez of Oregon, gives the Eucharist in Sacramento in 2007. In April, Perez was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy.
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Bayside Church buys land for new facility

July 13, 2013, 12:00 am
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Roseville-based Bayside Church has purchased 60 acres of land along the Highway 65 corridor and plans to build a church on the site.
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In Sacramento, Methodists vow to marry same-sex couples

July 25, 2013, 6:32 am
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Less than a month after same-sex couples in California received the go-ahead to wed, a retired Methodist minister from Sacramento has come forward with a group of colleagues willing to perform same-sex marriages.
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There's an app to read Good Book

July 29, 2013, 7:21 am
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More than 500 years after Gutenberg, the Bible is having its i-moment.

Nick Oxford New York Times The YouVersion free app displays Scripture on an iPad mini. With 600 Bible translations available, the app has 100 million downloads, comparable to successful startups.
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Rick Warren returns to pulpit after son's suicide

July 28, 2013, 7:51 am
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Nearly four months after his son's suicide, popular pastor Rick Warren returned to the pulpit Saturday afternoon at the Southern California megachurch he founded.

In this June 23, 2009 photo, Evangelical pastor Rick Warren speaks to about 800 people under a large tent at St. Vincent's Episcopal Cathedral Church in Bedford, Texas. Nearly four months after his son's suicide, popular pastor Rick Warren has returned to the pulpit at his Southern California megachurch, Saturday, July 27, 2013.
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Televangelist Schuller out of hospital after fall

August 1, 2013, 3:42 pm
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Crystal Cathedral founder and former televangelist the Rev. Robert H. Schuller is out of the hospital after a fall at his Southern California home last month.
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Marking a milestone

August 11, 2013, 7:36 pm
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Three young women view a photo they took of themselves Thursday before the start of the Eid prayer signaling the end of Ramadan at the Jackson Sports Academy in McClellan Park in Sacramento.


Kamoliddin Azamatov, 10, of Antelope, participates in the Eid prayer.

Earlier, Huda Sajid, 12, left, of Rio Linda waits for the prayer to begin. Muslims are not allowed to fast on Eid, a day that marks the end of the monthlong dawn-to-dusk fast with which Ramadan is marked.

Men bow during the Eid prayer marking the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan during observances Thursday at the Jackson Sports Academy in McClellan Park in Sacramento.
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A diocese's darkest day

August 17, 2013, 1:38 pm
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Sacramento Catholic officials were shocked when a father called to charge a revered priest with abusing his teenage daughter. What followed was a time of pain that tested whether the church had learned from its past mistakes.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, shown here in 2009 when he headed a Woodland parish, was a rising young star in the Sacramento Diocese, celebrated for his charisma and viewed as a role model by his largely Latino parishioners. But his image – and life – were shattered by sexual abuse charges.

The Rev. Timothy Nondorf was the first Sacramento Catholic Diocese official to learn of the abuse allegations against the Rev. Uriel Ojeda, when he returned a call made by the teenage victim's angry father. Nondorf was subsequently named pastor at St John the Baptist Church in Chico.

Chancellor Kathy Conner is the chief operating officer of the Sacramento diocese. She says she said a quick prayer – "God, be with me. Holy Spirit, be with me" – after hearing the charges against Ojeda. Conner then followed a diocesan abuse protocol calling for her to contact the family of the alleged victim, offer assistance, and then speak to the bishop about whether the allegations seemed credible.

Bishop Jaime Soto, shown at an Ash Wednesday service in February 2012, took charge of the diocese's response to the allegations against Ojeda, steeling himself for the intense public scrutiny the case would generate. "We now have the procedures in place to act quickly" in abuse cases, Soto said recently.
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Suisun City council to have first Hindu invocation

August 14, 2013, 7:45 am
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For the first time, the City Council of Suisun City will start its day with Oms.
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Uriel Ojeda to join few Catholic clergy in California prisons for child sex abuse

August 17, 2013, 1:38 pm
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Once a rising star in the Sacramento Roman Catholic Diocese, lauded by parishioners for his compassion and faith, the Rev. Uriel Ojeda likely will spend at least seven years in the harsh confines of an institution where security cameras and uniformed guards will monitor his every movement.

The Rev. Uriel Ojeda, 33, is sentenced to prison Aug. 2 after admitting he mo- lested a girl, 13, in her family's home.

Uriel Ojeda, once hailed by his Catholic parishioners, was sent- enced to eight years in prison.
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Atheist parolee wins federal appeal, is entitled to damages in rights case

August 25, 2013, 9:20 am
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An atheist parolee who was sent back to prison after he balked at participating in a religious-oriented drug treatment program must receive monetary compensation, a federal appellate court ruled Friday.

Barry A. Hazle Jr.
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Davis minister will address King march anniversary event

August 28, 2013, 10:39 am
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A prominent Davis minister - known for her reconciliation efforts and for mediating in the UC Davis pepper-spray incident - will address the nation today on the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington.

The Rev. Kristin Stoneking, a United Methodist minister, is one of several clergy invited to speak on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on as part of the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.
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Q&A: Prayer, healing season here for Judaism

September 2, 2013, 12:26 pm
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Prayer, reflection, repairing relationships, atonement, forgiveness, fasting, resolutions and a fresh start followed by eight days of happiness starting with – what else? – plenty of Jewish food. The Jewish High Holy Days cover it all, said Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen of Carmichael's Reform synagogue Beth Shalom.

Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen of Carmichael's Beth Shalom synagogue blows a shofar, or ram's horn, which is sounded daily in the period leading up to Rosh Hashana.
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Agnostic becomes minister to give Rancho Cordova City Council invocation

September 25, 2013, 11:15 pm
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A Rancho Cordova man, who describes himself as agnostic, said he joined the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster so he can deliver an invocation at a Rancho Cordova City Council meeting advocating for separation of church and state.
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