Articles by Patricia Ward Biederman

431 articles since 1997

Cao Dai Fuses Great Faiths of the World

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | January 7, 2006
During the 1960s, historian and Vietnam watcher Bernard Fall described Cao Dai – the eclectic Vietnamese religion whose saints include William Shakespeare and Victor Hugo – as a “dinosaur,” headed for oblivion after peaking in the 1950s. Read more
 

For This Holiday, Religious Themes Are in the Cards

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | December 17, 2005
As Christmas approached, Dori Larsuel of Altadena studied the racks devoted to religious cards at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. Read more
 

Inquiry Into IRS Investigations of Churches Is Sought

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | December 9, 2005
Expressing concern about the 1st Amendment rights of clergy, Rep. Read more
 

Mezuzas Finding Place Throughout Jewish Households

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | December 3, 2005
Once a mezuza in every room was a sure sign of an observant Jewish household. Read more
 

2 Killed in Greyhound Bus Crash

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman and Steve Chawkins, Jason Felch | November 28, 2005
A Greyhound bus with 44 people aboard veered off U.S. 101 near here early Sunday, slid down an embankment, flipped on its side and hit a tree, killing a pregnant woman and a man, officials said. Read more
 

Church in IRS Probe Gets Moral Support

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | November 14, 2005
Rector J. Edwin Bacon told parishioners Sunday that All Saints Church had received “a surprising outpouring of solidarity and support” since he revealed that the liberal Pasadena church could lose its tax-exempt status because of an IRS probe. Read more
 

A Long Tradition of Activism

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | November 13, 2005
All Saints Episcopal Church seems to embody staid, moneyed old Pasadena. Read more
 

Conservatives Also Irked by IRS Probe of Churches

California | Local | By Jason Felch and Patricia Ward Biederman | November 8, 2005
The IRS threat to revoke the tax-exempt status of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena because of an antiwar sermon there during the 2004 presidential election is part of a larger, controversial federal investigation of political activity at churches and nonprofit groups. Read more
 

Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS Warning

California | Local | By Jason Felch and Patricia Ward Biederman | November 7, 2005
The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California’s largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election. Read more
 

Marine Lance Cpl. Sergio Escobar, 18, Pasadena; Killed in Roadside Bombing

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | October 23, 2005
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