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Documenting forgiveness Steve Saint stands alongside Mincaye, one of the Waodani Indians featured in a new documentary on the murder of Saint’s father, missionary Nate Saint, and four other missionaries in 1956 in Ecuador. Photo courtesy of Every Tribe Entertainment DALLAS (BP)--The Waodani Indians of Ecuador were killing six of every 10 of their tribesmen when American missionaries entered their isolated community in January 1956. Anthropologists say the tribe, identified then as the Aucas, had one of the most violent cultures ever documented and was headed toward extinction. Missionary pilot Nate Saint had located the tribe in circling the Amazon...

SEATTLE -- A group of Roman Catholic and Anglican leaders studying the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, said Monday that after years of talks they have agreed that Catholic teachings on the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary into heaven are consistent with Anglican interpretations of the Bible. The two sides issued a joint document, "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ," which will now be examined by the Vatican and the Anglican Communion. If the terms of the new accord are eventually accepted by top church officials _ by no means a certainty _ it would overcome...