Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims’ Group
NY Times: Turning the tables on an advocacy group that has long supported victims of pedophile priests, lawyers for theRoman Catholic Church and priests accused of sexual abuse in two Missouri […]
Stunning Number Of Deep South Voters Believe Obama Is Muslim
Ask President Barack Obama about his religious affiliation, and he’s a Christian. Ask Mississippi or Alabama voters, and you might find a different answer. In the midst of tight GOP primaries in both states, Public Policy Polling (PPP) hasreleased information showing that a majority of likely GOP primary voters in the Deep South do […]
Pastor Nadarkhani, Islam and Punishment for Apostasy
HuffingtonPost by Haris Zafar: Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is currently on death row in Iran for the “crime” of converting to Christianity from Islam. The charges of his initial arrest in […]
British Government Says Christians Don’t Have Right To Wear Cross Or Crucifix At Work
Two British women are headed to court to argue for the right to wear Christian crosses at their workplaces, but a group of Christian ministers is reportedly set to back employers’ rights to ban the regalia. At the heart of the issue is whether or not the crosses are a […]
The End of Catholic Church as We Know It
Washington Post: The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops will make an important decision this week: Do they want to defend the church’s legitimate interest in religious autonomy, or do they want […]
It’s a huge mistake to forbid a tiny act of Christian worship
The Daily Telegraph; By Boris Johnson: If I were Nadia Eweida, I would be starting to think that the whole world had gone completely mad. You remember Nadia, the mild-looking […]
Bishop defends hard line on divorce
The Roman Catholic bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, has defended a pastoral letter in which he reminded church-goers that divorced Catholics who remarry cannot receive communion. “The ten commandments were […]
Christians ‘integral part’ of Arab culture
AMMAN (Petra) — JORDAN TIMES. His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday said Arab Christians are an “integral” part of the Arab-Islamic culture, stressing the need to protect the Christian presence […]
Maronite patriarch’s interview on Syria stirs new criticism
BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai’s recent remarks on the ongoing developments in Syria and the challenges facing Christians in the region is drawing another round of criticism from March 14 […]
Turkey is seeking to assure its non-Muslim citizens
By Bulent Arinc The Daily Star Lebanon After decades of official neglect and mistrust, Turkey has taken several steps to ensure the rights of the country’s non-Muslim religious minorities. In […]
Pope Benedict denounces push to legalize gay marriage
(Reuters) – Pope Benedict on Friday denounced the “powerful political and cultural currents” seeking to legalize gay marriage in the United States, where Maryland has just become the eighth state […]
Feminism’s final frontier? Religion.
Washington Post: By Lisa Miller The battle of the sexes, waged this election season with fulsome fury in the public space, is being fought in a much more painful, private sphere […]
Banks foreclose on churches in record numbers
(Reuters) – Banks are foreclosing on America’s churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data. The […]
Anonymous take down Vatican, warn of ‘March storm
Russian TV: Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched an online assault on anti-virus company Panda Security after Tuesday’s arrest of members of the hackers’ LulzSec collective. The group also raided the […]
Anti-sharia laws: Legislating religiosity
Washington Post: By David Waters The legendary football rivaly between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers began with a 6-6 tie on the third Saturday in October 1901. […]
Church schools shun poorest pupils
England’s faith state schools are failing to mirror their local communities by shunning the poorest pupils in their area, analysis by the Guardian of the latest government figures shows. The Roman Catholic church, which has repeatedly insisted its schools are inclusive, comes out particularly badly in the examination of data published by […]
Gender Disparity in the Clergy: Breaking the Stained Glass Ceiling
Republican Congressman Darrel Issa deserves our gratitude for his selection of an all-male panel of clergy witnesses to testify at the recent congressional hearing on reproductive rights and religious freedom. He has unintentionally sounded a startling and overdue wake-up call concerning the face of religion in America. Thankfully, our country […]
From ‘Nominal Catholic’ to Clarion of Faith
NY Times: GREAT FALLS, Va. — Rick Santorum was, in his own words, a “nominal Catholic” when he met Karen Garver, a neonatal nurse and law student, in 1988. As they made […]
Here Are 10 Famous People Posthumously Baptized By Mormons
You’d never guess that these famous people are Mormons. They’d never guess it either, considering that they didn’t exactly consent to becoming Mormons. Posthumous baptisms allow Church members to give non-Mormon relatives a chance to get into heaven after death. Read more:
Germany: Imam preaches at Canisius Jesuits community Church near Berlin
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | EU Desk Source/Credit: The Tagesspiegel, By Benjamin Lassiwe | February 27, 2012 It is rare for a Muslim to deliver a sermon in a Catholic church. […]