Anger After Mormon Church Allows Leaders To Ban LGBT Members
Source: Huffington Post SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gay and lesbian Mormons and their supporters are reeling over a rule change by church officials that says members in same-sex marriages […]
Behind the Scenes: The First Scandal of the Pope Francis Era
Source : Huffington Post The Clash Between George Pell and Reinhard Marx As the faithful wait for the Holy Doors to open up for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, […]
How cardinal disgraced in Boston child abuse scandal found a Vatican haven
Source: The Guardian When Cardinal Bernard Law was forced under public pressure to resign as archbishop of Boston in 2002, he was considered a pariah within the ranks of the […]
Mormon church labels same-sex couples apostates
Source: CNN (CNN) A new Mormon church policy considers church members in same-sex marriages as apostates whose children will be barred from baptism and church membership unless they disavow same-sex unions. […]
New books allege financial scandals at the Vatican
Source: CNN Rome (CNN)Vatican documents and taped conversations, leaked to Italian journalists and published in two new books, allegedly reveal numerous financial scandals and extravagant expenditures in the Vatican as […]
Candidates use the Bible to justify their views. We must respond with reason Gayatri Devi
Source: The Guardian he interpretation – or misinterpretation, or simplification – of our most entrenched foundation myths – the Bible – are important indicators of what we privilege and value […]
Vatican hit by new claims of financial mismanagement and lavish spending
Source: The Guardian Ever since his election as spiritual head of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, Pope Francis has always said he wants a church for the poor. But […]
Does The Latest Alleged Vatican Leak Reveal A ‘Schism’ In The Church?
Source: Huffington Post Father Paul Sullins discusses the latest alleged Vatican leak. To watch the video click on the link below Video Here
A closer look at Seventh-day Adventists in America
Source: Pew Research Center Ben Carson’s religion has been in the spotlight in recent weeks after Donald Trump, one of Carson’s leading rivals in the Republican presidential primary, mentioned it […]
German Protestant church’s scandalous idea rocks evangelical community
Source: Religious News Service One of Germany’s largest Protestant regional churches has come under fire from other Christians for speaking out against efforts to convert Muslims just as tens of […]
Most U.S. Catholics hope for change in church rule on divorce, Communion
Source: Pew Research Center The Vatican synod on the family concluded over the weekend – with somewhat inconclusive results that were open to multiple interpretations. While there were many topics […]
Christian evangelists win Michigan speech case over Arab festival
Source: Religion news service A federal appeals court said police violated the free speech rights of Christian evangelists by telling them to leave a June 2012 Arab-American festival in Dearborn, […]
What Seventh-day Adventists like Ben Carson believe
Source: CNN Donald Trump made headlines this weekend by questioning fellow GOP candidate Ben Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith — literally. “I’m Presbyterian,” Trump said at a rally in Florida on […]
Why are some Catholics so afraid of change?
Source: CNN The Synod on the Family, the gathering of bishops from around the world that just concluded, changed no Catholic doctrine. None. But you wouldn’t know that from the […]
Oct 31: 95 thesis of Luther will change Christianity forever. Watch PBS documentary in TMT
Martin Luther posts 95 theses today on October 31st in 1517 Source: History.com On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle […]
Is It a Fake? DNA Testing Deepens Mystery of Shroud of Turin
Source: MSN By Tia Ghose Is it a medieval fake or a relic of Jesus Christ? A new analysis of DNA from the Shroud of Turin reveals that people from all […]
The Sin Box: Why have Catholics stopped lining up at the confessional?
Epigraph: And those who call not on any other God along with Allah, nor kill a person that Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit adultery (or fornication), and he who does that shall meet with the punishment of sin. Doubled to him will be the punishment on […]
If Jesus Died for Us: Why Did We Need Confession?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Like we have five pillars of Islam, including Shahada, Salat or Prayer, Fasting, Zakat or Charity […]
Marriage and Annulment: When Will the Catholic Church Leave the Catholics Alone?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the contemporary world think of marriage and divorce as a personal matter between the husband and the wife, but not the Catholic Church. Most believe that if the husband and the wife can agree on […]