Father testifies in Australian court cardinal abused son
Source: Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A father testified in an Australian court Thursday that his son said he was sexually abused by Vatican Cardinal George Pell during a […]
Young people to talk with Pope Francis about future of the church
Source: Religion News Service By Thomas Reese (RNS) — Around 300 young people from all over the world will descend on Rome next week to have a conversation with Pope […]
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History – Premiering Today on CNN
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History Premieres Sunday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET in CNN Go inside the Vatican to reveal how popes have used their power to […]
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s founding fathers, who etched a commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration into the declaration of independence, might be surprised […]
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 5, 2018 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria […]
Greek protesters attack new religious instruction textbooks.
Source: Associated Press ATHENS (AP) — About 2,000 people have marched to the Greek parliament to protest new school books they claim endanger faith in Orthodox Christianity, Greece’s official religion. […]
A rabbi, an imam and a pastor walk onto a stage…
Source: The Economist By H.G. and ERASMUS AFTER nearly 17 years on the road, the Interfaith Amigos are a trio (an imam, a rabbi and a Christian pastor, to be […]
Catholic hierarchy to be confronted over gender inequality
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent “Powerful vested interests” within the Catholic church are being challenged at a conference in Rome on International Women’s Day as calls grow for women to […]
Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded
Source: Pew Research Center from August 2017 As Protestants prepare to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the prevailing view among […]
Ehrman and Licona Debate: “Are the Gospels Historically Reliable?”
On February 21, 2018, Ratio Christi and the KSU History Club cosponsored a debate between Bart Ehrman and Mike Licona on the question “Are the Gospels Historically Reliable?” The debate […]
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
Premieres Sunday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in CNN Go inside the Vatican to reveal how popes have used their power to shape the course of world history. The […]
Trump, Pence and many evangelical leaders mourn Billy Graham at his funeral
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey The Rev. Billy Graham is laid to rest CHARLOTTE — About 2,000 people filled a huge white tent on Friday for a private […]
A preacher to millions took comfort in a local church pastor
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — If Billy Graham was “America’s pastor,” as so many headlines pronounced following his death, who was Billy Graham’s pastor? It […]
Trump-Graham power nexus flows through Franklin
Source: Associated Press By LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The preacher and the president, seated side-by-side in the lit-for-television Capitol Rotunda, leaned a few inches closer. The Rev. Franklin Graham […]
Billy Graham Wouldn’t Have Supported Rosa Parks
Source: Huffington Post BY Anthea Butler Evangelical preacher Billy Graham was lain in honor Wednesday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Graham is the first American religious leader to be […]
Rwanda closes ‘700 unsafe, noisy churches’
Source: BBC News About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small Pentecostal churches. […]
This is what the Quran actually says about blasphemy
Source: Independent BY Qasim Rashid Blasphemy laws began in Christian countries, and started appearing in Muslim majority countries after British imperialism. But if we go back to the Quran, we can see […]
Sacred Jerusalem church shuttered in dispute with Israeli authorities
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash February 25 Email the author JERUSALEM — The doors of Jerusalem’s sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre were shuttered Sunday by Christian leaders in the Holy Land amid a […]
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor challenges blasphemy conviction
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jakarta’s former governor, a Christian convicted of insulting Islam, sought a judicial review of his case on Monday, as several […]
Jerusalem Church Where Jesus Is Said to be Buried Closed After Tax Dispute With Israeli Government
Source: Newsweeklar By Tom Porter Christian leaders have closed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, in a […]