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Abuse victims claims no money from $900,000 settlement
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) A man who secured a $900,000 settlement for
alleged abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest has yet to see a penny...
The Muslim Jesus
We could not get to Jesus without going through the origins of the two faiths that share him. Christianity and Islam disagree, but they disagree about the same Jesus.
Army faces queries on ‘spiritual fitness’ test
The army is facing questions over a "spiritual fitness" portion of a
mandatory questionnaire, with some atheists calling it "invidious and...
Congress’s religious profile unaltered
An influx of Republicans has colored the House of Representatives
red, but the midterm elections did little to alter the religious
composition of Capitol Hill....
Pagans at the party
Growing up in the church, I knew all about the three wise men (although the
Bible doesn't actually say how many magi were there). But I'm not sure I...
More from Adam Copeland on church policies for social media
CCblogger Adam Copeland, who recently did...
Calif. war memorial cross ruled unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday (Jan. 4) a
veterans' memorial featuring a 43-foot cross on California's Mount
Soledad is unconstitutional.
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Pope denies appeal of Boston parish closings
(RNS) After a lengthy appeals process, the Vatican has ruled that
nine Boston-area Catholic parishes should be closed despite six-year...
Assassination complicates controversial blasphemy law
BANGALORE, India (RNS) Church officials in Pakistan say the
assassination of Salman Taseer, an outspoken critic of Pakistan's...
Rubashkin appeals conviction, sentence
(RNS) Convicted businessman Sholom Rubashkin, former executive of
the now-defunct Agriprocessors kosher meat plant, has filed an appeal in...
Poll finds very religious have good health habits
Americans who are "very religious" are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are less religious, a Gallup survey shows....
Church leaders praise nuclear arms treaty
Catholic bishops and leaders from Protestant organizations are hailing the Senate's ratification of a treaty with Russia that would reduce both countries' nuclear arms by about 30 percent....
Church bombing in Egypt causes anguish, anxiety
The New Year's Day suicide bombing outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, which killed at least 25 people and injured dozens more, brought tightened security measures from Egyptian author...
‘Radicalization’ hearings worry U.S. Muslims
Mass protests against planned mosques in New York City and
Tennessee. An Oklahoma referendum to ban Islamic law. A media circus...
Constitution thumpers
Today, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in Rep. John Boehner (R.-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House. That's a routine gig for a Supreme Court chief justice, but yesterday's was unprecedented: on Boehner's request, Roberts also swore in the new Speaker's staff.
Pursuing happiness
Unlike justice or courage, happiness is perceived as subjective, even inscrutable. So what does it mean to say that a person who claims to be happy is not?
A review of The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel
The classic tale of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd who journeys to Egypt to find the "Soul of the World," has been adapted as a graphic novel for the first time....
A stinging critique
In the late 1970s a colleague handed me a copy of Douglas John Hall's Lighten Our Darkness: Towards an Indigenous Theology of the Cross. "I think you'll like this," she said....
Sunday, January 16, 2011: John 1:29-42, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 49:1-7
He saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29)...