by Daniel Burke | Dec 23, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) An umbrella group of Catholic hospitals is backing a Phoenix hospital that was stripped of its church affiliation, sowing the seeds for another sharp conflict between the hierarchy and Catholic health care providers. Sister Carol Keehan, president of...
by Daniel Burke | Dec 22, 2010 | News
(RNS) Four in 10 Americans believe that God created humans in something like their present form within the last 10,000 years, according to a new Gallup Poll. While that percentage represents a slight dip from 2008, when 44 percent said they do not believe divinely...
by Daniel Burke | Dec 20, 2010 | News
(RNS) The protracted and contentious debate over plans to build an Islamic community center near Ground Zero in New York was the top religion story of 2010, according to a survey of religion journalists. The imam piloting the project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, was voted the...
by Daniel Burke | Dec 7, 2010 | News
(RNS) As a federal appeals court in California heard opening arguments in a landmark gay marriage case on Monday (Dec. 6), a rare coalition of religious leaders released a public letter promoting marriage as “the faithful union of one man and one woman.” Leaders of...
by Daniel Burke | Dec 6, 2010 | News
(RNS) What do nurses, soldiers, pharmacists, elementary school teachers, doctors, and police officers have in common? Americans say they are all more ethical and honest than members of the clergy, according to a Gallup survey released on Friday (Dec. 3). Slightly more...
