by Daniel Burke | Oct 22, 2010 | News
(RNS) A disgruntled investor has sued Bible.com, saying the website’s name alone should make it a “goldmine”—or at least more profitable than it is. James Solakian filed suit against Bible.com Inc in Delaware Chancery Court, according to the Reuters news agency. He...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 21, 2010 | News
(RNS) Women have been ordained as priests in all 110 dioceses of the Episcopal Church, after the last holdout, in Quincy, Ill., ordained its first woman on Saturday (Oct. 16). The Rev. Margaret Lee, a grandmother of five and former chemist, is the first woman ordained...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 18, 2010 | News
(RNS) Chile’s top Anglican bishop has become collateral damage in the border wars between the Episcopal Church and conservatives overseas. Bishop Tito Zavala of Chile has been removed from an international commission that considers questions of faith and governance in...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 14, 2010 | News
(RNS) The California agency that distributes public funds for stem cell research has apologized for honoring a poem that appropriated language from the sacrament of Holy Communion. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine held a poetry contest to promote...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 11, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The United Methodist Church’s public policy agency can advocate on causes beyond alcoholism and temperance without violating the terms of its endowment, a District of Columbia judge ruled on Wednesday (Oct. 6). Superior Court Judge Rhonda Reid...
