by Daniel Burke | Oct 6, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Relatives of 9/11 victims who believe debris from Ground Zero contains human remains and should be given a suitable burial said they are “shocked” that the Supreme Court on Monday (Oct. 4) refused to hear their appeal. “Denying our right to present...
by Daniel Burke | Sep 27, 2010 | News
(RNS) The U.S. Catholic bishops have issued a rare public rebuke of two Roman Catholic theologians, saying their 2008 book on sexual ethics marks a “radical departure” from church teaching and could be “harmful to one’s moral and spiritual life.” “The Sexual Person:...
by Daniel Burke | Sep 23, 2010 | News
(RNS) For generations, thousands of Catholics—from archbishops to people in the pews—saw the Catholic Church as eternal, timeless, and unmoved by the tides of history. But the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s unleashed a sea of changes—none more significant than...
by Daniel Burke | Sep 13, 2010 | News
(RNS) The imam behind the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero said Friday (Sept. 10) that he has no plans to meet with a pastor who has incited international outrage by plotting to burn Qurans outside his Florida church. “We have no such meeting planned...
by Daniel Burke | Sep 10, 2010 | News
(RNS) President Obama has added his voice to a chorus of critics condemning a Florida pastor’s plans—now in doubt—to burn Qurans on Saturday (Sept. 11), the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Obama on Thursday (Sept. 9) called the Quran burning a “recruitment...
