by Lauren Markoe | Aug 25, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The iconic Washington National Cathedral, already struggling with financial problems, faces millions of dollars in repair costs from the damage inflicted by Tuesday’s (Sept. 23) East Coast earthquake. And nothing is covered by insurance, according to...
by Lauren Markoe | Aug 22, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) It was the time in pre-marriage counseling when the groom has to leave so the priest and the bride can talk alone. So Jamal Kadri stepped outside Holy Name Catholic Church that rainy day in Washington, D.C., and watched water pour from the church...
by Lauren Markoe | Aug 10, 2011 | News
(RNS) A third of the world—about 2.2 billion people—live in nations where restrictions on religion have substantially increased, according to a new report. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life study, released Tuesday (Aug. 9), also shows intolerant countries...
by Lauren Markoe | Aug 3, 2011 | News
(RNS) Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, an extensive new survey of Muslims finds them as optimistic as other Americans, even as large minorities of Christian Americans question Muslims’ loyalty to the United States. The survey, released Tuesday (Aug. 2) by the Gallup...
by Lauren Markoe | Jul 29, 2011 | News
(RNS) A proposed circumcision ban will not appear on San Francisco’s citywide ballot in November, a Superior Court judge tentatively ruled Wednesday (July 27). Judge Loretta Giorgi has determined that as “a widely practiced medical procedure,” circumcision cannot be...
