by Daniel Burke | Nov 15, 2011 | News
(RNS) The Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix has backtracked on plans to restrict Communion wine at Mass after a local outcry and consultation with other bishops. Bishop Thomas Olmsted had said that Vatican guidelines attached to a new Mass translation curtail the...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 15, 2011 | News
A multipurpose Baptist center that will include a church, seminary, medical clinic and school will be built in northern Iraq. Christians in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan have been granted two acres of land worth nearly $2 million to build the Grace Baptist...
by Jeffrey MacDonald | Nov 14, 2011 | News
NEWTON, Mass. (RNS) Some wounds of war are all too visible—a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul are often more difficult to spot, and equally hard to treat. But those who know where to look can help them heal, and it’s a message that...
by Adelle Banks | Nov 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) A small Catholic college has sued the Department of Health and Human Services, saying a new requirement to provide contraceptives contradicts the school’s religious beliefs. Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., said Thursday (Nov. 10) that the mandate,...
by Steve Rapp | Nov 14, 2011 | News
LEDYARD, N.Y. (RNS) The town clerk in Ledyard, N.Y., who drew national attention after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples won re-election on Tuesday (Nov. 8). Incumbent Rose Marie Belforti, a Republican, defeated Ed Easter, of Aurora, who launched...
by David Gibson | Nov 11, 2011 | News
(RNS) When the nation’s Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting next week (Nov. 14-16) in Baltimore, the issue that will stand out in an otherwise small-bore internal agenda is their growing resolve to engage in politically charged battles over gay...
