by Judy Keen | Oct 24, 2011 | News
CHAMPION, Wis. (RNS) Philip and Barbara Hesselbein came to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help to pray for a grandson who has an inoperable brain tumor. Darlene Searcy prayed for her family and for herself; she has cancer. Mary Spakowicz, who also has cancer, came...
by Francis Rocca | Oct 24, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican called the death of Libya’s longtime leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi the end of a “harsh and oppressive regime,” and pledged to work with the country’s new government. Gadhafi, 69, was shot by rebels on Thursday (Oct. 20) near his native...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 24, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) As President Obama gears up his re-election campaign, the Democratic National Committee has tapped a well-connected Washington pastor to lead the party’s religious outreach. The Rev. Derrick Harkins is senior pastor of Nineteenth Street Baptist...
by Josef Kuhn | Oct 21, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Three priests—a Dominican, a Franciscan and a Jesuit—walk into a bar. According to the Rev. James Martin, it’s not only the opening to a good joke, but quite possibly the saving grace of religion. Martin’s new book, “Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 20, 2011 | News
Technology will be a defining characteristic for the New Baptist Covenant gathering Nov. 17-19, which will bring potentially thousands of goodwill Baptists together across racial, ethnic and denominational lines in a show of unity and recommitment to Jesus’...
by Francis Rocca | Oct 20, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has named Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano as the Vatican’s next ambassador to the United States. The widely expected appointment was announced on Wednesday (Oct. 19). Vigano, 70, has served since July 2009 as the No. 2...
