by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 17, 2011 | News
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sent to bishops and other Catholic leaders on Sept. 30 the newly released documentary on immigration produced by EthicsDaily.com, whose parent company is the Baptist Center for Ethics. Some 500 DVDs were distributed with a cover...
by Kevin Eckstrom | Oct 17, 2011 | News
(RNS) Ten years after tiny St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was destroyed by falling rubble from the World Trade Center towers, church leaders reached an agreement Friday (Oct. 14) to rebuild at Ground Zero. The church, founded by Greek immigrants in 1916, sat in...
by Jeanette Rundquist and Steve Strunsky | Oct 17, 2011 | News
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. (RNS) It began last week with a single online comment, one critical of a high school display marking Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month. It soon ballooned into a harangue against homosexuality, a “perverted spirit” and a “sin” that...
by Gary Strauss | Oct 17, 2011 | News
(RNS) More than one-third of Americans now oppose the death penalty—the highest level in nearly 40 years—according to a new Gallup Poll. Moreover, those who believe the death penalty is being applied fairly, and those who say it isn’t used often enough, are at the...
by Piet Levy | Oct 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Tithing to mainline Protestant churches as a percentage of income is at its lowest level in at least 41 years, according to a new report, and churches are keeping a greater share of those donations for their own needs. Parishioners gave about 2.38 percent of...
by Josef Kuhn | Oct 14, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Prompted by civil liberties groups, a taxpayer-supported homeless shelter in the nation’s capital will no longer require its clients to attend religious services. “We’re pleased that the D.C. government will no longer be supporting such religious...
