by Francis Rocca | Oct 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Future British kings and queens would be permitted to marry Catholics for the first time in more than three centuries under reforms proposed by British Prime Minister David Cameron. Writing to his fellow heads of government in the British Commonwealth, in a...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 14, 2011 | News
Anti-immigration laws are harmful to families, said Luis Zarama, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Atlanta, at a documentary screening of “Gospel Without Borders” at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in the Atlanta area. “The immigration laws...
by ENInews Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | News
HARARE, Zimbabwe (RNS/ENInews) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has asked Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to intervene to stop attacks on Anglicans by allies of an excommunicated bishop who has seized church property and intimidated clergy and worshippers. The...
by Francis Rocca | Oct 13, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Treading carefully on a subject that has proved diplomatically volatile for the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI lamented Sunday’s (Oct. 9) killing of two dozen Christian protesters in Egypt. “I am profoundly saddened by the episodes of violence that took...
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey | Oct 13, 2011 | News
(RNS) President Obama formally extended his ear to evangelicals ahead of the 2012 election, meeting with top leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals in the White House for about 30 minutes on Wednesday (Oct. 12). International religious freedom was a top...
by Baptist Times Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | News
A controversial European tax proposed for financial transactions has been welcomed by churches and anti-poverty campaigners. Announced by European Commission President Manuel Barroso, the Financial Transaction Tax, or Robin Hood Tax, would levy tiny charges on trades...
