by Adelle Banks | Oct 6, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans consider President Obama to be the smartest and most honest presidential candidate against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, according to a new poll, but religious groups differ on their views of the...
by ENI News Staff | Oct 5, 2011 | News
HARARE, Zimbabwe (RNS/ENInews) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will visit Zimbabwe in a show of support for Anglicans who are under siege from a renegade ex-bishop who plans to snub the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Anglicans in Zimbabwe are...
by David Gibson | Oct 5, 2011 | News
(RNS) With the 2012 campaign gearing up before an angry and divided electorate, U.S. Catholic bishops on Tuesday (Oct. 4) reminded Catholic voters that they can’t cherry-pick from church teachings to justify their own political preferences, and cautioned both sides...
by Josef Kuhn | Oct 5, 2011 | News
(RNS) Two recent books argue that explorers Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama were more like Christian crusaders than greedy mercenaries or curious adventurers. Other historians, however, remain skeptical. The books, released in the weeks leading up to Columbus...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Americans favor compromise from their elected leaders in Washington, D.C., according to a new Gallup poll. “A majority of Americans say it’s more important that political leaders in Washington compromise in order to get things done, rather than stick to...
by Baptist Times Staff | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Baptist congregations in Great Britain are increasingly open to the possibility of inviting someone to church, thanks to their participation in an initiative offered by the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB). In a series of telephone interviews conducted in the...
