by Adelle Banks | Sep 22, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The independent and bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom could be forced to shut its doors if the Senate does not vote by week’s end to reauthorize the panel. The commission appears to be in legislative limbo after the House...
by Bruce Nolan | Sep 22, 2011 | News
(RNS) Catholics around the country are being asked to object in writing to a new federal rule that will require Catholic ministries to offer birth control coverage to their employees. In particular, Catholic bishops say a “conscience clause” that ought to exempt...
by Al Webb | Sep 21, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) A group of 30 leading scientists, including a Nobel laureate and a prominent atheist professor, are pressing the British government to ban all teaching of creationism in the nation’s publicly funded schools. The scientists delivered a petition to the...
by Cathy Lynn Grossman | Sep 21, 2011 | News
(RNS) Entrepreneurs behave just like most Americans when it comes to religion—but with one spiritual twist. They’re significantly more likely to pray several times a day or to meditate, said sociologist Kevin Dougherty, a co-author of the Baylor Religion Survey that...
by Cathy Lynn Grossman | Sep 21, 2011 | News
(RNS) The way you see God tells a lot about how you see the U.S. economy, according to a new national survey. About one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic conservative view that opposes...
by Baptist Times Staff | Sep 21, 2011 | News
Iraq’s faith leaders have stressed their own commitment to maintaining peace efforts through dialogue rather than military means. The High Council of Religious Leaders in Iraq met for three days of closed-door dialogue in Beirut recently to address ongoing...
