by Lauren Markoe | Aug 22, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) It was the time in pre-marriage counseling when the groom has to leave so the priest and the bride can talk alone. So Jamal Kadri stepped outside Holy Name Catholic Church that rainy day in Washington, D.C., and watched water pour from the church...
by Kent Faulk | Aug 22, 2011 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Alabama religious leaders have filed statements in federal court expressing their concern that a new immigration law would interfere with the practice of their religion and Christian mandates to minister to all people. Bishops in the Episcopal,...
by Kevin Eckstrom | Aug 22, 2011 | News
(RNS) An Illinois judge has ruled that the state can terminate adoption and foster care services with Catholic Charities, saying the church-run agency has no “recognized legal right” to a state contract. Circuit Judge John Schmidt ruled Thursday (Aug. 18) that state...
by Baptist Times Staff | Aug 22, 2011 | News
Baptist churches around Great Britain celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Carey over the weekend. Born on Aug. 17, 1761, Carey, a Baptist minister, linguist and botanist, is often dubbed the “father of modern mission.” In 1792, he...
by Adelle Banks | Aug 19, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) At age 93, the Rev. Gardner Taylor never thought he’d live to see the day when his friend Martin Luther King Jr. would be honored with a national memorial. “I think it is singularly appropriate and long overdue,” said Taylor, who...
by Francis Rocca | Aug 19, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI lamented the “superficiality, consumerism and hedonism” of contemporary society on Thursday (Aug. 18), while offering a message of Christian hope to young Catholic pilgrims gathered in Madrid. Benedict made his remarks upon landing...
