by Jack Jenkins | Aug 15, 2011 | News
(RNS) When congregants of West Side Church and the Christian Life Center in Bend, Ore., awoke in June to news that their churches had been vandalized, they expected to be frustrated. What they didn’t expect was to be confused. In addition to the anti-Christian slogans...
by Kimberly Winston | Aug 15, 2011 | News
(RNS) A federal judge ruled Thursday (Aug. 11) that the public transit system in Little Rock, Ark., violated the free speech of local atheists by refusing to run their advertisements on city buses. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled that the Central...
by Cathleen Falsani | Aug 12, 2011 | News
(RNS) Next to lists of emergency phone numbers tacked to the inside door of her kitchen cabinets, Jennifer Grant has posted prayers to remind her that parenthood is both a labor of love and a sacred calling. Inside the cupboard with the cereal bowls is a prayer from...
by Angela Wittrock | Aug 12, 2011 | News
(RNS) Controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones, who sparked international outrage for plans to burn a pile of Qurans, will visit Ground Zero on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Jones told MLive.com he will hold a rally Sept. 10 at a yet-to-be...
by Francis Rocca | Aug 12, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Italians have an expression, “every death of a pope,” to describe rare events. And with Pope Benedict XVI in good health and scheduled to take three foreign trips in the next three months, few are talking about his replacement. But as with almost...
by Jo Siedleka | Aug 11, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS/ENInews) The annual peace service at Westminster Cathedral acquired fresh significance on Tuesday evening (Aug. 9) as Londoners gathered to pray for their city and other British communities torn by rioting. A fourth night of unrest brought total arrests in...
