by Jack Jenkins | Jul 15, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has sharpened efforts to woo evangelical voters in Iowa by releasing a video where he speaks candidly about his faith and controversial faith-related issues. The video, which featured Pawlenty and his wife, Mary,...
by Francis Rocca | Jul 15, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In its latest move in a long-running power struggle with the Vatican, China’s state-run Catholic church ordained another bishop without the approval of Pope Benedict XVI. The Rev. Joseph Huang Bingzhang was ordained as bishop of Shantou on Thursday...
by Daniel Burke | Jul 15, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Lutheran denomination that GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann quit in June sought to explain its belief that the papacy is the anti-Christ after reports questioned whether Bachmann is anti-Catholic. Six days before Bachmann...
by Jack Jenkins | Jul 14, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 4,000 pastors told Congress that churches would not be able to fill the gap facing social service providers if deep cuts are made to the federal budget to bring the deficit under control. Christian leaders from across the country, led by...
by Francis Rocca | Jul 14, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A special commission sponsored by the Irish government criticized a bishop for failing to report allegations of clerical sex abuse to police and noted “concerns” about the same bishop’s own interactions with a teenage boy. The commission’s report,...
by Lindsay Whitehurst | Jul 14, 2011 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Utah’s complicated history with polygamy starts a new chapter Wednesday (July 13) as a reality-show family challenges the state’s ban on plural marriage, a fight that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Nationally known constitutional...
