by Niels Sorrells | Jul 12, 2011 | News
BERLIN (RNS) A schismatic British bishop who said he didn’t believe the Holocaust claimed 6 million Jews faces a reduced fine of 6,500 euros ($9,110) for incitement, a German appeals court ruled Monday (July 11). The fine levied against Bishop Richard Williamson is...
by Erin Albanese | Jul 11, 2011 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) The old Lorilee Craker would have picked up a couple of $16 children’s shirts without a second thought, ordered a $20 pizza without checking what’s in the fridge, and sent out her bills a few days late. The Amish-makeover Lorilee peruses...
by Jack Jenkins | Jul 11, 2011 | News
(RNS) Presbyterians who support gay rights are prepping sanctuaries this Sunday (July 10) to celebrate the passage of a new church policy that allows gay pastors to serve openly for the first time in the denomination’s history. As the new policy for the Presbyterian...
by Kevin Eckstrom | Jul 11, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) House lawmakers voted Thursday (July 7) to order the Pentagon to uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. In an amendment to a larger Defense Department funding bill, the House voted 248-175 to...
by Baptist Times Staff | Jul 11, 2011 | News
Transportation of goods across the oceans has justice issues with seafaring laborers facing extended isolation and increasing danger from piracy. Churches must begin to raise their own awareness as well as others’. That’s the call from the Sailors’...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 11, 2011 | News
The Horn of Africa – Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia – faces a worsening food crisis affecting millions of people. As the situation deteriorates, humanitarian organizations have increasingly sounded the alarm. One international aid leader referred to the...
