by Brian Kaylor | Jul 5, 2011 | News
As nearly 80 conservative Christian leaders met two weeks ago in Texas to plan spiritual and political change, they started their two-day summit by hearing from potential presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Additionally, despite protestations by some...
by Adelle Banks | Jul 4, 2011 | News
(RNS) Members of Congress and Christian leaders say they are outraged over claims that a Veterans Affairs official in Houston discriminates against clergy and veterans’ families who want to use religious references in memorial ceremonies. The Liberty Institute, a...
by Jason Hancock | Jul 4, 2011 | News
(RNS) A Missouri congressman has apologized for telling a national radio audience that “at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God.” U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, whose comments created a nationwide uproar among liberals, apologized to anyone who thought he was...
by Francis Rocca | Jul 4, 2011 | News
(RNS) A Roman Catholic bishop in California resigned on Thursday (June 30), saying he is “exhausted” from dealing with clergy sexual abuse cases in his Santa Rosa diocese. The Vatican announced that it had accepted Bishop Daniel F. Walsh’s request to step down, five...
by Francis Rocca | Jul 1, 2011 | News
(RNS) Stepping up a protracted confrontation with the Vatican, China’s state-run Catholic church on Wednesday (June 29) ordained a bishop without the approval of Pope Benedict XVI just three days after police arrested the pope’s choice for bishop of another Chinese...
by Adelle Banks | Jul 1, 2011 | News
(RNS) Evangelical leader Leith Anderson has announced plans to retire as senior pastor of his Eden Prairie, Minn., megachurch—where GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is a parishioner. Anderson will end his 35-year pastoral leadership of the 5,000-member Wooddale...
