by Daniel Burke | Jun 7, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour warned several hundred Christian conservatives gathered here last week (June 3-4) not to expect a “perfect candidate” to emerge from the field of Republican presidential contenders. “There’s only been one perfect person...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 7, 2011 | News
Editor’s Note: Also read Brian Kaylor’s first installment of coverage of the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference: Religious Conservatives Cheer Trump at Conference. Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, who recently stepped down as the U.S....
by Adelle Banks | Jun 6, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her new ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom on Thursday (June 2), calling the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook a bridge-builder who is right for the job. Speaking at Cook’s ceremonial...
by Bruce Nolan | Jun 6, 2011 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Archbishop Gregory Aymond says he has firsthand accounts from students who said they were injured by paddling at a Catholic high school, challenging school supporters who have filed suit over the claims. Aymond’s disclosure came as parents and alumni...
by Ramon Antonio Vargas | Jun 6, 2011 | News
COVINGTON, La. (RNS) A federal lawsuit brought by a group of monks fighting for the right to sell handcrafted caskets without a state license is set to go to trial Monday (June 6) in New Orleans. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled in April that lawyers...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 6, 2011 | News
As speakers blared the O’Jays song “For the Love of Money,” a triumphant Donald Trump waltzed up the stairs and waved to the cheering crowd. “Money, money, money, money, money,” declares the song, which is the theme music for...
