by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 23, 2011 | News
More than 25 national leaders of Jewish, Christian and Muslim American religious organizations affirmed President Barack Obama’s speech last week aimed at pushing Israelis and Palestinians to pursue peace. During a 45-minute speech on May 19 at the State...
by Yonat Shimron | May 20, 2011 | News
(RNS) Harold Camping’s campaign to warn Christians that the rapture is coming on Saturday (May 21) may have won him a band of followers, especially among those who have reportedly quit jobs or used up their life savings. But Camping’s acolytes may pale in comparison...
by Adelle Banks | May 20, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) First lady Michelle Obama has asked religious leaders to join her initiative to assist military families by increasing programs to support veterans and the families of military members deployed far from home. “The faith community has been a strong...
by Omar Sacirbey | May 20, 2011 | News
(RNS) Officially, President Obama was talking to the Muslim world in his State Department speech on Thursday (May 19), but U.S. Muslims were equally interested in how their faith will be treated in a post-Osama bin Laden era. U.S. Muslims tuned in hoping for clear...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 20, 2011 | News
USA Today compared the deniers of climate-change science to birthers – those who claimed President Obama was born in a foreign country and thus an illegitimate president – expressing the opinion of the paper’s editorial board. The editorial noted that the...
by Judith Sudilovsky | May 19, 2011 | News
QASR EL YAHUD, West Bank (RNS/ENInews) Pilgrims are flowing back to the traditional site of Jesus’ baptism on the Jordan River as Israel removes 40-year-old land mines and makes improvements to the area. “It is a very sensitive place politically and religiously and is...
