by Francis Rocca | May 19, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Amnesty International has criticized the Vatican for falling short of its commitments to protect children from sex abuse. “The Holy See did not sufficiently comply with its international obligations relating to the protection of children,” the human...
by Daniel Burke | May 19, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A sweeping new report on the clergy sex abuse scandal compares the Roman Catholic Church to police departments, with similar hierarchies, moral authority and isolated working environments. And because the church, like the police, has “historically...
by Baptist Times Staff | May 19, 2011 | News
Tax justice campaigners have welcomed the call by British Baptists to tackle corporate tax evasion. Delegates at the Baptist Assembly, the joint annual meeting of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) and BMS World Mission, voted overwhelmingly on May 2 to support...
by Adelle Banks | May 18, 2011 | News
(RNS) Religious and human rights activists are asking U.S. churches to invite Jewish and Muslim clergy to their sanctuaries to read from sacred texts next month in an initiative designed to counter anti-Muslim bigotry. The June 26 initiative, called “Faith Shared:...
by Greg Garrison | May 18, 2011 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Mormon missionaries are often unwelcome guests when they knock at local front doors wearing white dress shirts and holding a Book of Mormon. But after a tornado, when Mormon missionaries arrive in work clothes carrying chainsaws to help clear...
by David Gibson | May 18, 2011 | News
NEW YORK (RNS) Nearly a decade after revelations of widespread sexual abuse of minors rocked the Catholic Church in the U.S., a comprehensive report on the scandal is set for release on Wednesday (May 18), hoping to provide answers about a crisis that has raised...
