by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 2, 2011 | News
Before President Obama announced late Sunday evening that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden, a crowd gathered outside the White House chanting “USA! USA!” and singing “God Bless America.” As patriotic triumphalism swept the country,...
by Baptist Times Staff | May 1, 2011 | News
Church planting is increasingly back on the Baptist agenda in Great Britain. Although more congregations are being started, it’s harder to reach people as fewer know the Christian story. The results of a survey about new Baptist congregations from 2005 and the...
by Francis Rocca | May 1, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The casket of the late Pope John Paul II was exhumed Friday (April 29), in preparation for the late pontiff’s beatification ceremony on Sunday. John Paul’s casket was removed in the early morning hours from its tomb in the Vatican Grottoes, under...
by Debra Rubin | May 1, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) American Jews and evangelicals need a formal mechanism to discuss their differences and similarities on support for Israel, leaders from both sides said Thursday (April 28) at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum 2011. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld,...
by Francis Rocca | May 1, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The late Pope John Paul II, who elevated unprecedented numbers of Catholic saints and blesseds during his 26-year reign, joined those ranks himself on Sunday (May 1), when he was beatified before a crowd of more than a million pilgrims. Pope...
by Adelle Banks | Apr 29, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A religious freedom watchdog panel has added Egypt to its list of the worst violators of religious liberty, citing attacks on Coptic Christians that occurred surrounding the downfall of former President Hosni Mubarak. “The Egyptian government engaged...
