by Jack Flynn | Apr 19, 2011 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) As a white man surrendered to federal marshals Friday (April 15), workers were rebuilding the pulpit of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ he was convicted of burning down the night of President Obama’s election. Michael Jacques, 26,...
by Baptist Times Staff | Apr 19, 2011 | News
The red tape culture that is thwarting plans for royal wedding street parties in Great Britain looks to have prevented a popular Easter procession in northwest London. In the week that Prime Minister David Cameron urged local councils not to use bureaucratic rules to...
by Jack Flynn | Apr 18, 2011 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) Breaking a two-day deadlock, a federal jury convicted a white man, Michael F. Jacques, on all three charges Thursday (April 14) for a fire that destroyed a black church the night of President Obama’s election. The guilty verdicts rocked...
by Sophia Kishkovsky | Apr 18, 2011 | News
MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) A Jehovah’s Witness on trial in Siberia was found innocent on Thursday (April 14) of charges of “inciting religious hatred and enmity,” in a case that was seen as a litmus test of Russian religious freedom. Aleksandr Kalistratov had been accused...
by Francis Rocca | Apr 18, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Belgium’s Catholic bishops declared themselves “extremely shocked” on Friday (Apr. 15) by a former bishop who described the sexual abuse of two young nephews as a “game” that did not involve penetration or physical violence. Bishop Roger Vangheluwe,...
by Francis Rocca | Apr 15, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Thursday (April 14) lamented China’s interference with the Roman Catholic Church, and reaffirmed Pope Benedict XVI’s willingness to negotiate with Beijing on the appointment of bishops. A message to Chinese Catholics, published by the...
