by Richard Yeakley | Mar 24, 2011 | News
(RNS) While the Vatican and U.S. bishops maintain a hard-line stand against most gay rights causes, American Catholics are more supportive of gay rights than other U.S. Christians, according to new research released Tuesday (March 22). A report by Washington-based...
by Kevin Eckstrom | Mar 23, 2011 | News
(RNS) A New York rabbi with a reputation for innovation has been tapped to lead the Union for Reform Judaism, the umbrella group for the country’s Reform synagogues, starting in 2012. Rabbi Richard Jacobs has headed Westchester Reform Temple since 1991 and recently...
by Adelle Banks | Mar 23, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Evangelicals are the only major religious group where a majority opposes the federal government’s efforts to reduce childhood obesity, a Pew Research Center survey shows. Asked if the government should play a significant role in reducing childhood...
by Jack Flynn | Mar 23, 2011 | News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) After two accomplices pleaded guilty, the sole man to stand trial for torching a black church the night of President Obama’s election was confronted with secretly taped recordings during opening arguments on Monday (March 21). “Gas,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 23, 2011 | News
Church members in Nashville, Tenn., are watching EthicsDaily.com’s latest documentary as they discuss faith and taxes. Members of the adult Sunday school class at Edgehill United Methodist Church near downtown Nashville are watching “Sacred Texts, Social...
by Clayton McCleskey | Mar 22, 2011 | News
(RNS) The Rev. James Howell knew he had a problem on his hands when several teenagers arrived at a church dance drunk and had to be taken from the church by ambulance for treatment for alcohol poisoning. Starting in 2009, he urged his flock at Myers Park United...
