by Francis Rocca | Mar 11, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Violence committed in the name of God or religion is a “favorite instrument of the Antichrist,” Pope Benedict XVI writes in a new book on the life and teachings of Jesus. “Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity,”...
by Kristen Moulton | Mar 10, 2011 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Colleen McDannell knew the title of her new book, “The Spirit of Vatican II: A History of Catholic Reform in America,” would be provocative. Modernists talk of the Catholic Church not living up to “the spirit of Vatican II,” while traditionalists...
by Dan Goldberg | Mar 10, 2011 | News
MADISON, N.J. (RNS) A small bucket filled with bottles of cold beer sat on the floor, down the hall from the chapel, as about a dozen young adults lounged around on comfortable couches. They weren’t there to pray or preach—just to enjoy one another’s company at St....
by Lauren Markoe | Mar 10, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims get underway, a political science professor says research shows that affiliation with a mosque increases Muslims’ civic engagement. “The more religious American Muslims happen to be,...
by Baptist Times Staff | Mar 10, 2011 | News
The London Baptist Association (LBA) has secured funding for a dedicated worker to help churches make the most of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. The position of church engagement coordinator will “raise the vision of how the church can engage with the...
by Adelle Banks | Mar 9, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Atheist Michael Newdow plans to continue his fight to get “In God We Trust” off U.S. currency after the Supreme Court denied a hearing in his case on Monday (March 7). “I plan on bringing the lawsuit again on behalf of other Americans who believe they...
