by Daniel Burke | Mar 9, 2011 | News
(RNS) For the second time in recent months, the Vatican has overruled a U.S. bishop’s decision to close churches in his diocese, a rare reversal that Catholic activists hope heralds a new trend. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy has ruled that the Diocese of...
by Omar Sacirbey | Mar 9, 2011 | News
(RNS) A former FBI counterterrorism director on Tuesday (March 8) rejected allegations by the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee that Muslim Americans don’t cooperate with law enforcement in terror investigations. Rep. Peter King, a Long Island...
by Baptist Times Staff | Mar 9, 2011 | News
There are potentially “incredible opportunities” for Christians in North Africa and the Middle East as a result of the successes of the protest movements. That’s according to a number of experienced observers of the region, including Gordon McBain,...
by Simone Gorrindo | Mar 8, 2011 | News
NEW YORK (RNS) When Anam Chaudhry, 17, sang the national anthem to several hundred protesters in Times Square on Sunday afternoon, she wore a Muslim headscarf, and around her shoulders, another garment: the American flag. “We love this country,” said Imam Shamsi Ali,...
by Adelle Banks | Mar 8, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Days ahead of a controversial congressional hearing on Islamic extremism, the Obama administration is highlighting the role Muslim Americans play in combating radicalism in their communities. “I am here to talk to you about how our communities—your...
by David Crampton | Mar 8, 2011 | News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (RNS/ENInews) A complete search of an Anglican cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand turned up no bodies buried in the rubble, despite widespread reports that 20 to 22 people had been trapped inside. ChristChurch Cathedral’s spire collapsed...
