by Baptist Times Staff | Feb 10, 2011 | News
A “rich seam of mission” flows through the new declaration from the Lausanne Movement, an evangelical Christian movement that promotes active worldwide evangelism. The second part of the Cape Town Commitment was unveiled recently; the first was made public...
by Leanne Larmondin | Feb 9, 2011 | News
TORONTO (RNS/ENInews) Decrying the “sex-saturated world of contemporary Western culture,” Canada’s Roman Catholic bishops are urging church members—married and single—to live chastely. In an eight-page pastoral letter released last month, the Canadian Conference of...
by Cathleen Falsani | Feb 9, 2011 | News
(RNS) Sir Anthony Hopkins, with his eerily cold, Hannibal Lecter stare and commanding British accent, could turn even “Green Eggs and Ham” into a creeptastic nightmare. Cast as a Welsh exorcist surrounded by stray cats and crucifixes in the new film “The Rite,”...
by Adelle M. Banks | Feb 9, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The architect of the Obama administration’s new consumer protection bureau met with faith-based groups Tuesday (Feb. 8) in a bid to shape the agency’s work as a moral crusade. “The most recent financial crisis caused many to question the moral...
by Al Webb | Feb 8, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, worried about the growing influence of Harry Potter and his team of young wizards, has published a guide aimed at helping teenagers deal with 21st century witchcraft. The British church’s publishing arm, the...
by Omar Sacirbey | Feb 8, 2011 | News
(RNS) The proposed Park51 Islamic community center and mosque project near Ground Zero is again looking for a top imam after Sheik Abdallah Adhami resigned the post less than one month into the job. Adhami, 44, said in a statement he was leaving to devote more time to...
