by Francis X. Rocca | Jan 21, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The most prestigious religious university in the Sunni Muslim world has suspended dialogue with the Vatican to protest statements by Pope Benedict XVI denouncing violence against Christians in Egypt. The move, on Thursday (Jan. 20), came only nine...
by Kim Chandler and The Birmingham News | Jan 21, 2011 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley apologized to anyone who was offended with his inaugural day comments that non-Christians were not his “brothers and sisters.” Bentley met for an hour with members of Alabama’s Jewish community on Wednesday (Jan. 19),...
by Baptist Times Staff | Jan 21, 2011 | News
A British Baptist minister spent the night in a tent outside his church to remind people of the hundreds of thousands who are still living in makeshift tents in Haiti. Rev. Paul Hill of East Sheen Baptist Church, London, aimed to highlight the plight of not just those...
by Al Webb | Jan 20, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) Two Christian innkeepers have been convicted of sexual discrimination for refusing to allow a gay couple to share a double room at their hotel in Cornwall, England. Peter and Hazelmary Bull also were ordered by the Bristol County court to pay 3,600 pounds...
by Daniel Burke | Jan 20, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON(RNS) The U.S. Catholic bishops will not join efforts to repeal the new health care law, even though they staunchly opposed the bill last year after concluding it permits federally funded abortions. Instead of pushing repeal, the bishops said Tuesday (Jan....
by Francis X. Rocca | Jan 20, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Wednesday (Jan. 19) tried to tamp down allegations a controversial 1997 letter to Irish bishops was meant to discourage prelates from reporting sexual abuse cases to police or prosecutors. The Vatican’s top spokesman said the letter...
