by Aimee Green and The Oregonian | Jan 7, 2011 | News
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) A man who secured a $900,000 settlement for alleged abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest has yet to see a penny more than seven years after the church paid out the money. In a lawsuit filed this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court, the man...
by Daniel Burke | Jan 7, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) An influx of Republicans has colored the House red, but the midterm elections did little to alter the religious composition of Capitol Hill. Like the U.S. public, Protestants make up more than half (57 percent) of the 112th Congress, and Catholics...
by G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Jan 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) After a lengthy appeals process, the Vatican has ruled that nine Boston-area Catholic parishes should be closed despite six-year vigils and other forms of protest from parishioners. In a letter dated Dec. 15, the Vatican’s Secretariat of State said Pope Benedict...
by Adelle M. Banks | Jan 6, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday (Jan. 4) a veterans’ memorial featuring a 43-foot cross on California’s Mount Soledad is unconstitutional. “The use of such a distinctively Christian symbol to honor all veterans sends a strong message of...
by Nicole Neroulias | Jan 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) Convicted businessman Sholom Rubashkin, former executive of the now-defunct Agriprocessors kosher meat plant, has filed an appeal in hopes of a new trial, or at least a reduced sentence. Rubashkin, 51, was found guilty in November 2009 on 86 counts of fraud...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 6, 2011 | News
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II began her annual Christmas message with a reference to how deeply divided was the Christian church when King James VI came to the throne of England more than 400 years ago. “The king agreed to commission a new translation of the...
