by G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Dec 14, 2010 | News
(RNS) Religious denominations have long provided retired clergy and staff with secure pension payments—more secure, in some cases, than corporate retirement plans. But some recent bumps have drawn attention to the vulnerabilities of so-called “church plans,” which are...
by Michele Chabin | Dec 14, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) American Jews and evangelical Christians are taking a central role in rebuilding the Carmel region in northern Israel after a deadly fire decimated large swaths of the Carmel forest and left many people homeless. Several Jewish and evangelical...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 14, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Attorney General Eric Holder defended the FBI’s recent undercover investigation of an Oregon Muslim terror suspect, saying Friday (Dec. 10) that critics who think it was “entrapment” are wrong. “Those who characterize the FBI’s activities in this case...
by Alexi Friedman | Dec 13, 2010 | News
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) It’s tough enough finding a job in this economy, but for Kerry Sifford, a trained security guard and graphic designer who was arrested years ago on a minor offense, it has been nearly impossible. Sifford served a week in county jail in 2001 for...
by Jonathan Luxmoore | Dec 13, 2010 | News
WARSAW (RNS/ENInews) The head of Turkey’s Roman Catholic bishops conference has rejected medical findings that the man who brutally murdered his predecessor, Bishop Luigi Padovese, was insane. “The Turkish Justice Minister seemed quite sincere when he promised the...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 13, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The newly launched Conference of National Black Churchescriticized Congress on Thursday (Dec. 9) for linking extension of unemployment benefits to tax cuts for the wealthy. “Based on our prophetic responsibility to speak to those in power on behalf of...
