by Daniel Burke | Nov 16, 2010 | News
BALTIMORE (RNS) The outgoing head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops vigorously defended the bishops’ opposition to the health care reform bill, asserting that only bishops can speak for the church on matters of faith and morals. “All the rest is opinion,”...
by Adelle M. Banks | Nov 16, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious freedom advocates are urging members of the United Nations to vote against the latest proposal from Islamic countries to combat “defamation of religions.” For the last decade, the Organization of Islamic Conference has successfully sponsored...
by Francis X. Rocca | Nov 16, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Monday (Nov. 15) warned against doping in athletic competition, a practice he called incompatible with “human and Christian values.” The pope made his remarks at a meeting with Italian ski instructors at the Vatican. “A balance...
by Rebecca Cusey | Nov 15, 2010 | News
(RNS) Jesus left his followers with precious few commands: love thy neighbor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked and visit the prisoner among them. So why do so many churches have such a hard time with that last one? Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank, for one, is...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 15, 2010 | News
(RNS) A newly published compilation of guidelines used worldwide by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has softened the language about gay Mormons. The book, known as the Church Handbook of Instructions, lays out Mormon policies on everything...
by Francis X. Rocca | Nov 15, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Catholic archbishops of New York and Boston will meet personally with victims of abusive priests as part of a Vatican investigation of the Catholic Church in Ireland, the Vatican announced on Friday (Nov. 12). Pope Benedict XVI called for the...
