by Nicole Neroulias | Oct 25, 2010 | News
(RNS) Most Americans believe messages about homosexuality coming from religious institutions contribute to negative views of gays and lesbians, and higher rates of suicide among gay youths, a new poll reports. While split on whether same-sex relations are sinful,...
by Michele Chabin | Oct 25, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israel, like the United States, is a largely secular society with deep religious roots. And Israel, like the United States, is home to vocal religious conservatives who frown on homosexuality. But Israel, unlike the United States, has allowed gays and...
by Peter Krouse and The Plain Dealer | Oct 22, 2010 | News
CLEVELAND (RNS) A federal judge sentenced the Rev. Samuel Ciccolini to one day in prison and ordered him to pay almost $4 million in fines and restitution for evading banking regulations and filing false tax returns. Prosecutors say Ciccolini, known locally as Father...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 22, 2010 | News
(RNS) A disgruntled investor has sued Bible.com, saying the website’s name alone should make it a “goldmine”—or at least more profitable than it is. James Solakian filed suit against Bible.com Inc in Delaware Chancery Court, according to the Reuters news agency. He...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 22, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The American Civil Liberties Union is criticizing plans by two Iowa churches to host early voting during worship services. “Combining polling places with religious services is an invitation to the abuse of both religion and the civic act of voting,”...
by Francis X. Rocca | Oct 21, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two American archbishops, one serving in Rome and the other in Washington, D.C., will be granted a cardinal’s red hat in a ceremony at the Vatican next month, Pope Benedict XVI announced on Wednesday (Oct. 20). Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl...
