by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 15, 2010 | News
A documentary about Baptist-Muslim relationships will take a higher profile in the coming weeks with a pair of public screenings. “Different Books, Common Word: Baptists and Muslims,” produced by EthicsDaily.com, will screen at First Baptist Church in...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 14, 2010 | News
(RNS) The U.S. tied with Switzerland for fifth place in a “world giving index” by the British-based Charities Aid Foundation that measured charitable behavior across the globe. The ranking in the “World Giving Index 2010” was based on the U.S.’s showing in three...
by Michele Chabin | Sep 14, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Israeli government’s decision to end daylight saving time more than a month early in order to ease the upcoming Yom Kippur fast has set off an angry debate on religion-state issues. Changing back to standard time on the Sunday before Yom Kippur has...
by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 14, 2010 | News
(RNS) After publishing a report on sex abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests, Belgian church leaders announced on Monday (Sept.13) they would establish a center of “recognition, reconciliation and healing” to punish abusers and protect victims. But victims’...
by Nancy Haught | Sep 13, 2010 | News
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) As a Florida pastor faced pressure to call off his plans to burn Qurans, Facebook revoked a Portland minister’s posting rights to his page opposing the burning. By late Thursday (Sept. 9), the Quran burning was on hold and the Rev. Chuck Currie...
by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 13, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Belgian court ruled on Thursday (Sept. 9) that recent raids by police investigators on Roman Catholic Church offices were illegal, rendering the documents they obtained inadmissible in judicial proceedings. Among the disqualified evidence is...
