by Nicole Neroulias | Sep 7, 2010 | News
(RNS) Within a short drive from her suburban New York home, Lisa Sharp has her pick of synagogues. But she is not interested in spending thousands of dollars to join a congregation, and in recent years, she has opted against paying to attend holiday worship services....
by Nicole Neroulias | Sep 7, 2010 | News
NEW YORK (RNS) For Nikhat Choudhury, the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha mean picking out new clothes, getting together with her cousins and feasting on homemade samosas and other traditional South Asian dishes. In recent years, these joyous occasions...
by Dennis O'Connor | Sep 7, 2010 | News
PETERSBURG, Ky. (RNS) Ken Ham, the Australian-born creator of the Creation Museum, looks around the throng of about a thousand guests on a hot, August morning and notes that “for a Tuesday, this is not a bad crowd.” In fact, more than three years after it opened in...
by Al Webb | Sep 6, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has flatly dismissed famed scientist Stephen Hawking’s claim that gravity, not God, was responsible for creating the universe. Hawking, a retired professor at England’s Cambridge University and best-selling author,...
by Peter Goonan and The Republican | Sep 6, 2010 | News
SPRINGFIELD (RNS) A Catholic high school official in Massachusetts says she was pressured to leave her job after marrying her female partner in August. Christine M. Judd, who served as athletic director and dean of students at Cathedral High School in Springfield,...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 6, 2010 | News
(RNS) The University of Wisconsin should not have prohibited the use of student funds for the worship-related activities of a Catholic campus group, a federal appeals court has ruled. The University of Wisconsin at Madison distributes funds from student fees for...
