by Nicole Neroulias | Aug 16, 2010 | News
NEW YORK (RNS) Most Orthodox Jews who seek professional counseling do so for marriage problems despite the community’s relatively high marital satisfaction rate, according to a new study released Friday (Aug. 13). The findings, reported in Psychological Disorder...
by Sophia Kishkovsky | Aug 13, 2010 | News
MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) The Russian Orthodox Church is praying for relief from the heat and drought that has gripped Russia for two months, as one archbishop condemned some retailers for profiteering from the extreme weather conditions. That air conditioners sell for...
by Solange De Santis | Aug 13, 2010 | News
NEW YORK (RNS) Two young Muslims are hitting the road for Ramadan, determined to acquire a broad ”and speedy ”picture of American Islam by breaking the holy month’s daily fast in a different state each evening. Aman Ali, 25, and Bassam Tariq, 23, are extending...
by Adelle M. Banks | Aug 13, 2010 | News
(RNS) Same-sex couples can begin marrying in California again on Aug. 18 after a federal judge lifted a stay on his recent ruling that struck down California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Based on the trial record, which establishes that Proposition...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 13, 2010 | News
Ken Starr, the new president of Baylor University, recently joined a Baptist church without even being present for the service. Starr, whose background is in the Church of Christ, promised to join a Baptist church once he became president of the large Baptist...
by Daniel Burke | Aug 12, 2010 | News
(RNS) Robert Aitken Roshi, a prolific author, social justice activist and pioneer in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West, died last Thursday (Aug. 5) at age 93. Born in Philadelphia, Aitken was introduced to Buddhism while imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during...
