by Alfredo Garcia | Aug 12, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 40 Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders say they are deeply troubled by the opposition to a proposed Islamic community center and mosque located two blocks from ground zero in lower Manhattan. The statement singles out remarks made by former...
by Adelle M. Banks | Aug 12, 2010 | News
(RNS) The old adage couples who pray together stay together may be true, especially for African-Americans, a new study shows. The survey of religion, race and relationships found that African-Americans attend church more as couples compared to members of other racial...
by Fredrick Nzwili | Aug 11, 2010 | News
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS/ENInews) Kenyan church leaders have rejected calls for an apology after they campaigned against a new constitution that was overwhelmingly supported by voters in a referendum. There is no need to apologize. The voice of the church is the voice of...
by Daniel Burke | Aug 11, 2010 | News
(RNS) Three Kentucky men have dropped their six-year effort to sue the Vatican over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, citing insurmountable legal and practical obstacles. The men, who say they were abused by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville decades ago,...
by Adelle M. Banks | Aug 11, 2010 | News
(RNS) Advocates for victims of clergy sex abuse have blasted the Episcopal Church for reinstating the bishop of Philadelphia who had been charged with not investigating sex abuse allegations about his brother. A church appeals court ruled July 28 that Bishop Charles...
by Alfredo Garcia | Aug 10, 2010 | News
(RNS) Seven top leaders of the Baha’i faith who have been incarcerated in Iran since 2008 have each received jail sentences of 20 years after six months of court hearings that ended on June 14, according to the Baha’i World News Service. Bani Dugal,...
