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Hobby Lobby president’s Bible curriculum shelved by Oklahoma school district
(RNS) An Oklahoma school district has shelved a Bible curriculum that Hobby Lobby President Steve Green had hoped would be used by students in January. Two legal groups that opposed the elective said...
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COMMENTARY: Can a nation so wounded by its divisions survive?
(RNS) For those of a certain age, Thanksgiving week will always be the week President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. American the Beautiful. Photo courtesy of Bo Insogna Creative Commons...
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Obama immigration action may split evangelical coalition
Hundreds of faith leaders and immigration activists participated in a protest in front of the White House on July 31, 2014. RNS photo by Heather Adams MIAMI (RNS) In announcing his decision to protect...
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Smoking gun? Pope Francis’ critics cite new book in questioning his papacy
NEW YORK (RNS) Was there a secret plot to elect Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the papal conclave last year? Did Bergoglio — who became Pope Francis at that conclave — give the go-ahead to such a...
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Are vanity license plates government speech? Supreme Court to decide
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court already has heard a case this fall about a busted brake light. Why not vanity license plates? The justices agreed to decide whether Texas was right to deny a...
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Kenya church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Church leaders say attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab militants in Kenya are increasingly taking on an anti-Christian tenor, including targeted executions of non-Muslims. At a news...
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Dalai Lama says Pope Francis is unwilling to meet: ‘It could cause problems’
ROME (RNS) The Dalai Lama said Thursday (Dec. 11) that he will not be meeting with Pope Francis while in Rome for a summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners. The Dalai Lama speaks in 2011 at the Newark...
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COMMENTARY: People of faith have legitimate questions about use of lethal drones
(RNS) Since June 18, 2004, the first day U.S. drones killed people in what has been called the U.S. “global war on terror,” people of faith have questioned whether the use of lethal drones is...
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2014 in review: An unsettling year, with religion in a starring role
(RNS) For most of recorded history, Isis was an Egyptian goddess, a benevolent type who cared for widows and orphans, cured the sick and even brought the dead back to life. This year, the world met the...
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ANALYSIS: Did Mario Cuomo pave the way for today’s conservative Catholic...
NEW YORK (RNS) Amid the sweeping tributes for former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo following his death on Thursday (Jan. 1) at 82, some of the loudest praise is coming from liberal Catholics for the brand...
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A little more light every day
Every day now since December 21, there is one more minute of sun for us to enjoy. Now two weeks later, winter has gotten into our bones. She is extending some invitations: to quiet ourselves, to...
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Terror attack at Paris magazine known for controversial Muslim sketches...
(RNS) At least 12 were killed and 10 wounded in Paris on Wednesday (Jan. 7) in an apparent terror attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Police vehicles were placed...
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Catholic groups rally against climate change amid intense church debate
(RNS) Catholic environmental groups from around the world on Wednesday (Jan. 14) announced a new global network to battle climate change just as many Catholic conservatives are sharply criticizing Pope...
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France ponders its response to shootings: Will xenophobia or multiculturalism...
PARIS (RNS) As France emerges from its worst terrorist attack in decades, a biting novel that imagines the country governed by Islamic law is part of a swirling debate about its basic values. Will the...
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Majority of British Jews feel they have no future in England, Europe
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) British Jews fear a return to the 1930s and question whether they have a long-term future in this country, according to a survey conducted by the Campaign Against...
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Princeton professor to speak on Bonhoeffer
Dr. Nancy Duff of Princeton Theological Seminary. The Chidester Lecture Series at Sylvania United Church of Christ continues Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, with Nancy Duff, the Stephen Colwell...
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Supreme Court will decide fate of state bans on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday (Jan. 16) to resolve the national debate over same-sex marriage once and for all. The justices agreed to consider four cases from Michigan, Ohio,...
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We must join together to overcome injustice and racism
After joining Witness Against Torture and the Hands Up Coalition for five full days in Washington D.C., I want to share something about the feelings that ran through my blood those days as we joined...
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Pope Francis to make Franciscan missionary a saint during US trip
(RNS) Pope Francis said Thursday (Jan. 15) that he plans to canonize the 18th-century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra when he visits the U.S. in September, an indication that the pontiff may be...
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Don’t breed ‘like rabbits': Was Pope Francis breaking new ground on birth...
(RNS) Pope Francis may have been elected by the Holy Spirit, but he seems made for the Age of Twitter. A case in point were his latest remarks, in which he affirmed the Catholic Church’s ban on...
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