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Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(RNS) Boko Haram, with its chilling brutality, radical Islamic ideology and unstoppable seizure of Nigerian territory is quickly emerging as the Islamic State of Africa. While much of the world has...
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Auschwitz survivor: Being alive is best ‘revenge’
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) Shortly after the Nazi invasion of what was then Hungary in May 1944, Renee Ganz’s family and most of the 25,000 Jews in the city of Oradea were forced into cattle cars and...
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First female bishop ordained in Church of England amid ongoing controversies
The first female bishop in the Church of England, Libby Lane, steps outside following her consecration service at York Minster in York, northern England, on Monday (January 26, 2015). Photo courtesy of...
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In France, comedian’s trial suggests mocking religion has its limits
French comedian Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, also known as just “Dieudonne”, attends a news conference at the “Theatre de la Main d’or” in Paris on January 11, 2014. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Gonzalo...
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Top Catholics and evangelicals: Gay marriage worse than divorce or cohabitation
NEW YORK (RNS) A high-profile alliance of conservative Catholics and evangelical Protestants is set to issue a sweeping manifesto against gay marriage that calls same-sex unions “a graver threat” than...
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Pope Francis declares Oscar Romero a martyr, moves slain archbishop toward...
People carry a picture of the late Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a march ahead of the 34th anniversary of his assassination in San Salvador on March 22, 2014. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Jessica...
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China tells U.S. it’s against Obama meeting with Dalai Lama
BEIJING (RNS) China warned the United States on Monday that it is opposed to any country meeting the Dalai Lama “in any manner” after the White House said U.S. President Barack Obama would attend an...
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England mulls legalization of in vitro technique giving baby DNA of three...
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Members of Parliament voted Tuesday (Feb. 3) to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people to try to eradicate a type of genetic disease that has caused...
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BLOG: Remembering the moment at Mexico City, 1968
I was 9 years old in 1968 but I remember it well. Some say 1968 was one of the worse years in the history of the United States. It was in 1968 that we witnessed the assassinations of both Robert F....
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Obama condemns ‘distorted’ faith at National Prayer Breakfast
President Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday (Feb. 5, 2015). Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama on Thursday (Feb. 5) called...
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Focus on Africa’s Islamic extremists has diverted attention from South...
(RNS) As world attention shifts to the growing influence of Muslim militant groups on the African continent, few have paid any attention to the ongoing bloody conflict in South Sudan. An estimated...
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COMMENTARY: Sen. Richard Burr, stop burying the CIA detention and torture report
(RNS) “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived,” wrote Maya Angelou, “but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” We call on U.S. Sen. Richard Burr to stop trying to unlive our...
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Young Brits reject religion, approve of atheist politicians
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) In marked contrast to the U.S., public figures who disavow belief in God tend to win approval from a growing number of British people. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg...
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Pope condemns Islamic State’s executions of Christians in Libya
Families of the 27 Egyptian Coptic Christians workers kidnapped in the Libyan city of Sirte, hold pictures of their kidnapped relatives as they ask for their release, in front of the U.N. office in...
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Pope Francis diversifies his cardinals. But will they have clout where it...
Cardinals attend a consistory led by Pope Francis as he names 20 new cardinals at the Vatican February 12, 2015. Photo courtesy REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi. VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis’ new...
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COMMENTARY: Is President Obama a Christian? It depends what you mean by...
(RNS) Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker made headlines for the second time this month regarding worldview and religion. The first was when a journalist asked him...
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Islamic State refugees grow disgruntled: ‘We loved them so much’
SANLIURFA, Turkey (RNS) Hassan, a chain-smoking 20-year-old from Syria, sits in a cafe across the border from his homeland, one of thousands who escaped the clutches of the Islamic State group. Not so...
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COMMENTARY: If the US is a Christian nation, whose Christianity do we follow?
(RNS) A recent survey found that 57 percent of Republicans agreed that Christianity should be established as the United States’ national religion. Not only would this violate the clear wording of the...
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Islamic State militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city
BAGHDAD (Reuters) Islamic State fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest assault on some of the world’s greatest...
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Gay marriage gains rapid support with U.S. public, including conservatives
WASHINGTON (RNS) As the Supreme Court readies to hear a group of cases that could make same-sex marriage legal from coast to coast, support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry is piling in from all...
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