Latest 10 Religion News Headlines
November 20, 2008 - The Associated Press
Conservatives call on Bush to free Muslim Uighurs
A group of conservatives is chastising the Bush administration for refusing to free 17 Turkic Muslims being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying their continued detention defies legal principles and "undermines our standing in the world."
November 20, 2008 - The Associated Press
Episcopal Church dissidents aim for new church
Conservatives who have abandoned the U.S. Episcopal Church by the thousands in recent years are trying to form a separate-but-equal church, a move that could leave two branches of Anglicanism on American soil.
November 20, 2008 - The Associated Press
Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban
California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.
November 20, 2008 - The Washington Post
Al-Qaeda Leader Uses Slur Against Obama in Web Video
Al-Qaeda delivered a harsh, personal message to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday, tagging him with a racial slur in an attempt to undercut his political appeal in parts of the world where the network has recently tried to expand.
November 19, 2008 - Religion News Service
Christian leaders ask Bush to lobby India on violence
Prominent Catholic, Orthodox and mainline Protestant leaders are asking President Bush to express America's "abhorrence of the continued violence against Christians and other minorities" in India.
November 19, 2008 - The Associated Press
Lawyers face dilemma when inmates seek death
John Delaney faced the toughest moment of his legal career — his condemned client wanted to drop his appeals and die by injection, an act Delaney opposed and had been trained to try to prevent.
November 19, 2008 - Religion News Service
Huckabee says neglected 'value voters' are key to GOP future
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, often mentioned as someone who could shepherd the GOP out of the political wilderness, says Republicans neglected religious conservatives this year and need to maintain their support as the party regroups.
November 19, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Recall specter hangs over high court as it considers Prop. 8 challenges
Backers of the measure banning gay marriage have said they will target justices who vote to overturn it. Legal scholars say the court has no clear path to tossing out Prop. 8.
November 19, 2008 - The Scotsman
World first as woman gets organ made from stem cells
A woman has become the first patient in the world to receive an organ created in a laboratory, in a pioneering operation that could change transplant surgery, doctors said yesterday.
November 18, 2008 - Religion News Service
Clergy rally in D.C. for homeowner protections
Clergy and congregants from more than 40 states gathered in front of the Department of Treasury on Tuesday (Nov. 18) to pray for Secretary Henry Paulson and members of Congress to put an end to the home foreclosure crisis.
