Latest 10 Religion News Headlines
January 6, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
California Supreme Court says breakaway parish can't take national church's property
The ruling comes after a Newport Beach parish split from the U.S. Episcopal church over the ordination of a gay bishop. Other denominations could be affected.
January 6, 2009 - The Washington Post
Activist D.C. Church Embraces Transition in Name of Its Mission
The Church of the Saviour was never a conventional church. It has no pews, no Sunday school, not even a Christmas service.
January 5, 2009 - Orlando Sentinel
Liberty Counsel advances views on religious freedom through the courts
In the early 1980s, Mathew Staver saw a video that would change the trajectory of his career.
January 5, 2009 - The Sacramento Bee
Jerry Brown wins praise, criticism for stance on Proposition 8
A generation ago, then-Gov. Jerry Brown's conscientious stand against the death penalty prompted a revolt in the Legislature and eventually spurred voters to throw out his appointee as chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
January 5, 2009 - The New York Times
Spain Is a Key Battleground for Catholic Church’s Future
The Macías Picavea primary school hardly looks like the seat of revolution.
January 5, 2009 - The New York Times
Nearly 1,300 arrested in Muslim region of China
The authorities in the western desert region of Xinjiang in China approved the arrests of nearly 1,300 people in the first 11 months of last year on suspicion of "endangering state security," according to a report published Sunday in an official newspaper.
January 5, 2009 - The Christian Post
For Goodness Sake?
Just before the end of 2008, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a report indicating that a significant percentage of American evangelicals are rejecting the biblical claim that Jesus is the only way of salvation.
January 5, 2009 - USA Today
Congress Looks Like the People
When it comes to religious affiliation, diversity reigns on Capitol Hill.
January 5, 2009 - The Boston Globe
Christian Science refocuses mission
The leadership of the Christian Science Church, acknowledging declining membership and a series of unsuccessful ventures in recent years, is trying to calm and stabilize the small denomination and reemphasize its belief in spiritual healing.
January 5, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
111th Congress reflects greater religious diversity in the U.S.
Atheists, agnostics are underrepresented: Only Fremont's Rep. Pete Stark claims no belief in God. Since 1961, numbers are down for Protestants and up for Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Buddhists, Muslims.
