Latest 10 Religion News Headlines
May 9, 2008 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Romney regrets leaving non-believers out of his faith speech
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, once criticized for leaving out atheists and non-believers when he delivered a much-touted speech on faith in America, now says he missed a chance to discuss their role in society.
May 9, 2008 - Religion News Service
Feds turn to churches to help welcome immigrants
Adelino Najarro emigrated from Mexico four years ago. Without a job, he said, life was difficult in his country.
May 9, 2008 - USA Today
Mountain State's an uphill climb for Obama
The location of Democrat Barack Obama's just-opened headquarters here says a lot about the challenges facing him and this community as voters prepare to go to the polls in Tuesday's primary.
May 9, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Faith-based group sues over order to stop feeding the homeless at state park
Members of a charity group threatened with arrest while trying to feed homeless people at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point have filed a federal lawsuit against state parks officials, claiming interference with their constitutional rights.
May 9, 2008 - Reuters
China’s Religious Character May Be Deeper Than Thought
The light being cast on China by the coming Summer Games is far brighter than the flickering Olympic flame now wending its way across that vast country.
May 9, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
Pastors May Defy IRS Gag Rule
A conservative legal-advocacy group is enlisting ministers to use their pulpits to preach about election candidates this September, defying a tax law that bars churches from engaging in politics.
May 9, 2008 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Evangelicals press to fight global warming
When the Senate takes up legislation next month to confront global warming, environmental groups will have some fervent new allies: evangelicals and other Christian activists.
May 9, 2008 - The New York Times
Shiite Militias Seize Beirut Neighborhoods
Shiite militia fighters commandeered the television station and newspaper and political offices of the Sunni parliamentary majority leader, Saad Hariri, on Friday and took control of several Beirut neighborhoods.
May 8, 2008 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
A religious haven for the estranged
The cockeyed iron crucifix inside St. Miriam Catholic Church in Roxborough is just one clue that this is no ordinary Catholic parish.
May 8, 2008 - The Arizona Republic
Worshipers deported after retreat
Once a month, Manuel Maldonado leads a group on a spiritual retreat to the mountains in central Arizona, where out in nature members feel closer to God.
