Latest 50 Religion News Headlines
November 21, 2009 - The Australian
Political pursuit of religion
PEOPLE, and churches, are free to believe what they like, but not to do as they like.
November 20, 2009 - The Associated Press
Increasing numbers of radical Islamic Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message in English
Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West.
November 20, 2009 - The Washington Post
D.C. officials press for compromise on Catholic Charities
Some D.C. Council members and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are reaching out to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to see whether they can find a compromise so the Church will not end its social services contracts with the city if the council legalizes same-sex marriage.
November 20, 2009 - The New York Times
Faith and tolerance collide in Vallejo
Drive through Vallejo and you will see a once-proud Navy town clearly down on its luck. A motel room goes for $30.99 a night, including HBO.
November 20, 2009 - The New York Times
Christian leaders unite on political issues
Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples.
November 20, 2009 - The Associated Press
Abortion dispute with Catholic bishops could hinder Obama's health care bill in Senate
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
November 19, 2009 - The Toronto Star
The golden chance to win over Sikhs
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the Golden Temple in Punjab on Wednesday, the long arm of political influence that extends from Sikhdom's holiest shrine was surely on his mind.
November 19, 2009 - The Associated Press
Philippine gay rights group wages battle to run in 2010 congressional elections
A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.
November 19, 2009 - The Associated Press
Muslim countries seek UN treaty to protect religion from blasphemy
Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.
November 19, 2009 - The Washington Times
Lutherans second church to split over gays
Conservative members of America's largest Lutheran denomination announced that they are splitting from the Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, making it the second mainline Protestant church to undergo a major schism over the issue of homosexuality and related matters of biblical authority.
November 19, 2009 - Religion News Service
Does sexual frustration fuel Islamic violence?
Did alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan lose control, at least in part, because he was sexually frustrated?
November 19, 2009 - Religion News Service
In Mo. schools, ancient calendar at center of debate
Dean Mandis, insurance executive and father of two students, stood before the Rockwood School District's superintendent and seven School Board members at Crestview Middle School.
November 18, 2009 - The New York Times
A Saudi gamble to see if seeds of change will grow
The $12.5 billion question is this: Can Ben Frevert change Saudi Arabia?
November 18, 2009 - The Associated Press
Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges after uproar over Notre Dame's honor of Obama
Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.
November 18, 2009 - The Associated Press
Lutheran group to lead formation of new church body in wake of decision to allow gay pastors
The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
November 18, 2009 - The Daily Star
Opinion: Voluntary consent is neglected in the euthanasia debate
Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the “slippery slope”: Once we allow doctors to kill patients, we will not be able to limit the killing to those who want to die.
November 18, 2009 - The Irish Times
The (officially) lapsed Catholics
Thanks to a website, it has never been easier to defect from the Catholic church, and people are beginning to take up the option.
November 18, 2009 - The Washington Post
Column: It's official: The C Street house is not a church
The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.
November 18, 2009 - The Washington Post
Catholic bishops affirm stance on marriage
The nation's Catholic bishops approved a position paper that emphasizes the church's traditional positions on marriage Tuesday, the same day that the D.C. Council agreed to schedule a vote on legalizing same-sex unions for Dec. 1.
November 18, 2009 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Push for same-sex marriage in N.J. faces uncertain future
Judith Ford and Yvonne Mazzola rushed to a judge in 2007, as soon as New Jersey made civil unions legal.
November 17, 2009 - The Washington Times
Cardinal: lobbying health reform is duty
Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops, defended the bishops' decision to play an active role in shaping national health care legislation, saying Monday that the church must be the "leaven" in the country's political debate.
November 17, 2009 - The Guardian
Nubian fury at 'monkey' lyric of Arab pop star Haifa Wehbe
One of the Arab world's biggest pop stars has provoked a torrent of outrage after releasing a song which refers to black Egyptians as monkeys.
November 17, 2009 - The Associated Press
Blue-collar town elects a Muslim mayor
Granite Falls residents are suspicious of any newcomers, let alone a Muslim native of Pakistan who moved to this rugged, blue-collar logging and mining town to open his own bar.
November 17, 2009 - The Independent
We're dreaming of a black Christmas
When most of us will be slumped in front of the telly eating leftovers or stuck on a motorway going to see those relatives we didn't want to spend Christmas with, increasing numbers of black British families
will be making Boxing Day the start of their celebrations.
November 17, 2009 - The Times
Muslim academics and students are turning against Darwin's theory
Muslims in many countries are increasingly rejecting Darwin’s theory of evolution, under the influence of conservative elements in Islam, a science conference was told yesterday.
November 17, 2009 - National Post
Jew-hatred on campus
All forms of anti-Semitism are bad but some are more worrying than others.
November 17, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
Limited effect seen in abortion clause
Restrictions on abortion coverage approved in the House version of the health-care bill likely will affect the affordability of the procedure for only a small minority of women.
November 16, 2009 - U.S. News & World Report
Rick Warren comes to Washington
When the Rev. Rick Warren walked into a conference room perched above Washington's K Street last Friday to address a group of journalists, I was surprised to see him warmly embrace a New York Times reporter. Warren literally hugged the guy.
November 16, 2009 - The Record
Church campaign focuses on same-sex marriage
Sharon Henry, music minister at Stockton's Valley Ministries MCC church, had a commitment ceremony in October 2004.
November 16, 2009 - The Associated Press
Leader of US Catholic bishops says church has duty to speak out in health care debate
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops said Monday that church leaders have a duty to the nation and God to raise moral concerns in the debate over health care, whether the issue is abortion rights or coverage for the poor.
November 16, 2009 - The Associated Press
Kenyans recruited to fight in Somalia
The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas and driven through the night.
November 16, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Catholic bishops' influence on healthcare bill
For weeks, the Catholic Church has asked its U.S. parishioners to work toward ensuring that tough language restricting federal funding of abortion is included in healthcare overhaul legislation.
November 15, 2009 - Green Bay Post Gazette
Darwin and the great divide
A century and a half after Charles Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species," Tim Flood walked the Galapagos Islands and beheld creatures that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution.
November 15, 2009 - The Washington Post
The wonders and worries when traditions converge
We'll get ready, soon, to decorate the Christmas tree.
November 15, 2009 - The Boston Globe
Satan, the great motivator
What makes economies grow?
November 15, 2009 - Deseret Morning News
Clash of orthodoxies shows the faith-reason dichotomy
The First Amendment was designed to protect religion from governmental intrusion and also to protect religions in general from state-imposed dominance of one denomination.
November 14, 2009 - The New York Times
In Congress, a predicament for abortion supporters
The abortion issue has put members of Congress who support abortion rights in a quandary over the health care legislation.
November 14, 2009 - National Post
Gospel of prosperity
Last week some high-powered British bankers decided to justify their salaries to a London audience.
November 14, 2009 - The New York Times
Broaching birth control with Afghan mullahs
The mullahs stared silently at the screen. They shifted in their chairs and fiddled with pencils.
November 13, 2009 - The Associated Press
DC council defiant of Catholic Church's pressure to be exempt from gay marriage proposal
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church from the law, but so far city council members aren't budging.
November 13, 2009 - The Plain Dealer
Ohio to use untested one-drug method to execute death row inmates
Ohio will soon become the only state to execute inmates using just a massive dose of sedative, a procedure that has never been tested on human beings.
November 13, 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago mezuzah discrimination federal case revived
A federal appellate court today revived a Jewish family's lawsuit against a Chicago condominium association that repeatedly removed a mezuzah from the family's doorpost.
November 13, 2009 - The Times
Copts between the rock of Islamism and a hard place
The first two months of the Coptic new year have been a sombre time for Egypt’s ancient Christian community.
November 13, 2009 - The Associated Press
Biggest counterterrorism seizure in US history - four mosques
In what could be one of the biggest counter terrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to take over four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.
November 12, 2009 - Religion News Service
Commentary: Journalist has soul-science on the brain
This clever question was asked of our panel during a recent "Kindlings Muse" podcast in which we discussed Barbara Bradley Hagerty's book "Fingerprints of God."
November 12, 2009 - The Associated Press
Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web
Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age.
November 12, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal
Opinion: Earning commissions on 'The Great Commission'
Christian missionaries have always brought institutions from home and planted them in foreign lands.
November 12, 2009 - The Associated Press
1 year anniversary of same-sex marriage In Conn.
Gay and lesbian couples marked the one-year anniversary of the day Connecticut began allowing same-sex marriages, voicing optimism that other states eventually will follow suit despite recent votes in Maine and California where gay marriage rights were shot down.
November 12, 2009 - The New York Times
New turn in debate over law on marriage
The fight over a proposed same-sex marriage law here heated up this week as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, homelessness and health care.
November 12, 2009 - The Daily Mail
Britain the abortion capital of Europe: Terminations for teenagers leap by a third
More abortions are carried out in Britain than any other country in Europe, research has shown.
