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NY Cardinal Criticizes Giuliani for Taking Communion

posted by akornfeld

Associated Press New York – Rudy Giuliani should not have received Holy Communion during the pope’s visit because the former presidential candidate supports abortion rights, New York Cardinal Edward Egan said Monday. Egan says he had “an understanding” with Giuliani [...]

Parents Who Prayed as Diabetic Daughter Died Are Charged

posted by akornfeld

Associated Press Weston, Wis. – Two parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes were charged Monday with second-degree reckless homicide. Family and friends had urged Dale and Leilani Neumann to get help for their daughter, but [...]

Pagans Find a Sometimes Uneasy Home Among Quakers

posted by nsymmonds

By MATTHEW STREIB c. 2008 Religion News Service BALTIMORE — When his partner died in 2004, Kevin-Douglas Olive reached a crossroads in his faith. Even though he had been a Quaker for almost two decades and put his trust in [...]

Dalai Lama Cautiously Welcomes China’s Offer for Talks with His Emissary

posted by nsymmonds

Associated Press – April 26, 2008 DHARMSALA, India – The Dalai Lama welcomed China’s offer to meet his envoy but said the two sides needed a meaningful discussion about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan [...]

Previous Posts

Understanding Christian Political Engagement
Guest Blogger: Bethany Blankley Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, North Carolina created a firestorm among Christians and non-Christians when he suggested that homosexuals be rounded up and put inside electrical fences, left to die. Obviously, this is not the Christian message of loving our neighb

posted 10:10:12am May. 24, 2012 | read full post »

Why would "anti-bullying" youth convention speaker mock the Bible, Christian teens?
The report is difficult to believe: A paid “anti-bullying” expert is caught on video ranting at a national convention of high schoolers and is recorded bullying the Christian kids who were offended by his obscenities. They quietly follow his advice to homosexual youth in his “It Gets Better Pr

posted 10:54:19am May. 18, 2012 | read full post »

Are Americans finding God in cyberspace?
Will the church of the future be on line? We seem to be heading that way, says think-tank president Ron Sellers who points to recent findings that among American adults who use the Internet, 44 percent use it for religious purposes.  "This is particularly common among younger Americans," say

posted 1:14:32pm May. 17, 2012 | read full post »

Are "unacceptable religions" fatal for U.S. presidential candidates?
Is there an unwritten religious litmus test for the U.S. presidency? Do voters require candidates to be "not just religious, but acceptably religious"? Yes, say Northwest Nazarene University professors Steve Shaw and Darrin Grinder. [caption id="attachment_11319" align="alignleft" width="480" cap

posted 12:56:17pm May. 14, 2012 | read full post »

U.S. Marine dies after rescuing ORU trustee's daughter from deadly air crash
The daughter of an Oral Roberts University trustee was pulled from the wreckage of a crashed small aircraft by a former U.S. Marine sergeant severely injured in the crash, who then helped her wave down help along a highway. Three were killed in the crash, and former U.S. Marines Sgt. Austi

posted 1:39:20am May. 13, 2012 | read full post »


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