http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/ Current News On Beliefnet en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:06 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/imgs/bg_icon.gif http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/ 82 100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss TAWANG, India - Buddhist monks and nuns spruced up their monasteries and hung up welcome banners Friday in anticipation of the Dalai Lama's contentious visit to this remote Indian town near the Tibetan frontier. China has strongly protested the Dalai Lama's visit starting Sunday to the Indian state of Arunachal... News http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/remote-indian-state-readies-fo.php http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/remote-indian-state-readies-fo.php Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:06 -0500 http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/remote_indian_state_readies_fo_comments.html Michael Consoli (RNS) Muslim groups quickly condemned the shootings by a Muslim suspect that killed 13 people Thursday (Nov. 5) at an Army base in Texas. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a psychiatrist who treated soldiers at the Fort Hood base, is accused in the attack that also wounded 30 people. He... News http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/muslim-groups-condemn-fort-hoo.php http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/muslim-groups-condemn-fort-hoo.php Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:53 -0500 http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/muslim_groups_condemn_fort_hoo_comments.html Michael Consoli VATICAN CITY (RNS) A group of conservative Anglicans in Britain announced that they would convert to the Catholic Church under new arrangements designed to accommodate Anglicans upset with their church's growing acceptance of homosexuality and female clergy. Representatives of the British province of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) voted unanimously... News http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/british-anglican-group-to-conv.php http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/british-anglican-group-to-conv.php Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:51 -0500 http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/british_anglican_group_to_conv_comments.html Michael Consoli (RNS) St. Nikolai Evangelical Lutheran Church hasn't changed much since the 16th century. Bach once played the organ here and the music remains alluring, but it is the church's more recent history in the last days of the Cold War and its role in the fall of the Berlin Wall... News http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/german-church-helped-bring-dow.php http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/german-church-helped-bring-dow.php Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:54:30 -0500 http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/german_church_helped_bring_dow_comments.html Michael Consoli (RNS) Two years after its long-awaited debut in North America, Reform Judaism's new prayer book is heading south -- with some cultural differences. For Progressive Jews in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa, the World Union edition of Mishkan T'filah has incorporated national anthems, local poetry, adjusted seasonal references... News http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/reform-jews-revise-prayer-book.php http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/reform-jews-revise-prayer-book.php Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:52:21 -0500 http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/reform_jews_revise_prayer_book_comments.html Michael Consoli WITTENBERG, Germany (RNS/ENI) The Vatican official responsible for links with other churches has rejected suggestions of a "standstill" in the search for Christian unity. "There has already been a lot of movement," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. "I hope that there can... News http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/no-standstill-in-ecumenism-say.php http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/no-standstill-in-ecumenism-say.php Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:52:19 -0500 http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/11/no_standstill_in_ecumenism_say_comments.html Michael Consoli