Monthly Archives: April 2014

Father Knows Best: Does chemistry trump compatibility?

By Martin Elfert — April 30, 2014

Your fiancé deserves to be married to someone who wants to have sex with him. And you deserve the same.

Allah=God? * Jedi Revelations * Jesus’ Divorce: Wednesday’s Roundup

By David Gibson — April 30, 2014

From the death penalty fiasco in Oklahoma to the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" -- again -- plus a lot of religion news from the world of entertainment. Or is that redundant by this point?

2014 KidSpirit Award Winners Represent Global Youth Voices

By Religion News LLC — April 30, 2014

Brooklyn, NY—Today KidSpirit announces the winners of its annual KidSpirit Awards, honoring young people around the world for their hard work, creativity, and insights in pieces crafted for KidSpirit Magazine in the last year. Award-winning articles and art this year represent a diverse cross section of youth, with contributors from Maryland, Maine, California, Texas, Massachusetts, […]

Methodists approve same-sex marriage benefits

By Lauren Markoe — April 29, 2014

(RNS) The United Methodist Church opposes same-sex marriage. But now same-sex spouses of some church employees can receive church benefits.

One more time, evangelicals head to Hill on immigration reform

By Adelle M. Banks — April 29, 2014

WASHINGTON (RNS) Trying yet again with new voices added to their cause, more than 250 evangelical pastors came to Washington on Tuesday to continue their push for Congress to enact immigration reform.

Palin’s baptism by waterboard

By Mark Silk — April 29, 2014

Sarah Palin's NRA laugh line: "Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists" obscures the real obscenity of torture.

ANALYSIS: Conservatives squawk over pope’s tweet on inequality

By David Gibson — April 29, 2014

(RNS) A three-word tweet from Pope Francis -- in Latin -- about inequality left some conservatives dazed and confused over Catholic teachings on economics, or rather Pope Francis' interpretation of them.

Quote of the Day: Former Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone

By Ron Ribiat — April 29, 2014

“The spacious apartment like many residences in the old palaces of the Vatican is being dutifully restored (at my expense). It has been given to me to use temporarily and after me it will benefit someone else. As Pope St. John XXIII used to say, ‘I do not stop to pick up the stones that are thrown […]

Vatican says bureaucratic reforms won’t happen until 2015

By Josephine McKenna — April 29, 2014

VATICAN CITY (RNS) "There is much work ahead, so we can expect it to be done not this year but the next," said the Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.

What happens when you realize that God’s not dead?

By Religion News LLC — April 29, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2014 – Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy. Why wouldn’t she be? She made good money as a programmer at a hot tech start-up, had just married a guy with a stack of Ivy League degrees, and lived in a twenty-first-floor condo where she could sip Sauvignon Blanc while watching […]

COMMENTARY: 5 reasons the 9/11 museum should drop ‘Islamist’

By Faheem Younus — April 29, 2014

(RNS) Call them al-Qaida fanatics, Taliban lunatics or Muslim Brotherhood extremists. Just don't associate my faith with their actions.

Survey: Most Americans say fighting global poverty is futile

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 29, 2014

(RNS) Observant Christians are concerned about global extreme poverty but skeptical that it can be ended in the next 25 years.

Boehner rival loses Christian college job over ‘electile dysfunction’ ad

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — April 29, 2014

(RNS) J.D. Winteregg, the Tea Party candidate challenging the House speaker in the 8th District north of Cincinnati, has been an adjunct professor of French at Cedarville University for three years.

Amy Butler * Death Row Innocents * Dress Blues : Tuesday’s Roundup

By Lauren Markoe — April 29, 2014

Riverside Church wants the Rev. Amy Butler in the pulpit. One of 25 people on death row is likely innocent. And the Army has denied two religious soldiers who want exemptions to the dress code.

LifeWay Films releases True Love Waits documentary