Monthly Archives: October 2015
Suspect charged with setting two in the string of seven St. Louis area church fires
By Christine Byers — October 31, 2015
ST. LOUIS — Although the locations of the fires in predominantly African-American neighborhoods gave rise to speculation that the motive might be race-related, the suspect is black.
Pope denounces clergy who criticized slain Salvadoran bishop Oscar Romero
By Reuters — October 31, 2015
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Francis, the first Latin American pope, unblocked Romero's sainthood process shortly after his election in March 2013. It had been stalled because church leaders saw Romero as having been too close to Liberation Theology.
Probe of Steve Green’s antiquities may be inevitable; his response is not (COMMENTARY)
By Gary Vikan — October 30, 2015
(RNS) There is a place in the profession for ex post facto due diligence on high-speed collecting: if you can’t get it right at first, make sure you do it right later.
JesusWeen: Tract or treat!
By Laura Turner — October 30, 2015
A Canadian pastor created an alternate holiday called JesusWeen. Do we really need that?
German Protestant church’s scandalous idea rocks evangelical community
By Tom Heneghan — October 30, 2015
(RNS) An initiative to quit converting Muslim refugees by the mainline Rhineland church prompted a sharp response from Germany’s small evangelical movement.
Was it murder or martyrdom?
By Religion News LLC — October 30, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO – Monday, the Feast of All Souls, is the anniversary of the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam, who possessed the Confucian “Mandate of Heaven,” a moral and political authority that was widely recognized by all Vietnamese. What is not commonly known is that Diem was […]
Mormon feminists mark 40 years of women speaking up and speaking out
By Jana Riess — October 30, 2015
A new book by Joanna Brooks, Hannah Wheelwright and Rachel Hunt Steenblik looks at 40 years of Mormon feminism, showing that the questions being raised now about women in the LDS Church have a long history.
Top Mormon leaders encourage members to help refugees
By Matt Canham — October 30, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- The LDS letter, to be read from the pulpit Sunday, takes a wider view of refugees, though it comes amid Syria’s deepening civil war.
European Catholic bishops call for regional action ahead of Paris climate talks
By Elizabeth Bryant — October 30, 2015
PARIS (RNS) The European bishops’ conference is expected to release an expert report detailing action and discussion items on climate change in response to the pope's encyclical.
Turkish faith movement secretly funded 200 trips for lawmakers and staff
By Paul Singer — October 30, 2015
WASHINGTON — A Turkish religious movement has secretly funded as many as 200 trips to Turkey for members of Congress and staff since 2008, violating House rules and possibly federal law, a USA TODAY investigation has found.
Supreme Court faces new challenges to Obamacare’s ‘contraceptive mandate’
By Richard Wolf — October 30, 2015
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is about to climb back into Americans' bedrooms.
Rob Schenck, long opposed to abortion, now opposes Christians owning guns
By Adelle M. Banks — October 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) After personally seeing the bodies of the Amish schoolchildren prepared for a funeral after being gunned down in 2006, Schenck began to realize he needed to care more about life outside the womb, too.
Marco Rubio takes lead among evangelical leaders, study says
By Kimberly Winston — October 29, 2015
(RNS) More than one-quarter of evangelical leaders now name Rubio -- a Catholic -- as their favorite in the presidential field.
Mormon leaders announce help for refugees
By Jana Riess — October 29, 2015
This Sunday, Mormon wards around the world will hear a First Presidency letter on helping refugees. It's a brief statement, but a welcome and powerful one.
Yitzhak Rabin deserves his own fast day (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 29, 2015
(RNS) Why should the anniversary of Rabin’s death merit a fast day? Don’t Jews fast when they need to atone for sin? Well, come to think of it, yes.
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