John Boyle

John Boyle is an author at Religion News Service.

All Stories by John Boyle

Billy Graham hospitalized with respiratory problems

By John Boyle — November 20, 2013

(RNS) "Mr. Graham is in the hospital with a respiratory congestion issue, similar to what he had a few weeks ago," spokesman Mark DeMoss said. "As was the case then, we expect he will be able to return home in a day or two."

Web Site Will Deliver Letters to Those Left Behind

By John Boyle — May 8, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Neither snow, nor rain, nor fire and brimstone will keep Joshua Witter from the swift completion of his appointed rounds come the end of the world. Witter, a 24-year-old self-described atheist living in Orlando, Fla., is the creator of the Post-Rapture Post (http://postrapturepost.com), which bills itself as “the postal […]

Religious Groups Push Health Coverage for Children

By John Boyle — March 9, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ An unusually broad coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders descended on Capitol Hill this week to push Congress to increase funds for health care coverage for American’s 9 million uninsured children. “Although we come from diverse backgrounds and religious beliefs, we all agree” that children in need […]

Author Is Called an `Infidel,’ and She Doesn’t Mind a Bit

By John Boyle — February 27, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ For the past three years, bodyguards have shadowed Ayaan Hirsi Ali after the controversial author and critic of Islam received repeated death threats. But that hasn’t stopped the slender, soft-spoken Somali native from saying what she thinks. Two burly bodyguards stand outside her office door as Hirsi Ali […]

Book Explores Sports, Sabbath and Shopping on Sunday

By John Boyle — February 27, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) From the church pews to the living-room Superbowl game watch, Sunday celebrations vary greatly across America _ although, for some, church services and sporting events are observed with nearly equal fervor. Craig Harline, an author and professor at Brigham Young University, explores the origins and current state of the […]

Top Episcopal Bishop Urges `Fasting’ on Gay Issues

By John Boyle — February 22, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Responding to demands from the worldwide Anglican Communion, the top bishop in the Episcopal Church on Tuesday (Feb. 21) called for a halt to blessing same-sex unions and consecrating openly gay and lesbian bishops. But it is unclear whether Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori intends for the […]

Gay Ruling Poses Tough Questions for Lutherans

By John Boyle — February 10, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America may be asked to change a ban on practicing gay and lesbian clergy after a disciplinary committee voted to remove an openly gay pastor but suggested the church find a way to reinstate him. The ruling called for the Rev. Bradley Schmeling, […]

New Congress Changes Tone of Anti-Abortion Rally

By John Boyle — January 23, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The thousands of anti-abortion advocates who gathered here on Monday (Jan. 22) for the 34th annual March for Life came with a message for the new Democratic Congress: No matter what happened last November, America, they say, still opposes abortion. “I’m always concerned when the Democrats are in […]

Groups Say Wage Hike Is First Step Toward `Living Wage’

By John Boyle — January 12, 2007

c. 2007 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Religious leaders rallied behind the House vote on Wednesday (Jan. 10) to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, but say more needs to be done to create a “living wage” for working families. “The raise asked for (by the House) is modest but quite significant,” […]

New Campaign Revives Push for Debt Relief