December 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
2009 a year of unintended consequences
Monday, December 28, 2009
Economic squeeze produces a new kind of seminarian
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Court rules against 9/11 families’ burial claims
Poker-playing priest wins $100,000 for church
Second Irish bishop resigns in wake of abuse report
COMMENTARY: Seeing the world through Christmas-colored glasses
This holiday season, 15 titles to nourish your soul
Red Cross links survivors with family lost in Holocaust
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Donations pour in as suspect is arrested in church heist
Vatican says Pius’ elevation not a `hostile act’ toward Jews
Grants to fund priests’ education in fast-growing dioceses
Teens carrying the gospel in their hands with `Believer Bands’
Christmas pageant evolves but endures
COMMENTARY: The Christmas gift you can give to yourself
GUEST COMMENTARY: An unconscionable oversight
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Nazarene membership closes in on 2 million
Covenant to bind Anglicans sent out to churches
WCC head condemns Uganda’s proposed anti-gay law
Israel’s Messianic Jews wary of stepped-up persecution
Church finds hope, promise in season of rebirth
COMMENTARY: Good tidings of great freedom
Monday, December 21, 2009
Churches blast Copenhagen summit for lack of agreement
Church shuns decorations to help the poor and needy
Survey: Southerners lead U.S. in religious devotion
Catholics urge collection plate boycott to protest closings
Jews angry after pope moves Pius XII closer to sainthood
New Merton book stirs up controversy
Friday, December 18, 2009
Survey: Two-thirds of Protestant pastors consider Islam ‘dangerous’
Anti-abortion group cites slain activist as `Person of the Year’
DisciplesWorld magazine to cease publication
Reports say John Paul II could inch closer to sainthood
SIDEBAR: Can’t choose your religious game? Here are some options
Book finds that religious toys are more than child’s play
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Bell choir cancels concert when mall demands no religious songs
Report: Near 70 percent of nations face religious restrictions
Irish bishop resigns over sex abuse scandal
Rogue Zambian archbishop defrocked
Churches capitalize on Christmas for evangelism
COMMENTARY: My top 10 religion stories