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Yahoo: Religion News

  • newVatican: New book of leaked documents 'criminal'
    The Vatican on Saturday denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those resp…
    - 12 hours ago, 19 May 12, 9:35pm -
  • newCardinal's presence felt at Pa. church-abuse trial
    Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died just weeks before his longtime aide went on trial in the alleged cover-up of sexual assaults by priests within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
    - 14 hours ago, 19 May 12, 7:14pm -
  • newNH church elects Mass. priest for Episcopal bishop
    A Massachusetts priest will succeed Bishop Gene Robinson as New Hampshire's next Episcopal bishop.
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 12, 6:26pm -
  • newFilipino Christian conservatives denounce Lady Gaga concert
    Conservative Christian groups in the Philippines on Saturday marched near a shopping mall to demand the cancellation of Lady Gaga's two concerts next week, saying her songs carried "demonic" undertones. The protests in the heavily Catholic Philippine…
    - 18 hours ago, 19 May 12, 2:37pm -
  • Georgia gay activists rally after religious attacks
    Dozens of gay rights supporters rallied for a second day in the Georgian capital Friday after being attacked by Orthodox Christians during their initial march in the deeply religious Caucasus state.
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 5:58pm -
  • Sebelius speech embraces church, state separation
    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius paid homage to religious freedom and the separation of church and state in a graduation speech Friday at Georgetown University that was briefly interrupted by an anti-abortion heckler.
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 5:12pm -
  • After stinging report, Pope softens tone for U.S. nuns
    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Friday held out an olive branch to American Roman Catholic nuns, who are reeling from a stinging Vatican report that criticized them as being feminist and politicized. "I wish to reaffirm my deep gratitude fo…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 3:27pm -
  • Rufus Wainwright vs. The Catholic Church
    Welcome to the Smart Set. Every morning we bring you the gossip coverage, filtered. Today: Rufus Wainwright has a few Catholics angry, Al Gore is steppin' out, and Elin Nordegren is looking for love.
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 2:00pm -
  • Filipino Christian group protests Lady Gaga shows
    Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" at a rally Friday calling for the pop diva's shows here to be canceled despite assurances from authorities that they won't allow nudity and lewd acts.
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:50pm -
  • Filipino Christian group wants Lady Gaga concerts cancelled, saying she promotes immorality
    MANILA, Philippines - About 70 Christian youths in the Philippines have chanted "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" at a rally calling for the singer's shows in Manila next week to be cancelled.
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:00am -

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  • newSlow-pitch screamer on the Godbeat
    When I was younger and trimmer, I played organized softball.In high school, I joined a co-ed team from the McDonald’s where I flipped frozen patties and endured grumpy customers. That league exposed this sheltered Church of Christ kid to cursing,…
    - 16 hours ago, 19 May 12, 5:07pm -
  • In the end, Summer worked hard for her Lord
    Back in my college days, a missionary kid-journalist friend of mine (who later spent some time as a presidential speechwriter) turned me on to that fabulous “Sittin’ In” album by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. The songs were OK, he said, but h…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:39pm -
  • Same-sex marriage, celebration and “core values”
    About a year ago, Gallup did a poll showing that Americans are completely ignorant of what percentage of the population identifies as homosexual. Mainstream studies indicate that the actual figures are somewhere in the low single digits, but American…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 2:54pm -
  • Has Time printed the worst Anglican article ever?
    “How Will Anglicans React if New Hampshire Episcopalians Elect Another Gay Bishop?” Time Magazine asks in a 17 May 2012 article printed on its website.To which this Anglican responds, “Why don’t you ask them?”Read more on Has Time printed…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:26pm -
  • That Gray Lady Catholic same-sex unions scoop 2.0
    It’s time for a Catholic culture wars flashback.Let’s set the way-back machine for last summer, when the Womenpriests movement held one of its ordination rites in Baltimore. As one would expect, this event was glowingly covered — sort of — b…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:00pm -
  • Gay marriage and the French Catholic vote
    In light of the media’s fascination with interplay between sex, the Catholic Church and politics, I am always surprised at its lack of curiosity when these worlds collide overseas.The 6 May 2012 French presidential election is a case in point. Soc…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:00pm -
  • Pacquiao, homosexuality, tolerance and reading comprehension
    One of the media templates we see frequently in discussion about whether to redefine marriage to include same-sex unions or other groupings is a supposedly rhetorical question about how such a change in law would ever affect anyone other than gay cou…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 2:20pm -
  • Bishops threaten lawsuit over HHS mandate
    It may only be seven sentences long, but I was happy to see this Associated Press report briefly explaining that U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have formally rejected the Obama administration’s proposed modifications to the Health and Human Services r…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:54pm -
  • 5Q+1: How Kate Shellnutt’s technophilia meshes with religion
    We have lamented the Dallas Morning News’s near departure from religion coverage, but almost simultaneously, we’ve noticed the growth of another religion hub down the Texas road at the Houston Chronicle. Nearly every day, the editor of Houston B…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 5:27pm -
  • New York Times scoop! Catholic same-sex unions!
    Talk about burying the lede.The mainstream press has been on a tear ever since President Barack Obama announced that his liberal Christian faith had inspired him to change his beliefs on the definition of marriage. One of the most common stories, pr…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 2:29pm -

Religion Dispatches

  • A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now?
    No giant earthquake rippled across the surface of the earth, nor were any believers caught up in the clouds. Harold Camping, the octogenarian whose nightly Bible call-in show fomented doomsday mania, suffered a stroke soon afterward and mostly disa…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:00pm -
  • Chris Caldwell Sees Muslim Bogeymen. Again.
    The Weekly Standard’s Christopher Caldwell, who sees the integration of Muslims in Europe as troublesome, reviews two new books that see the integration of Muslims in Europe as troublesome. 
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 9:00pm -
  • Traditional Marriage: One Man, Many Women, Some Girls, Some Slaves
    So, let’s see if I can total all this up. Traditional marriage is one man with multiple wives, multiple concubines, wives conquered in war and wives acquired in levirate marriage, possibly including girls under the age of ten, but definitely not i…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 4:00pm -
  • Eat, Pray, Kill: The Basic Brutality of Eating
    When it comes to the consumption of meat, our human hands have long been dirty. This isn’t a discouragement to stop striving for the good. But a moral proposal that promises to wash our filthy fingers spotlessly clean—in seconds flat—is suspec…
    - 5 days ago, 15 May 12, 4:00pm -
  • Obama’s Gay Marriage Support Shocks Black Church
    It’s time to for the leaders of the Black Church to ‘put away childish things’ and to engage in a real conversation about sexuality in their communities.
    - 6 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:00am -
  • Another “Hot Text” For the War on Women: Rosemary’s Baby
    Roman Polanski’s 1968 horror flick—among others in the ’60s and ’70s—may provide some surprising insights into the GOP’s “War on Women.”
    - 7 days ago, 13 May 12, 8:00pm -
  • Coming Out As a Heretic
    For folks who are unorthodox but aren’t atheists, who care about metaphysics but who aren’t mystics, perhaps the good old-fashioned term “heretic” will satisfy. 
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 12:00am -
  • Where the Wild Things Aren’t Just Jewish
    Maurice Sendak lived in the shadow of the Holocaust, yet he refused to claim that identity and chosenness solely for the Jewish people. 
    - 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 6:00pm -
  • An End to the “Gentleman’s Agreement” on Israel?
    For decades, American politicians have had a “gentleman’s agreement” regarding Jerusalem, Israel, and American Jews. On the one hand, all mainstream politicians kowtow to the (right-leaning) Jewish institutional community and mouth platitudes…
    - 12 days ago, 8 May 12, 8:00pm -
  • NC’s Gay Marriage Ban: “It’s Going to Hurt the Church”
    The discussion surrounding NC’s Amendment 1 has taken the shape of a simplistic ideological battle over homosexuality and religion. “It’s as if some Christians feel like they have permission to discriminate or hate,” Jay Bakker told me. “A…
    - 12 days ago, 8 May 12, 12:00am -

Bartholomew's Notes

  • Christian Apocalyptic Paperback Author Grant Jeffrey Has Died
    Jim Fletcher reports at WND: Grant Jeffrey, the Canadian teacher who took the marketing of Bible prophecy to new and unprecedented heights, has passed away. He was 63. Jeffrey entered full-time ministry in 1988, with his wife, Kaye. Jeffrey’s commu…
    - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 8:29am -
  • ZANU PF vs Nigerian Evangelist
    Last week I noted that the death of Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika in April had occurred just days after he had laughed off a prophecy by Nigerian mega-pastor TB Joshua that an African president would shortly die. Joshua reportedly followed up…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 4:21pm -
  • Bibles for Schools “Presented by the Secretary of State for Education”
    Political Scrapbook reports: Bibles commissioned by Michael Gove and distributed to every state school in the country have a direct reference to him on the spine, Political Scrapbook can exclusively reveal. In an act of breathtaking hubris, the tome…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:38am -
  • Helen Ukpabio’s Brothers Reportedly Killed by Police
    A number of Nigerian news-sites are reporting that three brothers of “Lady Apostle” Helen Ukpabio were killed by police in Akwa Ibom on 25 March, and that a younger sister died from shock shortly afterwards. The reports include photos of dead bod…
    - 6 days ago, 14 May 12, 10:35am -
  • The Sun Paid Alan Sugar “£25,000 Damages and £125,623 in Legal Costs”
    Sugar also threatened to sue Rebekah Brooks personally In 2011, Macmillan published a book by Alan Sugar, entitled The Way I See It: Rants, Revelations And Rules For Life. Chapter 19 is on the subject of the press, and has some details about the “…
    - 7 days ago, 13 May 12, 9:41am -
  • US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Slams Improper Military Training on Islam
    Wired reports: America’s top military officer condemned in the strongest possible terms a Defense Department course that taught troops to prep for a “total war” on Islam using “Hiroshima”-style tactics. “It was totally objectionable, aga…
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 9:00am -
  • TB Joshua: When Prophecy Doesn’t Fail
    From the Nyasa Times, 2 April: Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua of the Synagogue [Church of all Nations] has grabbed the headlines again after insisting that his prophecy of the death of an old African president is now very close ….Malawi’s septu…
    - 10 days ago, 10 May 12, 10:58am -
  • Dorries Agonistes 2: The Prime Minister
    Somewhat alarmingly, it appears that the UK news cycle and political agenda is now being set by Nadine Dorries MP. Writing in the Mail on Sunday (where else?), Dorries warns the prime minister that he will be gone by Christmas: Despite my comments o…
    - 14 days ago, 6 May 12, 5:24pm -
  • Pam Geller Backs Anti-Islam Buddhists in Sri Lanka
    A Sri Lankan Buddhist has written to Pamela Geller, to express his appreciation of her anti-Islam website. Geller has published his letter: Im from Sri Lanka. A Buddhist. Im very interested in your work against Islamic terrorism. (I mean its as a t…
    - 16 days ago, 4 May 12, 5:07pm -
  • Hypocrisy from Thomas More Law Center on Kamal Saleem and Free Speech
    From Wood TV, 27 January: ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) – Rep. Dave Agema told 24 Hour News 8 he thinks Allegan’s police chief overreacted when he shut down an event the representative and a self-proclaimed former terrorist were both speaking at. Allegan…
    - 17 days ago, 3 May 12, 9:38am -

Washington Post

  • Herman Cain: Rev. Wright fair game
    “I think it is fair if someone wants to highlight the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and his relationship with Barack Obama because, quite frankly, it wasn’t highlighted enough in 2008 when he was running for president the first time.Read full artic…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 9:22pm -
  • Ultra-Orthodox Jews to gather at Citi Field for event on evils of Internet
    Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews from Baltimore to Brooklyn are planning to hold a mass demonstration against what they describe as the evils of the Internet this Sunday (May 20) at Citi Field, formerly the site known as Shea Stadium, in Quee…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 6:32pm -
  • HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ full remarks to Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute
    Below is the full address Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave to Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute Friday. The text was sent in advance of her speech.Dean Montgomery, members of the faculty, family, friends,…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 4:56pm -
  • Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Georgetown about religious freedom
    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius indirectly addressed the controversy over requiring insurance coverage for birth control by invoking John F. Kennedy’s 1960 church-and-state speech during an address at the Georgetown Public Po…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 4:52pm -
  • Jeremiah Wright’s resurrection
    While Barack Obama was still hot on the campaign trail in his first bid for presidency, many Democrats began to fear that his history of church attendance at Trinity United Church of Christ under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Jeremiah Wright would…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:31pm -
  • Marvin Winans talks about carjacking
    The day after he was assaulted and his vehicle was stolen at a Detroit gas station, gospel recording artist and pastor Marvin L. Winans Thursday called for more fathers to get involved in their sons’ lives and steer them away from violence. Read…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 3:49am -
  • Obama and Romney offer differing views of God
    People always ask, “What would Jesus do?,” but in America today, it’s impossible to know. And that’s because there are (at least) two prevailing views of God at work in our public and political conversation. It would not be an exaggeration to…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:32pm -
  • JPMorgan and the problem of hubris
    JPMorgan’s losses from risky bets the bank made continue to grow . According to reports, investors who lost money because of these “bets” are now suing the bank because of it.This is exactly the kind of “too big to fail” financial problem…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:18pm -
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  • Republican strategist: Use Jeremiah Wright ties against Obama
    “The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way. [...] Our plan is to do exactly what John McCain would not let us do: Show the world how Barack Obama’s…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 5:12pm -

Guardian: Religion

  • newRichard Dawkins the arch-atheist backs Michael Gove's free Bible plan
    Author of The God Delusion says providing free Bibles to state schools is justified by its impact on the English languageIt sounds like one of the most unlikely alliances of recent years. Richard Dawkins, arch-atheist and scourge of the praying class…
    - 13 hours ago, 19 May 12, 8:30pm -
  • newWhy I want all our children to read the King James Bible
    The good book should be read as a great work of literature – but it is not a guide to morality, as the education secretary Michael Gove would have us believeFor some reason the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK) was not approach…
    - 13 hours ago, 19 May 12, 8:30pm -
  • Female bishops legislation must not be compromised out of existence | Miranda Threlfall-Holmes
    If the church can't accept that women and men are equally made in God's image, what's the point in having women ordained?On Monday the House of Bishops will meet to discuss whether to try to "tweak" the delicately balanced compromise legislation to a…
    - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 7:30am -
  • The Wright stuff: President Obama and the Ricketts smear | Ana Marie Cox
    Republicans are rightly shamed by a Super Pac ad plan to tag Obama as a black radical. The irony is his very lack of radicalismNebraska has already supplied the right with a billionaire boogeyman: Warren Buffet, hero of the secretarial pool and world…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 10:52pm -
  • US gun culture is at our door: we daren't be complacent | Giles Fraser
    Inner-city violence breeds inner-city violence; and then desensitisation can creep up on a place – our placeThe pub on the corner may be called the Elephant and Castle, but I'm a long way from home. I met Pam Bosley at St Sabina's Roman Catholic ch…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 6:29pm -
  • Top Tory Warsi claims 'white girls are fair game' to some Pakistani men
    Conservative party co-chairman says race played role in recent sexual abuse case in RochdaleA small number of men of Pakistani heritage believe "white girls are fair game" for sexual abuse, the Conservative co-chair Sayeeda Warsi said on Friday.In re…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 6:20pm -
  • ok Festival aims to challenge the dominance of south Manchester
    The festival has been set up to celebrate the authors and independent businesses that are thrivingAn innovative literary festival is taking place in north Manchester that aims to challenge the skewing of cultural events south of the city.The inaugura…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 3:00pm -
  • Guardian Books podcast: Marilynne Robinson talks about Gilead to book club
    This week, on a visit to the UK, Marilynne Robinson came along to the Guardian Review Book Club to talk to Professor John Mullan about her novel Gilead. Set in rural Iowa, it is the letter of aging congregationalist minister John Ames to hisyoung son…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:14pm -
  • Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody | John Sentamu
    I object to same-sex marriage because I believe in social pluralism, not fancy-free individualismI will be the first to accept that homosexual people have suffered discrimination and sometimes worse through the decades and that the churches have, at…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:45pm -
  • Texas's war on history | Katherine Stewart
    Christian-nationalist zealots are trying to rewrite US history, airbrush slavery and enshrine creationism in Texas schoolsDon McLeroy, chairman of the Texas State Board of Education from 2007 to 2009, is a "young earth" creationist. He believes the e…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:40pm -

Telegraph: Religion

  • newObama could have an in among white evangelicals - Los Angeles Times
    Los Angeles TimesObama could have an in among white evangelicalsLos Angeles TimesHe believes, as an article of faith, that abortion and same-sex marriage are wrong. Still, when a group of religious leaders in Ohio held two days of meetings in Cincinn…
    - 8 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:54am -
  • Dr. Oz at times wanders off the mainstream medical path - Los Angeles Times
    Dr. Oz at times wanders off the mainstream medical pathLos Angeles TimesDr. Oz claims to be a big proponent of this form of hands-on faith healing from Japan. According to the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, there's no goo…
    - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 7:45am -
  • Goldenvoice ready to roar in Orange County - Los Angeles Times
    Goldenvoice ready to roar in Orange CountyLos Angeles Times"It made you feel like you were part of this secret, underground society," said Brett Gurewitz, a founding member of the band Bad Religion and the punk rock entrepreneur behind Silver Lake's…
    - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 1:10am -
  • Review: Barnes Foundation museum a bland shadow of once great self - Los Angeles Times
    Review: Barnes Foundation museum a bland shadow of once great selfLos Angeles TimesThat's faith in art, as Philadelphia's terrible-tempered doctor would agree. But the new museum shuns adventurous imagination. Instead, it's a dull display of reconstr…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 2:31pm -
  • Donna Summer ruled majestically, if uneasily - Los Angeles Times
    Donna Summer ruled majestically, if uneasilyLos Angeles TimesThe tension between her conservative upbringing and the unbridled sexuality of the disco era echoed the faith vs. secularity conflicts of artists such as Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin and Marv…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:00pm -
  • Silencing Kathleen Sebelius - Los Angeles Times
    Silencing Kathleen SebeliusLos Angeles TimesGeorgetown insists that it is "deeply rooted in the Catholic faith," but also boasts that it provides students with a world-class education "focused on educating the whole person through exposure to differe…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:31pm -
  • China's Bo Xilai scandal revs up news media run by exiles - Los Angeles Times
    China's Bo Xilai scandal revs up news media run by exilesLos Angeles Times"I don't ally myself with any party or religion. Boxun carries voices from all groups," the 47-year-old Meng said by telephone. Although Meng doesn't consider himself a disside…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:07pm -
  • For many in Egypt, the presidential vote is not about Islam - Los Angeles Times
    For many in Egypt, the presidential vote is not about IslamLos Angeles TimesBut men like Bishr — among the more than 40% of Egyptians who live on less than $2 a day — fear that the elite's preoccupation with religion and talk of reviving centurie…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:06pm -
  • 'The Exorcist' play to star Richard Chamberlain, Brooke Shields - Los Angeles Times
    'The Exorcist' play to star Richard Chamberlain, Brooke ShieldsLos Angeles TimesShields performed in the LA engagement of the musical "Leap of Faith" at the Ahmanson in 2010. Pielmeier has stated on his website that the play will use "minor" special…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:24am -
  • Catholics all a-Twitter about the role of nuns - Los Angeles Times
    Catholics all a-Twitter about the role of nunsLos Angeles TimesThe report from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — the church's orthodoxy watchdog — was publicly released last month by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:13am -

Religion Clause

  • new2 New USCIRF Appointments Announced
    According to a press release issued on Thursday by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom two new appointments to the 9-member Commission have recently been made. On May 11, President Obama announced his appointment of the Reverend W…
    - 7 hours ago, 20 May 12, 2:07am -
  • Contribution To Church Denied Deductibility For Inadequate Receipt
    In Durden v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (T.C., May 17, 2012), the U.S. Tax Court denied a $25,171 tax deduction for contributions to the Nevertheless Community Church made in 2007 by David and Veronda Durden. While the taxpayers produced reco…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 6:00pm -
  • Court Rejects Compelled Religious Speech Challenge To Oklahoma License Plates
    In Cressman v. Thompson, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68236 (WD OK, May 16, 2012), and Oklahoma federal district court rejected a claim by an Oklahoma driver that the picture on the state's standard license plates compel him to express a message contrary t…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:40am -
  • European Court Upholds Spain's Firing of Married Priest As Teacher
    In Fernández Martínez v. Spain, (ECHR, May 15 2012), (opinion in French, English press release) the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber judgment (which is appealable to the Grand Chamber) upheld the decision not to renew the contract of a…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:15am -
  • Kuwait's Emir Blocks Proposed Constitutional Amendment Requiring Islamic Law
    According to a report today in The Peninsula, the Emir of Kuwait-- whose approval is needed for any constitutional change-- has blocked a proposal to amend the constitution to require all Kuwaiti legislation to comply with Islamic law.  The amendme…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:10am -
  • 2nd Circuit Creates Fact-Specific Test For Constitutionality of Prayer At City Council Meetings
    In Galloway v. Town of Greece, (2d Cir., May 17, 2012), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case of first impression for it, created an extremely fact-dependent test for determining the constitutionality of opening meetings of legislative bo…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:05am -
  • Professor Sues Over University's Reaction To His Criticism of Muslims
    AP reported yesterday on a lawsuit filed on May 10 in an Indiana state court by an Orthodox Jewish professor, Maurice Eisenstein, who claims that other faculty and administrators at Purdue University Calumet conspired to ruin his reputation over comm…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:00am -
  • Israeli Council To Recommend Memorial Day Reading Omit "God"
    Haaretz reports today that in Israel, the Public Council for Soldiers' Commemoration will recommend to Defense Minister Ehud Barak that in Memorial Day ceremonies at military cemeteries the service use a remembrance reading that does not mention God…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 11:20am -
  • 11th Circuit: Christian School's Reason For Firing Pregnant Teacher Is Jury Question
    In Hamilton v. Southland Christian School, Inc., (11th Cir., May 16, 2012), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit by a former teacher at a Christian school in St. Cloud, Florida, who was fired after…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 11:15am -
  • Bishops Submit Comments On Proposed Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
    The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops yesterday submitted its formal comments on the Department of Health and Human Services Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to health insurance coverage of contraceptive services. The Advance Notice…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 11:10am -

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NPR: Religion Coverage

  • The Politics Of Catholic Schools' Graduation Speakers
    The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is up in arms over Georgetown University's invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak during commencement weekend. Church officials are upset about Sebelius' role in the…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:00pm -
  • Presbyterians Have Varied Views On Gay Marriage
    Twenty years ago, few Americans approved of homosexuality or thought gay marriage should be legal. Now, nearly half of all Americans support same-sex marriage, though most Christians are still opposed to it.
    - 6 days ago, 14 May 12, 8:00am -
  • Military Chaplains Raise Gay Marriage Concerns
    Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee passed its version of a bill designed, in part, to protect military chaplains from coming under pressure to marry service members of the same sex. Host Rachel Martin speaks with retired Army chaplain Doug…
    - 7 days ago, 13 May 12, 12:00pm -
  • For Evangelicals, Romney Is The Lesser Of Two Evils
    A recent poll found that evangelicals favor GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over President Obama 67 to 22 percent, but a visit to a Dallas church shows they're doing so grudgingly. "This is a call to arms," says one parishioner. "Whether or no…
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 4:59pm -
  • What Will Black Pastors Preach This Sunday?
    Black pastors are reacting to the president's announcement that he supports same-sex marriage. Host Michel Martin takes a look at how the president's statement might play out in sermons this Sunday, and at the ballot box in November. She's joined by…
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 4:00pm -
  • Same Bible, Different Verdict On Gay Marriage
    When President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, he cited his Christian faith. Many other people cited their religion to disagree. Why is there such variation? Part of it has to do with how you read the text.
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 6:52am -
  • Will Same-Sex Marriage Rile Faith Leaders?
    President Obama says he supports same-sex marriage, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to come out in favor of the issue. Host Michel Martin looks at what it means for the November elections, and for an issue that many Americans view in religi…
    - 10 days ago, 10 May 12, 4:00pm -
  • Creating A New Vision Of Islam In America
    Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was once the lead cleric associated with the proposed Islamic community center some critics called the "ground zero mosque." In his new book, Moving the Mountain, Rauf calls for moderate Muslims to step up and marginalize the v…
    - 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 3:44pm -
  • When Religious Leaders Lose Their Faith
    Teresa MacBain was pastor of a United Methodist church. In March, she made a confession: She is now an atheist. MacBain, NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty and Jerry DeWitt, executive director of Recovering from Religion talk about ho…
    - 13 days ago, 7 May 12, 5:00pm -
  • Black Christians Struggle Over N.C. Gay Marriage Ban
    African-American voters could be crucial in Tuesday's vote over North Carolina's proposed constitutional amendment, which would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. Even within families, there's a conflict over what's the "Christian thing to do" f…
    - 14 days ago, 6 May 12, 7:19am -

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  • Egyptian composer to join Sacramento Youth Symphony event
    The Sacramento Youth Symphony is performing twice Sunday at Congregation B'nai Israel in Land Park in concerts featuring Egyptian composer Riad Abdel-Gawad.
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:00am -
  • Discarded Hindu symbol brings anger, uncertainty to Yuba City temple
    The Sri Narayan Hindu Temple, a spiritual jewel attended by Indian immigrants across faiths, no longer has its sacred core.Kulwant Minhas cleans up Sunday at the altar in the Sri Narayan Hindu Temple in Yuba City. Missing from the religious ico…
    - 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 5:34pm -
  • Q&A: New Sacramento church plans prayer breakfast
    Mark Meeks, longtime minister of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Sacramento, recently had a vision. God told him, he said, to create a "mosaic" church that welcomes people of all religious and social backgrounds and focuses on helping those in…
    - 12 days ago, 8 May 12, 7:01am -
  • Gov. Jerry Brown preaches tax message to church leaders
    Gov. Jerry Brown, campaigning at a Sacramento church Thursday, called on California's religious leaders to engage in a "campaign of civic activism" to pass his ballot initiative to raise taxes.Gov. Jerry Brown, center, appeals to faith-based or…
    - 21 days ago, 29 Apr 12, 8:07pm -
  • Bayside churches come through for charities
    The Bayside churches in Placer and Sacramento counties are coming through in a big way for charities.
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  • An interfaith Easter
    It began with a dream, says the Rev. Michael Moran, senior minister of worship at the Spiritual Life Center of Sacramento, which draws on the teachings of many faiths.Valerie Cantone, left, and Pat Orner sing during the Easter morning service f…
    - 41 days ago, 9 Apr 12, 7:00am -
  • Friday was sacred for both Christians and Jews
    Each year, millions of Jews celebrate Passover, which commemorates the flight of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. Around the same time each year, millions of Christians observe Good Friday, which recalls the story of Jesus' crucifixion by the Romans.…
    - 41 days ago, 8 Apr 12, 9:28pm -
  • Retired Bishop Francis Quinn maintains a quiet life at 90
    At age 90, in the twilight of his more than 65 years as a priest, including serving as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento from 1980 to 1994, Bishop Francis Quinn remains a man of faith and hope, dedicated to serving others.Bishop Fran…
    - 42 days ago, 8 Apr 12, 3:45pm -

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CNN Belief Blog

  • My Take: The Christian case for gay marriage
    Editor's Note: Mark Osler is a Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By Mark Osler, Special to CNN I am a Christian, and I am in favor of gay marriage. The reason I am for gay marriage is because of my faith. Wha…
    - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 6:00am -
  • Health secretary addresses health care, religious freedom in protested graduation speech
    By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – In an anticipated and controversial address Friday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius delivered a speech that blended inspirational messages to graduates with a discussion of public polic…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 6:58pm -
  • In culture war skirmishes, Georgetown becomes political football
    By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – In the latest round of culture wars over contraception and religious liberty, most Americans would probably identify places like the White House and Congress as key battlefields. But another nearby locale has…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:49pm -
  • Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Friday, May 18
    By Laura Koran, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: Artist wants Jesus Popsicles to stand as s…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:53am -
  • Artist wants Jesus Popsicles to stand as statement on fanaticism, violence
    By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN)–Sebastian Errazuriz has used art to take on an array of issues: New York's death rate, the Occupy movement, military suicide, children with disabilities, the brutal reign of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Now,…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 9:24pm -
  • Catholic Church v. Georgetown
    (CNN)–CNN's Brian Todd reports on a rebuke to Georgetown University from the Washington Archdiocese over a speech from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:51pm -
  • Your Take: Rebuttals to rethinking the Bible on homosexuality
    The Bible clearly condemns homosexuality – and, by extension, same-sex marriage – right? A guest "My Take" post we ran this week from a college psychology professor who has a background in religion (he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest, for in…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 6:10pm -
  • Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Thursday, May 17
    By Laura Koran, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: College drops health care plan over religi…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:36am -
  • College drops health care plan over religious objections to new law
    By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) – A Catholic college in Ohio has apparently become the nation’s first to drop its health care plan because it opposes parts of the federal health care law signed by President Barack Obama. The Francis…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:25pm -
  • Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Wednesday, May 16
    By Laura Koran, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: Catholic Archdiocese of Washington rebukes…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 8:27am -
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