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Study: 2 in 10 atheist scientists are `spiritual’
(RNS) More than 20 percent of atheist scientists consider themselves to be "spiritual," according to a Rice University study.
The findings, to be published in the June issue of the journal Sociology of Religion, are based on in-depth interviews with 275 natural and social scientists f...
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Study links reliance on God with reliance on treatment
(RNS) Cancer patients who consider the length of their lives to be "in God's hands" are more willing than others to spend money on treatments that might extend their lives, a new study shows.
Michelle Martin, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama, based her research on f...
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Naming saints isn’t an easy or quick process
NEW YORK (RNS) Pope John Paul II will move one step closer to sainthood when he is beatified during an elaborate Vatican ceremony on Sunday (May 1). While the Roman Catholic Church has held up heroes, patrons, intercessors and spiritual companions for centuries, the path to sainthood...
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Miracles claimed from late pope’s intercession
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Jesse was just 10 days old in November 2009 when he was diagnosed with Herpes simplex, a virus often lethal to a newborn child. Doctors at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. told his parents that he had no better than a 50 percent chance of survi...
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Spotlight on abortion activist makes some Catholics nervous
WASHINGTON (RNS) Anti-abortion activist Lila Rose has shared the stage with Sarah Palin, seen her exploits extolled on Fox News and drawn comparisons to heroic Gentiles who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust.
So why are some conservative Christians so uneasy about her work?
The teleg...
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Scholar challenges Thursday date of Last Supper
LONDON (RNS) A top British scientist claims his biblical, historical and astronomical research shows Christians have been observing Jesus' Last Supper on the wrong day of the week.
Cambridge University Professor Colin Humphreys says Jesus' final meal with his disciples actually was ea...
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British astrophysicist wins Templeton Prize
(RNS) A British theoretical astrophysicist who has achieved renown for his study of the cosmos and for sounding warnings about the future of humanity has won the $1.6 million 2011 Templeton Prize.
Martin J. Rees of Cambridge University, a former president of Britain's prestigious Roya...
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Coalition works to protect religious employees
WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of religious and civil liberty groups is pushing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to stop employers from segregating "visibly religious employees from customers and the general public."
In a March 25 letter submitted to the EEOC, the groups aske...
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Study suggests young adults can get fat at church
(RNS) Thou shalt not serve pizza?
Young adults who regularly attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to become obese when they reach middle age than their nonreligious peers, a new study shows.
Based on their findings, researchers at Northwestern University's medical sc...
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Missionaries grapple with leaving Japan
(RNS) Wolfgang Langhans, a Tokyo-based field director for missionaries, calls the week since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan "the busiest and most stressful week of my life."
But when those twin crises created a third -- the threat of dangerous radiation leaks from a damaged nucl...
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