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Court says Belgian raid on church offices was illegal
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Belgian court ruled on Thursday (Sept. 9) that recent raids by police investigators on Roman Catholic Church offices were illegal, rendering the documents they obtained inadmissible in judicial proceedings.
Among the disqualified evidence is testimony that sexual...
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COMMENTARY: Burning books, holy or otherwise, is never a good idea
(RNS) There's always been a tiny minority of Christians who have been big on bonfires, so I wasn't surprised to learn that a small church in Gainesville, Fla., plans to mark the 9/11 anniversary by burning copies of the Quran because they think it's "evil."
I remember when Beatles alb...
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Tuesday’s roundup
As 9/11 and the end of Ramadan approaches, American Muslims are taking a number of unique precautions, including boosting security at mosques, airing ads declaring their allegiance to the U.S. and seeking help from other faith leaders, the AP reports. They're even going to the Minneso...
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Anglican head rebuts famous scientist on God’s role in Big Bang
LONDON (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has flatly dismissed famed scientist Stephen Hawking's claim that gravity, not God, was responsible for creating the universe.
Hawking, a retired professor at England's Cambridge University and best-selling author, insists in his la...
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Conservatives claim victory as judge halts stem cell funding
WASHINGTON (RNS) Conservative Christian groups won a major victory Monday (Aug. 23) when a Washington judge halted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to allow a suit challenging the practice as illegal to go forward.
The suit, by a group of doctors and Nightlight Christia...
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Another couple faces charges in child’s faith-healing death
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) Another couple will face charges of second-degree manslaughter in the death of their newborn son, the third such fatality in two years involving the Followers of Christ church, which shuns modern medicine.
Dale R. Hickman and Shannon M. Hickman, both 25, are sc...
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Study says religious hospitals more efficient, provide better care
(RNS) Catholic and other church-run health care systems in the U.S. are more efficient and provide higher quality care than their secular counterparts, according to a new Thomson Reuters study.
The study looked at 255 health care systems and found that Catholic and other church-owned...
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Schuller heir has high hopes
Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. (RNS): Christian author Carole Lewis stands at the front of the church sharing her tale of woe: bankruptcy, a daughter's death, a husband's prostate cancer, a home destroyed by a hurricane. Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman stands nearby, listening atte...
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Vatican blasts FDA over stem cell ruling
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A top Vatican official has criticized a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to allow the world's first clinical trials using stem cells derived from human embryos.
"Despite the efforts that are made to deny it, science continues to show us that the embryo i...
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Theologian argues against morality of contraception
Houston Chronicle (RNS): Is contraception a sin? The very suggestion made Bryan Hodge and his classmates at Chicago's Moody Bible Institute laugh. Read more.
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