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In Galileo’s hometown, Vatican promotes science
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Four centuries after the Roman Catholic Church branded Galileo a heretic for positing that the sun was the center of the universe, the Vatican is co-hosting a major science exhibition in Galileo's hometown. By Alessandro Speciale.
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New saint’s work started small, left big legacy
(RNS) Barbara Koob moved from Utica, N.Y., to nearby Syracuse in the summer of 1862, when she was 24, to enter the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis.
Twenty-one years later, the woman the world now knows as Saint Marianne Cope left Syracuse to work as a missionary among the lepers...
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Thursday Godbytes: Church of File Sharing; Santorum’s Jewish Fraternity?; Fun With Spellcheck
Digital file sharing is now a sacred activity...In Sweden. The Missionary Church of Kopimism (yes, that's "Copy Me-ism") is now officially recognized as a religion in Sweden. The group asserts "communication is sacred," and uses "Ctrl+C" and "Ctrl+V" as holy symbols. It was also repor...
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Friday’s Religion News Roundup: Gay KKK, Vatican porn and no Midnight Mass in Iraq
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George - never a man afraid to say exactly what he's thinking - says "gay liberation" forces are now as big a threat to the Catholic Church as the KKK once was.
And the other guy who isn't afraid to say what's on his mind - Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Te...
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Church says N.Y. woman is source of sainthood miracle
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) A 65-year-old woman from Chittenango, N.Y., was inexplicably healed of pancreatitis in 2005, Catholic leaders say, and is the
source of the second miracle that will make Blessed Mother Marianne Cope a new U.S. saint.
"I'm very happy to be here and I thank the Lord...
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Tuesday Godbytes: (Mis)spelling Hanukkah; Merry Christmas in Klingon; Rob Bell’s Grammar
Today marks the first day of the eight-day Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. It also marks the beginning of a struggle journalists and bloggers know well - how do you actually spell Hanukkah? God only knows, right?
Actually no. Apparently God doesn't.
Someone even wrote a song abo...
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Pope certifies miracles for two U.S. saints
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A 17th-century Native American woman who cared for the sick and elderly, and a Catholic nun who worked with lepers in Hawaii, are on the verge of becoming the newest American saints, after Pope Benedict XVI certified miracles due to their intercession, the Vatican a...
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On Dec. 25, Atheists celebrate a different birthday
(RNS) Deck those halls with boughs of apples and top that tree with a finger puppet of Sir Isaac Newton.
At least that's what Robin Zebrowski does at her home in Beloit, Wis., where she and her husband, Joshua, observe the birthday of the great 17th-century English scientist and mathe...
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Poll suggests believers can be swayed on nukes, environment
WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans believers do not see preventing climate change or the spread of nuclear weapons as "spiritual obligations," although they see both as important goals, according to a new poll.
Among respondents who said they believe in God or in "spiritual obligatio...
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UPDATE: N.J. hospital agrees not to force nurses to assist in abortions
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) A teaching hospital will hire additional staff to help perform abortions after a group of nurses claimed they were forced to participate in the procedures despite religious objections.
"No nurse is compelled to have direct involvement in a procedure to which she or...
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