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COMMENTARY: Misdirected prayers
(RNS) The smoke had barely cleared from the Fourth of July festivities when the headlines spelled out the story of the most dismal economic recovery since the Great Depression.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the economy is lagging on a number of key indicators, including "emplo...
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Houston VA cemetery draws discrimination claims
(RNS) Members of Congress and Christian leaders say they are outraged over claims that a Veterans Affairs official in Houston discriminates against clergy and veterans' families who want to use religious references in memorial ceremonies.
The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based legal gro...
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Faith-healing parents sentenced to 90 days in jail
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) Brushing aside pleas for leniency, a county judge on Friday (June 24) sentenced two members of a faith-healing church to 90 days in jail and three years probation for failing to get medical care for their infant daughter.
"Your prayers should complement, not co...
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COMMENTARY: Be sure to read the warning labels
(RNS) It's hard to escape the barrage of TV ads that praise the benefits of various medications and then conclude with a rapid-fire list of the drug's potentially harmful side effects.
But one widely used drug needs no advertising. Its use has spiked religious fanaticism throughout th...
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Vatican tries to revive Eucharistic adoration
VATICAN CITY (RNS) For seven centuries, Eucharistic adoration -- praying before an exposed consecrated Communion host -- was one of the most popular forms of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church, the focus of beloved prayers and hymns and a distinctive symbol of Catholic identity.
Fo...
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Pope to give out first Ratzinger Prizes in theology
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Tuesday (June 14) announced three winners of the inaugural Ratzinger Prize in theology, which Pope Benedict XVI (known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger until his papal election) will present at a ceremony on June 30.
The inaugural winners include an Itali...
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Chances are thou keepest a KJV in thy house
(RNS) If thou hast a Bible in the house and readeth it at least once a month, chances are strong it's the majestic King James Version of the Bible in Elizabethan English, according to a recent survey.
Of the 89 percent of U.S. adults who own at least one Bible, two-thirds of them...
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Exhibit highlights Hindu `Blue-Skinned Savior’
NASHVILLE (RNS) In Hindu tradition, Lord Vishnu shows up in many forms.
There's Prince Rama, who killed the demon Ravana; Vamana the dwarf; Parashurama the vengeful; and Matsya the great fish.
Then there's Varasha, the boar who saved the world.
"He's like a superhero," said Joan Cummi...
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Billy Graham returns home from hospital
(RNS) Evangelist Billy Graham returned home Sunday (May 15) after a five-day hospital stay for pneumonia.
Graham, 92, has regained strength after treatment with antibiotics, according to his doctors at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C.
"He has responded very well to treatment, with...
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Jesuit to become chaplain of the House
(RNS) A Jesuit will be sworn in as the 60th chaplain of the House of Representatives on May 25, when he will become the first member of his order and second consecutive Catholic priest to serve the House.
As chaplain, the Rev. Patrick Conroy will be in charge of opening House sessions...
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