Politics
Did gun control prevent Jews from stopping the Holocaust
(RNS) As gun control moved toward the top of the American agenda after the Dec. 14 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, gun rights activists began to invoke a curious analogy: the Holocaust.
On television, radio and in letters to the editor, the argument went that Hitle...
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Vatican shoots down claim that Iran backed John Paul assassination attempt
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Friday (Feb. 1) dismissed a claim by the man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II that the assassination attempt had been ordered by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Mehmet Ali Agca makes the claim in his latest autobiography, “Mi avevano promes...
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Arkansas Senate OKs guns in churches
(RNS) The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill that lifts a ban on carrying concealed weapons in church.
The proposal, which goes to the Arkansas House for consideration, would allow churches to decide which, if any, worshippers with concealed carry permits can bring their firearms i...
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N.M. bill would prevent abortions after rape as ‘evidence tampering’
(RNS) A New Mexico lawmaker has drawn fire for proposing legislation to classify an abortion after a sexual assault as "tampering with evidence."
Critics pounced on House Bill 206, introduced Wednesday (Jan. 23) by Republican state Rep. Cathrynn N. Brown, saying victims of sexual...
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40 years after Roe, abortion remains legal—but restricted
WASHINGTON (RNS) Forty years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion, the constitutional right many Americans take for granted is coming under increased scrutiny.
State legislatures are passing limits on abortion-related services. More abortion providers face stepped-up regulat...
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Poll shows a double standard on religious liberty
WASHINGTON (RNS) Half of Americans worry that religious freedom in the U.S. is at risk, and many say activist groups -- particularly gays and lesbians -- are trying to remove "traditional Christian values" from the public square.
The findings of a poll published Wednesday (Jan. 23...
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Preachers pray for unity at National Cathedral inaugural service
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama started his second term with a traditional worship service and a challenge to help heal the nation’s divides.
“We find ourselves desperately longing to find common ground, to find a common vision, to be one nation indivisible with liberty and justi...
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Mr. President, leave your Bibles at home
(RNS) On Inauguration Day, President Barack Obama will use two copies of the Bible when he begins his second term: one belonged to Abraham Lincoln and the other to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Because we live in a highly polarized society where everything and everyone is grist...
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40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes are winning—and losing
(RNS) Four decades after Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, many opponents of the decision are in a celebratory mood while those backing abortion rights are glum, feeling that momentum is turning decisively against them.
Yet in reality, little...
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Obama’s use of Scripture echoes Lincoln, King
(RNS) President Obama will publicly take the oath of office with Bibles once owned by his political heroes, Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. One Bible was well read, but cited cautiously. The other granted scriptural sanction to the civil rights movement.
When O...
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