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Mormons, GOP didn’t always get along so well
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Mitt Romney presses his White House bid, many Americans don't realize that his Mormon faith played an important role as foil in the early days of the GOP, and how its first candidates won by whipping up anti-Mormon sentiments. By Thomas Burr.
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After months of wrangling, occupiers evicted from St. Paul’s Cathedral
LONDON (RNS) Police on Tuesday (Feb. 28) evicted scores of demonstrators from a makeshift tent city they had erected outside historic St. Paul's Cathedral more than four months ago as part of a global protest against capitalism.
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Experts say Quran burning ‘tailor-made’ for Taliban
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Taliban is attempting to capitalize on the outbreak of violence that followed the inadvertent burning of a Quran by NATO troops by characterizing the war as a conflict between infidels and Islam, analysts said.
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President Obama’s five most personal religious statements
In recent days, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has criticized President Obama for having a ``phony theology'' not based on the Bible. Here's a sample of five of Obama's most personal statements on Christianity since becoming president. By Daniel Burke.
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: A bishop walks into a bar…
No joke, he was asked to leave. And he was sober. But a nun is going to the Oscars. Jesuits want bishops to tone down the "war on religion" chatter. China may invite religious freedom envoy. And Richard Dawkins needs to Google Darwin.
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Wednesday’s Religion Roundup: Lin-spiration
Jeremy Lin does it again, and Tim Tebow may need a new nickname. Tim Dolan also (hearts) NY, and will tell pope why. China snubs Washington's religious freedom envoy, Oliver Stone becomes a Muslim -- sorta. Hutaree militia was hunting the antichrist, not the Feds.
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Obama’s contraception compromise falls flat with bishops, GOP
While challenges to President Obama's contraception rule could take the form of legal and legislative assaults, the White House and the Obama re-election campaign are comfortable with the revised rule, believing most Americans -- and particularly most women -- are on their side.
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Obama exempts religious groups from contraception mandate
(RNS) Facing growing furor from religious groups, President Obama on Friday (Feb. 10) unveiled an "accommodation'' in which health insurance companies, rather than religious institutions, will provide employees with contraception coverage.
The revised approach effectively remov...
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GOP, religious leaders push back on contraception mandate
"If the president does not reverse the … attack on religious freedom, then the Congress, acting on behalf of the American people and the Constitution we are sworn to uphold and defend, must," House Speaker John Boehner said. "This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country must not stand and will not stand."
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Five reasons why Obama is losing the contraception fight
(RNS) Given that birth control use is almost universal – even among Catholics – many wonder why the Obama administration could wind up retreating on its pledge to mandate insurance coverage of contraception among religious institutions. David Gibson offers five reasons that may help explain the political dynamic the president is facing
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