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NEWS STORY: In Break From Tradition, Vatican Official Addresses Papal Retirement
c. 2005 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ In a startling break with Vatican protocol, a high Vatican official has addressed the issue of whether the ailing Pope John Paul II should retire.
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the secretary of state who ranks No. 2 behind the pope in the Vat...
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NEWS STORY: Religious Groups Weigh in as Supreme Court Considers Juvenile Executions
c. 2004 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Death row inmate Christopher Simmons will have the support of more than 30 religious organizations Wednesday (Oct. 13) when the Supreme Court considers whether he and other juvenile offenders deserve the death penalty.
United by their con...
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NEWS STORY: Muslim Leaders Push for Shariah Law in British Columbia
c. 2004 Religion News Service
VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ Some prominent Muslim leaders would like the Canadian province of British Columbia to formally allow Islamic shariah law to be used to arbitrate decisions regarding marriage, divorce, inheritance and other family disputes....
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2004 Religion News Service
Editors: Carman in 8th graf is CQ
Paul Crouch Did Not Have Homosexual Encounter, Religious Network Says
(RNS) Trinity Broadcasting Network has denied allegations that its president, Paul Crouch, was involved in a homosexual encounter and says he wil...
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NEWS STORY: Portland Archdiocese Is First in Nation to Declare Bankruptcy
c. 2004 Religion News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. _ The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland announced Tuesday (July 6) it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection rather than proceed with a priest-abuse trial scheduled to begin the same day.
It is the first time an American Ca...
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NEWS STORY: Survey Shows 18 Percent of Consumers Bought Religion, Spirituality Books
c. 2004 Religion News Service
CHICAGO _ A new survey by the trade magazine Publishers Weekly shows that 18 percent of consumers bought books dealing with religion or spirituality in the past year.
Preliminary results of the survey, conducted in May, were announced Friday (June 4)...
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NEWS STORY: Removal of `Ten Commandments’ Judge Upheld by Alabama Court
c. 2004 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Judge Roy Moore, whose 5,300-pound Ten Commandments monument cost him his job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, had his removal from office upheld Friday (April 30) by a special court of review.
The seven-member court unanimousl...
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NEWS FEATURE: Pakistan Blasphemy Law Used to Threaten, Harass Christians
c. 2004 Religion News Service
LAHORE, Pakistan _ A market vendor sold Christian brothers Saleem and Rasheed Masih ice cream, then told them they had to pay for the bowls because he couldn't again serve a Muslim from the now-defiled utensils.
The brothers refused. Days later, the v...
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NEWS STORY: Alabama’s Supreme Court Justices: Move Ten Commandments Monument
c. 2003 Religion News Service
MONTGOMERY, Ala. _ Alabama's Supreme Court associate justices overruled their chief justice Thursday (Aug. 21) and ordered that the Ten Commandments monument he hoped to keep in the judicial building be removed.
Their decision followed Wednesday's ref...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 2003 Religion News Service
Progressive Catholics Petition Bishops on Celibacy
WASHINGTON (RNS) Progressive Catholics delivered more than 7,000 petitions to Catholic bishops on Tuesday (Oct. 11), asking for a churchwide discussion on priestly celibacy.
Activists from FutureChu...
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