c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) Just days after Rick Santorum surged to a virtual tie for first in the Iowa caucuses, conservative activists at an invitation-only summit along the South Carolina coast were buzzing about the former Pennsylvania senator's sudden and promising breakthrough.
c. 2012 Religion News Service
MEMPHIS, N.Y. (RNS) Brent Howard left his job as a home remodeler in Ohio in 2007, moved his young family into a trailer and began traveling to wherever he was needed.
January 11 (ENInews)--He is described as charismatic, intelligent and humble in Uganda and the Global South, but Anglican Archbishop Henry Orombi, who will be leaving office this year, has also been criticized in the Anglican Communion for his hardline stance concerning homosexuality.
ATLANTA (ABP) – Scholar and author Jenell Paris headlines A [Baptist]
Conference on Sexuality and Covenant program scheduled April 19-21 at
First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga.
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) President Obama on Tuesday (Jan. 10) named an immigration expert with longstanding ties to the Catholic Church as his top domestic policy official, continuing a campaign-year makeover of White House staff.
Oklahoma's referendum barring judges from considering Islamic law is
unconstitutional, the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled,
upholding a lower court ruling that had blocked the measure. The appeals
court ruling could affect more than 20 other states where laws against
Shari'a are contemplated.
c. 2012 Salt Lake Tribune
WASHINGTON (RNS) When Switzerland passed new employment rules that ban foreign religious groups from sending unpaid missionaries, 13 Mormon members of Congress pleaded with the Swiss ambassador for an exception.
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) Jimmy Carter was president for four years, but his new book is based on a role that he's held for nearly 70 years: Sunday school teacher.
c. 2012 Religion News Service
GRANDVILLE, Mich. (RNS) For years, Rob Bell closed his Sunday teachings at Mars Hill Bible Church with a simple statement: "Grace and peace be with you." Thousands would respond in unison: "And also with you."
c. 2012 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY(RNS) New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan and former Baltimore Archbishop Edwin O'Brien are among the 22 new cardinals announced by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (Jan. 6).
For Americans who take note of the pomp and circumstance—and
politics— at the Vatican, the big news in January was that Pope Benedict
XVI had included New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan and former Baltimore
Archbishop Edwin O'Brien among the 22 churchmen that he will install
as cardinals at a mass at St. Peter's.
January 6 (ENInews)--Christian leaders in Egypt are meeting to discuss opening a dialogue with Islamic groups as a way of addressing sectarian violence.
On December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar reaches the end of its
5,126-year epoch. That's a cause for consternation among some end-time
adherents—and for amusement among some descendants of the Maya.
Oslo, Norway, January 6 (ENInews)--The (Lutheran) Church of Norway in the next four years will be implementing a plan to enhance the role of the indigenous Sami people in church life.
After Muslim militants bombed a Nigerian church over the Christmas weekend, northern Nigerian Christians say they will fight to defend themselves against a possible religious war in Africa's most populous country.
