Simon Sarmiento of Thinking Anglicans has an excellent round-up of recent developments in Nigeria’s attempts to ban gay marriage–which is already illegal.
Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish officials in New York are mounting an intense lobbying effort to block a bill before the State Legislature that would temporarily lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of children.
In a letter to bishops worldwide, the pope says that the internet should have been used to check backgrounds, and that the reasons for lifting
KRDO News in Colorado Springs, Colorado reports that the trial to resolve ownership over a multi-million dollar church is one step closer to being decided.
Radio Iowa: Some religious leaders in Des Moines Tuesday called on the Iowa Congressional delegation to support legislation that would give the U.S. Food and
The City Room blog at the New York Times discovers a thrift shop on 10th Avenue run by St. Clement’s Episcopal Church around the corner
Rev Patrick Alumake told the National Assembly the top leadership of the Catholic church in Nigeria supported the bill wholeheartedly. Children wearing T-shirts that said “Same sex marriage is un-natural and un-African”, and “same sex marriage is an abomination” stood in the aisles of the committee room.
“What do I do with this cup? And then I realized it’s not my cup; it’s not for me to choose who is fit to receive the blood of Christ, so I gave it to her.”
Bridgeport Bishop William E. Lori said: “The state has no right to interfere in the internal affairs and structure of the Catholic Church. This bill is directed only at the Catholic Church, but would someday be forced on other denominations. The state has no business controlling religion.”
Purim commemorates the Jewish people’s escape from total annihilation by the Persian Empire in the 4th century B.C., as told in the biblical Book of Esther.