A sampling of comments from our readers: "As a religious liberal/libertarian, what drives me nuts is that people actually believe that the building someone enters once a week, or the title they put on themselves, reflects their 'judgment.' Jails are...
Bono is now an occasional guest columnist on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. This is the second of his contributions that I've seen. The first was an ode to Sinatra. There may have been others I've missed....
A sampling of comments from our readers: "NOWHERE in the Bible does it tell you to celebrate any of those holidays ...Christmas, Easter!!! ... I for one don't participate in these demonic and unGodly celebrations." -- "Southern Val" "A person's...
Finding a new place of worship is a challenge for any family that moves. Not surprisingly, it's particularly challenging when you're the most prominent family in the Free World. Hamil R. Harris and Nikita Stewart of The Washington Post have...
A friend in the law biz passes along this link to Religion Clause, a blog that examines legal cases and news developments related to the separation of church and state. It's by Howard M. Friedman, a law professor emeritus at...
A former Episcopal pastor in Staten Island, N.Y., is accused of pinching more than $84,000 from his church -- and of using part of the money for plastic surgery and Botox injections. Here's an Associated Press story. I can see...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "As to the Church's fascination with sex and abstinence, this is the Devil's work. God reacted to Adam when he saw him feel guilty over his nakedness. It was this guilt that drove...
Rachel Donadio writes in The New York Times that during his visit to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI will "be visting the future of the Roman Catholic Church, if not its present." Africa's Catholic population, 158 million, is one of the...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "Sure seems to smack of idolatry: Where did Jesus teach if you love me erect large objects in my name?" -- "Grumby Deacon," on the Houston church that's built a 170-foot cross "I...
It's 170 feet tall, to be exact. That's taller than the Statue of Liberty (not counting its pedestal). Some folks don't like it. Some think it's glorious. Here's the story, and footage of the cross, from KPRC-TV (Channel 2), the...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "By all means, teachers should expose those Louisiana school kids to the scientific evidence for Creationism. They should stand in front of the classroom and tell the students that there isn't any. Then...
i know, that sounds like "vegan cheeseburgers." But according to Mary Jacobs at United Methodist Reporter, when a Methodist church in Minneapolis joined with Minnesota Atheists to present a Bible class for non-believers, the class drew larger-than-expected crowds. As people...
Sam Hodges has the story here. The Rev. Tony Densmore has been placed on leave after informing the Catholic Diocese of Dallas that a con man talked him into making a series of loans, using money from the campus church...
First Unitarian Church of Portland will close for the month of July in an effort to reduce its budget deficit and avoid layoffs. Here's the story from The Oregonian....
Joe Eszterhas is an accomplished screenwriter (although, it must be noted, two of his "accomplishments" are Showgirls and Jade) who has written a memoir about rediscovering the Catholic faith of his youth. James Carroll, a well-known Catholic author, reviews Eszterhas'...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "The affairs of the Catholic Church are the sole responsibility of its hierarchy. Non-Catholics, particularly non-Christians, have nothing to add or detract as they are outside the realm of consideration. Should they wish...
The Telegraph, a British paper, reports that the number of marriages in Roman Catholic churches in Great Britain has fallen by 25 percent since the start of the decade. Granted, it wasn't a big number to start with, so that...
The topic of the Urban Engagement Book Club's January meeting will be Thomas L. Friedman's newest bestseller, "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How it Can Renew America." The book club meets Thursday at...
Mike Ghouse, founder of the local Foundation for Pluralism, advises us that the Dallas Peace Center and the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations are co-sponsoring an interfaith prayer vigil from 2:00 to 3:30 pm today at Northaven...
Time magazine reports what regular churchgoers have known for years: Houses of worship are no longer packed to the rafters on Christmas morning like they used to be. More and more, those inclined to attend services do so on Christmas...
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