Monthly Archives: October 2011
Herman Cain, minister?
By Mark Silk — October 18, 2011
Thanks to his current status as co-frontrunner in the GOP presidential sweepstakes, Herman Cain is now coming in for some serious media scrutiny–from his policy positions to his views on race. But thus far, his religious identity has gotten little attention. Here’s what he had to say to CBN’s David Brody back in March. I’m […]
Monday Godbytes
By Jack Jenkins — October 18, 2011
In Maybe There Shouldn’t Be An App For That News: CNN reports that the Catholic church in Ireland is currently developing an app to help encourage men to become priests. In That’s Not Something You Hear Every Day News: The New York Times reports on several attacks that inflicted on Amish in Ohio. Apparently a […]
Age-old `distributism’ gains new traction
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
Beard-cutting attacks throw spotlight on Ohio Amish
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
CARROLLTON, Ohio (RNS) Arlene Miller’s 15-year-old daughter had just awakened her and her husband, Myron, saying that about a half-dozen Amish men were at the farmhouse’s back door asking for Myron. It was close to 11 p.m. on Oct. 4 — long past calling hours for those seeking an audience with Myron, a bishop with […]
Driscoll’s Portland church met by protesters
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Black-clad demonstrators gathered outside the Portland satellite branch of a Seattle megachurch on Sunday (Oct. 16) to protest the church’s stance on homosexuality. About 20 protesters lined up outside Mars Hill Church during the congregation’s first Sunday morning services, carrying banners and shouting obscenities as churchgoers left when the service ended. “Shame […]
Pope, 84, opts for wheeled platform at Mass
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI used a wheeled platform to move up the main aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Sunday (Oct. 16), in what his spokesman said was a measure to “reduce fatigue” on the 84-year-old pope. Instead of walking the more than 300 feet to the basilica’s main altar, Benedict […]
Activist U.S. priest arrested at Vatican
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Roman Catholic priest from Georgia who is on the verge of expulsion from his religious order for advocating for women’s ordination was arrested outside the Vatican on Monday (Oct. 17) and charged with demonstrating without a permit. The Rev. Roy Bourgeois marched up Rome’s Via della Conciliazione with a group of […]
Activist U.S. priest arrested at Vatican
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
Police ordered out of St. Paul’s as protesters allowed in
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
LONDON (RNS) Scores of anti-corporate demonstrators invaded London’s historic St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday (Oct. 16), but police who tried to stop them were told to leave by church officials. The protesters — who were targeting the global financial system as part of worldwide demonstrations against corporate greed — were welcomed into the 17th-century cathedral, […]
Janitor accused of killing priest faces trial
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
CHATHAM, N.J. (RNS) Nearly two years after the Rev. Edward Hinds was found lying in a pool of blood in the rectory of St. Patrick Church, the troubled janitor charged in his murder is facing trial this week. Jose Feliciano, 66, of Easton, Pa., the church’s former custodian, is accused of murder in the death […]
Pastor defends teacher accused of anti-gay rant
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
UNION, N.J. (RNS) The pastor of a high school teacher who has been vilified for an anti-gay tirade on Facebook came to the woman’s defense, calling her a “very loving person” who should not be fired for expressing her religious beliefs. The Rev. Milton B. Hobbs, pastor of New Covenant Fellowship in Clark, N.J., said […]
Monday’s Religion News Roundup
By Daniel Burke — October 17, 2011
Lots of chatter over the weekend about the indictment of Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, but no one seems to have moved the story forward significantly since Friday’s reports. Angling to ride the KC case’s coattails, a notoriously litigious DC attorney (his license plate reads “SUE BAST”) is accusing Cardinal Donald Wuerl of discriminating […]
MLK memorial dedication is dream fulfilled for black churches
By Adelle M. Banks — October 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a ceremony that blended worship and a call to action, tens of thousands gathered Sunday (Oct. 16) for the official dedication of a national memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who […]
Circus ministry a high-wire act of faith for chaplain
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2011
WORCESTER, Mass. (RNS) With a stairwell for a confessional and a folding table for an altar, the lobby of the DCU Center arena doesn’t look especially holy — until a band of circus workers gathers for Mass. That’s when the Rev. Jerry Hogan dons a colorful chasuble festooned with images of big tops, lions and […]
Jesus wouldn’t have occupied Wall Street?
By Mark Silk — October 17, 2011
Over at Patheos, J.E. Dyer pushes back against the claim that Jesus would have joined the OWS protest, contending that he wouldn’t have had any part of it, that he “actually operated through invitation and respect for authority.” Thus, during that famous Palm Sunday visit to Jerusalem: Even when he rebuked the money-changers in the […]
