Monthly Archives: August 2014
Utah polygamy ruling has the Sister Wives rejoicing, but how will it affect Mormons?
By Jana Riess — August 30, 2014
*No one* is going to force the LDS Church to perform religious marriages in the temple for anyone it would not already approve to hold a temple recommend. That's true whether Utah allows gay marriage, polygamous marriage, or marriage between a fish and a monkey.
The sexual exploitation of children: What if anything is the Church going to do about it?
By Boz Tchividjian — August 30, 2014
A few thoughts about a new report that opens our eyes to the dark reality of child sexual exploitation in America.
Jewish life before the Holocaust in thousands of never-seen photos
By Lauren Markoe — August 29, 2014
(RNS) The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hopes the world will look at photography of Roman Vishniac, and that some viewers will be able to identify people they knew in the faces he captured.
Quote of the Day: Ft. Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
By Yonat Shimron — August 29, 2014
“I formally and humbly request to be made a citizen of the Islamic State. It would be an honor for any believer to be an obedient citizen soldier to a people and its leader who don’t compromise the religion of All-Mighty Allah to get along with the disbelievers.” –Nidal Hasan, convicted shooter in the 2009 Fort Hood […]
Eastern Catholic patriarchs denounce Islamic State’s ‘crimes against humanity’
By Josephine McKenna — August 29, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Meeting outside the Lebanese capital Beirut, the patriarchs called on the international community to stop the “criminal actions” of the Islamic State militants and urged Islamic institutions to forcefully condemn the extremist group.
London rally will call for zero tolerance of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
By Trevor Grundy — August 29, 2014
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The rally comes against the backdrop of a worrying rise in European anti-Semitism and the release of a report by the Community Security Trust that monitors attacks on the Jewish community.
Pope Francis to celebrate wedding Mass for 20 couples
By Josephine McKenna — August 29, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is not the first pope to celebrate a marriage ceremony but his predecessor Benedict XVI never presided over a marriage during his eight-year pontificate.
Ft. Hood shooter asks to be ‘citizen’ of Islamic State
By Katharine Lackey — August 29, 2014
(RNS) "I formally and humbly request to be made a citizen of the Islamic State," Nidal Hasan said in the handwritten, two-page document.
FEATURED VIDEO: China orphan care
By Sally Morrow — August 29, 2014
"Former Hollywood screenwriter Jenny Bowen was moved to adopt two orphaned Chinese girls after she and her husband learned about the widespread abandonment and neglect of children in China, many of them girls."
Cracks in the ‘stained-glass ceiling’: Women reach prominent pulpits
By Adelle M. Banks — August 29, 2014
(RNS) It's been 40 years since the Episcopal Church first ordained women, and other denominations have long included women in their clergy ranks. Now, three prominent cities have women pastors leading historic, tall-steeple churches.
Western radicalization * All you need is Jesus? * Nontheist vows: Friday’s Roundup
By Yonat Shimron — August 29, 2014
The West ponders what to do about wannabe jihadists. John Lennon's killer says 'All You Need is Jesus.' Was the Bradgelina wedding ceremony theist-free?
Churches in Ferguson organize, provide pastoral care – what I’ve seen on the ground
By Tobin Grant — August 29, 2014
A sociologist on the ground in Ferguson finds churches are essential to the coalition channeling the community's response to injustice.
John Lennon’s killer: My life is all about Jesus now
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 29, 2014
(RNS) Mark David Chapman just wants to minister to others about God's love now.
Travelblog: ‘Are you a Christian?’
By Kevin Eckstrom — August 29, 2014
HONOLULU (RNS) When people ask "Are you a Christian?", is that all they mean, or is there more to it?
Christian leaders call for end to US strikes in Iraq, focus on peaceful resolution
By David Gibson — August 28, 2014
(RNS) The letter stands in contrast to a petition launched by conservative Catholic, evangelical and Jewish activists who demanded that President Obama sharply escalate military action against Islamic extremists.
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