Monthly Archives: January 2013
Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup: Pope app * Preacher president * Twinkie art
By David Gibson — January 23, 2013
The pontiff gets a fancy new app, the president gets more pulpit props, and Leonardo Da Vinci gets the Hostess treatment. Does he deserve such a fate?
Divorce’s Toll
By Martin E. Marty — January 23, 2013
Last Wednesday the Chicago Tribune alerted readers to the release that day of an ambitious set of findings about the effects of divorce on children.
Quote of the Day: Brooklyn Rabbi Binyahim Tamaiev
By Ron Ribiat — January 22, 2013
(RNS) “I cannot forgive myself. I was in shock. I felt as if somebody died, as if a house burned.” Rabbi Binyahim Tamaiev, after his car was stolen with a $30,000 Torah scroll in the trunk. The car and Torah were later recovered by police. He was quoted by the New York Post.
Vatican admits stalemate in talks with traditional SSPX group
By Alessandro Speciale — January 22, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A senior Vatican official admitted that years of talks between the Vatican and a breakaway group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics have led to a “stalemate." By Alessandro Speciale.
Preachers pray for unity at National Cathedral inaugural service
By Adelle M. Banks — January 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama started his second term with a traditional worship service and a challenge to work towards healing the nation’s divides.
COMMENTARY: Going over to the other side
By Tom Ehrich — January 22, 2013
RNS) I think we scared ourselves in recent years with unbridled intolerance and insane castigation of the other. The politics of exploiting fear and stoking anti-other rage was a sobering reminder of evil days we don't want to revisit.
40 years after Roe v. Wade, how do Americans really feel about abortion?
By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2013
(RNS) Forty years after the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, poll numbers reveal how Americans' feelings about abortion have changed -- and remained the same.
A who’s-who guide to the inaugural prayer service
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 22, 2013
Here's the lineup for this morning's National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration, and a quick backgrounder to the who's-who of speakers.
Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Archbishop’s Apology * Mickey D’s Gaffe * Stolen Torah
By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2013
Retired L.A. Cardinal Roger Mahony says he sorry for seeking to cover up the sexual molestation of children. A McDonald's promised halal food that wasn't. Thieves steal a rabbi's car with a Torah in the trunk.
Worldwide Ministry Leader Bishop Dag Heward-Mills at NRB 2013
By Religion News LLC — January 22, 2013
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX/ Author, pastor and worldwide ministry leader Bishop Dag Heward-Mills will be attending NRB 2013 speaking about leadership and loyalty at the March 5th breakfast. “While all prove beneficial,” attests world-renowned pastor, author and evangelist Dag Heward-Mills, “the sometimes surprising, yet critical component is loyalty”—that permeating attitude of faithfulness and authenticity which stands […]
Catholic Musician Lee Roessler to give Christmas Eve Concert in Manger Square!
By Wendy Gustofson — January 22, 2013
The Catholic Pilgrim Office announces today that Catholic Musician Lee Roessler and his band will lead a 9 Day Pilgrimage to The Holy Land departing December 22nd, 2013. Lee is scheduled to give the ultimate Christmas Eve Concert in Manger Square! For more information please visit The Catholic Pilgrim Office website! www.catholicpilgrimoffice.com
Catholic author and talk show host addressing abortion and signing books at the March for Life
By Religion News LLC — January 22, 2013
(January 22, 2013—CINCINNATI, OH) Media expert Teresa Tomeo will be in Washington, D.C., this week for the 40th annual March for Life signing her latest book, Wrapped Up: God’s Ten Gifts for Women. The book signing will take place at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception beginning at 11 a.m. on […]
Praying Inclusively at the Inaugural
By Mark Silk — January 22, 2013
Having annoyed some readers by proposing that presidents not use religious inclusivity as a criterion for picking those who pray at their inaugurations, I will confess that I like it when the prayers themselves are offered in a not-too-exclusive way.
Global 4/14 Day set for April 14
By Religion News LLC — January 22, 2013
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 22 – In partnership with the 4/14 Window Movement and the worldwide Body of Christ, Children’s Ministries International, Inc. www.cmikids.com announced, in a statement released this morning, that the 2nd annual Global 4/14 Day is set for Sunday, April 14, 2013. “Global 4/14 Day has become an annual day of prayer,” […]
Quote of the Day: Msgr. Melchor Sanchez de Toca Alameda of the Pontifical Council for Culture
By Ron Ribiat — January 21, 2013
“We want to see lots of cardinals in tracksuits, too.” — Msgr. Melchor Sanchez de Toca Alameda of the Pontifical Council for Culture, which hopes to hold a 100-meter “Race of Faith” — a jog, shuffle or sprint — up the Via della Conciliazione toward St. Peter’s Square during an international conference on values in […]
