Monthly Archives: November 2015
Anti-abortion groups condemn Planned Parenthood shooting
By Steve Rabey — November 30, 2015
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (RNS) Colorado Springs, known as “the Vatican of evangelical Christianity," is headquarters of dozens of conservative evangelical ministries that oppose abortion. Many condemned Friday’s shooting.
Pope Francis: World headed toward ‘suicide’ if no climate agreement is reached
By Reuters — November 30, 2015
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — "Every year the problems are getting worse," the pope said. "We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide."
British sex abuse inquiry to focus on churches, politicians
By Trevor Grundy — November 30, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The inquiry will consist of 12 different investigations, including whether the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church in England failed to protect children.
End ban on women reading Torah at Western Wall, group petitions
By Michele Chabin — November 30, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) An Israeli women’s rights organization says the administrator of the Western Wall lacks the legal authority to withhold Torah scrolls from any Jewish worshipper.
Why battling climate change requires a spiritual rebirth (COMMENTARY)
By Matthew Fox — November 30, 2015
(RNS) Solutions must come from the Paris conference but they also must come from rapid education and change of values, from what the gospels call “metanoia” or change of consciousness.
Palestinian Authority limits Christmas celebrations in West Bank
By Michele Chabin — November 30, 2015
BETHLEHEM (RNS) The Palestinian Authority has asked the municipality of Bethlehem not to set off holiday fireworks this year and to limit the festive lights and decorations to two main streets.
Mormon views on evolution are evolving, says biologist
By Jana Riess — November 30, 2015
BYU biology professor Steve Peck says Mormons' views on evolution have "changed very significantly" since the 1980s, especially among students, but there's still work to do in becoming less suspicious of science.
Lilly Endowment makes grants to encourage youth to explore theology
By Religion News LLC — November 30, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS – Many high school students yearn for opportunities to ask difficult and probing questions about their faith and the moral dimensions of contemporary challenges. Now some private colleges and universities are creating summer institutes and other programs to encourage young people to explore these questions by studying theology and examining how their faith calls […]
Dialogue training for future religious peacemakers
By Religion News LLC — November 30, 2015
Twenty religious educators and scholars from around the world have been accepted into the second KAICIID Fellows Programme, a year-long programme of training in conflict resolution, and social cohesion, the Vienna-based intergovernmental organization announced today. Almost half of them come from countries which are currently undergoing periods of violent conflict with religion as a factor, […]
Westminster Presbyterian Church opens its doors to Syrian refugees
By Religion News LLC — November 30, 2015
WOOSTER, Ohio — In response to a spate of negative reaction towards the resettling of Syrian refugees in the United States, the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Wooster, OH has opened its doors to refugees. In a letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry, the Session of the church (its governing body) says that the congregation […]
One million student study shared by scholar at Vatican City conference shows Christian schools best hope for poor & minorities
By Religion News LLC — November 30, 2015
VATICAN CITY — A quantitative analysis of over one million students by a professor/researcher indicates that low income- and minority- students benefit the most from attending Christian schools. William Jeynes, a Harvard graduate and Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, shared the results of a meta-analysis, that indicated that the racial and […]
Pope wraps up Africa visit, says ‘God is peace, salaam’
By Tonny Onyulo — November 30, 2015
KAMPALA, Uganda — Pope Francis wrapped up his six-day trip to Africa in the war-torn Central Africa Republic on Monday by warning that religious conflicts are spawning civil war, terrorism and suffering throughout the continent.
Two Israeli teens convicted for ‘revenge killing’ of Palestinian
By Reuters — November 30, 2015
A third conviction, of an adult, was withheld pending a psychological evaluation. The trio confessed to abducting and killing a 16-year-old in revenge for Hamas militants' killing of three Israeli youths.
‘God is peace, salaam,’ Pope Francis tells Christians, Muslims in CAR
By Reuters — November 30, 2015
On his final day in Africa's most violent corner, he urged people to "say no to hatred, to revenge and to violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself."
Are young people losing their faith because of science?
By Religion News LLC — November 30, 2015
SEATTLE — Does science show there is no God? According to many former Protestant Christians, the answer is yes. In the report, Are Young People Losing Their Faith Because of Science? John West, Associate Director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, which is the international hub of the intelligent design movement, highlights the challenge […]
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