(RNS) After being contacted by New Hampshire insurance officials, the owner of a business who claimed he would provide atheist rescuers for pets of Christians caught up in the Rapture now says his three-year-old service was a spoof and never had any clients. By Adelle M. Banks.

(RNS) Doomsday prophet Harold Camping conceded last week that his failed May 21 end-of-the-world prediction was "incorrect and sinful," but a man who runs a rescue for pets that have been left behind by the Rapture wishes he'd keep on talking. By Adelle M. Banks.

(RNS) Radio evangelist Harold Camping has called his erroneous prediction that the world would end last May 21 a "sinful statement" and declared that his ministry is out of the prediction business. By Adelle M. Banks