Law & Court
NEWS ANALYSIS: For Terri Schiavo’s Family, No Easy Answer to Ethics Questions
By Richard Allen — March 17, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The legal battle over the fate of 41-year-old Theresa Marie “Terri” Schiavo may be close to an end. Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas County, Fla., has ruled that at 1 p.m. on Friday (March 18), Terri’s husband, Michael Schiavo, “shall cause the removal of nutrition and hydration.” For […]
NEWS STORY: In Ten Commandments Cases, Supreme Court Will Hear Passion From Both Sides
By RNS Blog Editor — February 18, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The call “God save this honorable court” will echo throughout the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 2, just as it does every time the court’s marshall convenes a session for the nine justices. But this time those words will uniquely resonate because the court is […]
NEWS STORY: In Break From Tradition, Vatican Official Addresses Papal Retirement
By RNS Blog Editor — February 9, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ In a startling break with Vatican protocol, a high Vatican official has addressed the issue of whether the ailing Pope John Paul II should retire. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the secretary of state who ranks No. 2 behind the pope in the Vatican hierarchy, did not take a […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Groups Weigh in as Supreme Court Considers Juvenile Executions
By RNS Blog Editor — October 12, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Death row inmate Christopher Simmons will have the support of more than 30 religious organizations Wednesday (Oct. 13) when the Supreme Court considers whether he and other juvenile offenders deserve the death penalty. United by their conviction that juvenile executions are morally unacceptable, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and […]
NEWS STORY: Muslim Leaders Push for Shariah Law in British Columbia
By RNS Blog Editor — September 16, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ Some prominent Muslim leaders would like the Canadian province of British Columbia to formally allow Islamic shariah law to be used to arbitrate decisions regarding marriage, divorce, inheritance and other family disputes. These influential Muslims want to follow the lead of some eastern Canadian Muslims who […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 15, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Editors: Carman in 8th graf is CQ Paul Crouch Did Not Have Homosexual Encounter, Religious Network Says (RNS) Trinity Broadcasting Network has denied allegations that its president, Paul Crouch, was involved in a homosexual encounter and says he will remain at the helm of his California ministry. The Los Angeles […]
NEWS STORY: Portland Archdiocese Is First in Nation to Declare Bankruptcy
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — July 7, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland announced Tuesday (July 6) it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection rather than proceed with a priest-abuse trial scheduled to begin the same day. It is the first time an American Catholic archdiocese has ever sought bankruptcy protection. Archbishop John […]
NEWS STORY: Survey Shows 18 Percent of Consumers Bought Religion, Spirituality Books
By Marcia Z. Nelson — June 8, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service CHICAGO _ A new survey by the trade magazine Publishers Weekly shows that 18 percent of consumers bought books dealing with religion or spirituality in the past year. Preliminary results of the survey, conducted in May, were announced Friday (June 4) at Book Expo America, the major annual publishing industry […]
NEWS STORY: Removal of `Ten Commandments’ Judge Upheld by Alabama Court
By Kein Eckstrom — May 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Judge Roy Moore, whose 5,300-pound Ten Commandments monument cost him his job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, had his removal from office upheld Friday (April 30) by a special court of review. The seven-member court unanimously ruled that former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s removal from […]
NEWS FEATURE: Pakistan Blasphemy Law Used to Threaten, Harass Christians
By RNS Blog Editor — April 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service LAHORE, Pakistan _ A market vendor sold Christian brothers Saleem and Rasheed Masih ice cream, then told them they had to pay for the bowls because he couldn’t again serve a Muslim from the now-defiled utensils. The brothers refused. Days later, the vendor accused the brothers of verbally insulting the […]
NEWS STORY: Alabama’s Supreme Court Justices: Move Ten Commandments Monument
By Adelle M. Banks — August 22, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service MONTGOMERY, Ala. _ Alabama’s Supreme Court associate justices overruled their chief justice Thursday (Aug. 21) and ordered that the Ten Commandments monument he hoped to keep in the judicial building be removed. Their decision followed Wednesday’s refusal by the U.S. Supreme Court to delay a district judge’s order that Chief […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service Progressive Catholics Petition Bishops on Celibacy WASHINGTON (RNS) Progressive Catholics delivered more than 7,000 petitions to Catholic bishops on Tuesday (Oct. 11), asking for a churchwide discussion on priestly celibacy. Activists from FutureChurch and Call to Action presented the petitions to members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting […]
NEWS STORY: `Ten Commandments Judge’ Who Defied Federal Court Removed from Office
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Roy S. Moore, the judge who defied a court order declaring his placement of a Ten Commandments monument in a court building rotunda was unconstitutional, has been removed from office by Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary. Now the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, Moore was […]
NEWS STORY: Workers Remove Alabama’s Ten Commandments Monument
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The controversial Ten Commandments monument was moved from the rotunda of Alabama’s judicial building Wednesday (Aug. 27), two years after suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore had it placed there. The 5,300-pound granite monument has been the source of much legal debate but its move had been expected after […]
NEWS FEATURE: Poll Sees Parents, Not Guns, as Cause of Youth Violence
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 2003
(UNDATED) A poll timed to the first anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre finds Americans believe the primary cause for school shootings and youth violence is the drop in parental quality time with children, not the availability of guns. The poll was conducted for YROCK.com, a new political Web site whose acronymn stands for […]
