Churchgoers in almost 300 parishes that disapprove of women priests may take advantage of Pope Benedict XVI’s offer to change denomination if their “flying bishops” lead the way. “Flying bishops”, who provide “episcopal oversight” to parishes that cannot accept women priests
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Thousands of Anglican churchgoers could cross over to Rome with bishops
IT IS heartening to see religionists welcome the formation of an inter-faith panel by the government in promoting religious understanding and harmony amongst all the religious faiths in Malaysia.
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The way towards religious harmony
Dale McAlpine was charged with causing “harassment, alarm or distress” after a homosexual police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of “sins” referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same sex relationships. Christian campaigners have expressed alarm that the Public Order Act, introduced in 1986 to tackle violent rioters and football hooligans, is being used to curb religious free speech.
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Christian preacher arrested for saying homosexuality is a sin
A disciple of accused cult leader Elior Chen was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to shaking, burning and tying up her eight children. The woman, identified only as M., received a lenient sentence in exchange for testifying against Chen and others
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Mother in Elior Chen child abuse cult sentenced to 5 years in prison
A reader alerted us to the airing of a PBS Frontline documentary on “The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan”. I had the chance to watch it earlier in the week and it is absolutely riveting. You can watch it online and I encourage you to do so if it has already aired in your market
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Devout or deviant?
In Kenya, churches have decided to spearhead a campaign against approval of the country’s new draft constitution which will be the subject of a referendum in the near future. Jurist reports that the draft ( full text ) was approved by Kenya’s Parliament on April 1.
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Kenyan Churches Will Oppose New Draft Constitution
On Friday, an Indiana federal district court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the planned student-led prayer at suburban Indianapolis’ Greenwood High School’s upcoming graduation. The school conducts a student ballot at an assembly in which students vote on whether to have a fellow student deliver a non-denominational prayer at graduation
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Court Enjoins Planned Student Prayer At High School Graduation
In The Soul, The Natural World, and What Is , Richard Rohr suggests that the soul – or the true self, who we most deeply are – is “a scary place to go because for forty, fifty, sixty years, we’ve defined ourselves by our roles, our titles, our degrees, our clothes, our ethnicity…all those things that are going to die in a few years, anyway.” He suggests that one of the quickest ways we can make contact with that deepest part of ourselves is through nature, suggesting that he knows of nothing “that can mirror us more lovingly, more truthfully, and more foundationally, than nature itself.” As I read those words, they reminded me of something D.H.
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Contacting Our Soul Through Nature
AMRITSAR: Sikhs religion is not a separate community as it was a part of Hinduism says president of SAD (Master Tara Singh) Rashpal Singh. Addressing the press conference here on Friday, octogenarian Rashpal Singh who is president of his party for the last three decades said, “It would be wrong to say that Sikh community was not the part of Hindu religion; since our ancestors were basically Hindu and after being inspired from Sikh religion they adopted Sikh religion with letter and sprit. Launching scathing attack on Sikh religious leader who were describing the Sikh religion as separate community, he said that this act would stop large number of people from Hindu community to remain in Sikh fold.
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Sikh religion is not a separate community
AP reported Thursday that the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has protested to the Army over the religious symbol and motto on the emblem of Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson, Colorado. The central feature of the emblem is a cross with a pointed base, said to be an emblem of mercy and a symbol from the Middle Ages when pilgrims carried this type of cross to mark a campsite. The emblem also carries the Latin motto “Pro deo et humanitate,” which means “For God and humanity.” MMRF head Mikey Weinstein says: “This continues to add more fodder to the argument that we are Crusaders
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Army Hospital Emblem Challenged Because of Religious Content