Tag: Christianity
Romney, Obama tangle on issue of access to contraception
Gov. Mitt Romney is taking heat for his previous actions around access to birth control, while President Barack Obama takes criticism for a new mandate requiring religious-affiliated health plans to offer access to contraception....
Rhode Island teen faces scorn, hate after protesting public school's prayer
Rhode Island is one of the most religious states in the country, heavily Catholic. So when a teenager protested the prayer that stands in her public school's gym, she knew it wouldn't be popular. But since a court ruled it must be taken down, she's received death threats and been called evil by elected officials....
Egyptian charged with blasphemy over tweeted image of Mickey, Minnie Mouse
Coptic Christian Naguib Sawiris will stand trial this month for sharing an image of an ostensibly Muslim Mickey and Minnie Mouse in the run-up to Egyptian elections. The idea being that if Islamists won the elections, even the two cartoon icons would have to follow conservative Muslim practices. He's accused of blasphemy....
Revelations on the Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation, full of apocalyptic imagery and clashes between good and evil, probably wasn't a Christian book in the beginning....
Ireland’s rift with Vatican deepens over child sex abuse reports
The Catholic Church's cover-up of child sex abuse cases may have tarnished relations between Ireland and the Vatican forever....
Mormonism takes center stage in American politics
With two Mormons now running for President, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, Mormonism may be entering the mainstream consciousness like never before in American history....
Judgment Day May 21: Why are end times prophecies so popular?
Harold Camping, a Californian radio preacher, has said that Judgment Day will come on May 21 at 6:00 pm. Why do people love thinking about the apocalypse?...Catholic Church says 1960s culture caused sexual abuse
A new report finds poor training and insufficient support in the face of 1960s cultural shifts led to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. ...
Egypt's Coptic Christians want a voice
After the protests in Tahrir Square, Egypt's Coptic Christians want a more equal voice in the new Egyptian government, too. ...
Evangelicals at the Olympics
Christian missionaries are in Beijing for the Olympics, hoping to find a way to share their faith at the Games....
