Column: All Paths
Dec 19 2006 12:33AM
To a certain number of American Christians, non-Christians are either invisible or just don't count.
Italy court denies man's death request
Dec 19 2006 12:29AM
An Italian court has denied the request of a man suffering from advanced muscular dystrophy to be removed from life-support.
Column: SpiritLinks
Dec 18 2006 02:41AM
I'm ready to live well and I'm ready to die peacefully. All I ask is, if it's the latter, Guardian Angels — please, not the night I'm wearing mismatched pajamas.
Scientology expands Fla. complex
Dec 18 2006 02:37AM
The Church of Scientology's ambitious plans to expand its downtown Clearwater, Fla. campus are again moving forward after years of delay.
Column: Woman at the Well
Dec 18 2006 02:32AM
Real love is tough. It requires nothing less than a complete letting go, a dying to the self, so that the God who is Love might be born within us. When God's Spirit embodies us, we become magnificent.
Turkish church called 'truly ecumenical'
Dec 18 2006 02:15AM
Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on Friday called the Church of Constantinople a "truly ecumenical church."
Column: Left Coast Lions' Den
Dec 18 2006 02:14AM
U.S. taxpayers spend $20,000 on the war every time I take a breath. So why can't we fund public education?
Jewish leaders confer with Pope
Dec 18 2006 02:12AM
Senior B'nai B'rith International leaders and supporters met Monday in a private session with Pope Benedict XVI.
Column: Love, God and Sex
Dec 18 2006 02:10AM
To love another as yourself, you first have to really love yourself.
Cardinal dreams of Vatican soccer club
Dec 18 2006 02:08AM
A senior Roman Catholic cardinal hopes the Vatican may one day field a football team good enough to compete with Italy's top teams.
Church gets $1m for stolen land
Dec 18 2006 01:57AM
A Chicago church is celebrating this Christmas after receiving a check for more than $1 million for land allegedly stolen from it.
A man in full
Dec 18 2006 01:56AM
With a second generation of adults now willing to dismiss fatherhood, the figurine of Joseph, Jesus' adoptive father, could easily be tossed from the crèche set.
Call for sex abuse penance at Vatican
Dec 18 2006 01:54AM
Pope Benedict's personal preacher has urged him to declare a day of fasting and penitence over child sex crimes by clergy in the Roman Catholic Church.
Church-based scams on the rise
Dec 18 2006 01:36AM
Scams that use churches as a cover are among the fastest-growing frauds in America, law enforcement authorities say.
Spirituality in the workplace
Dec 18 2006 01:32AM
It seems logical that all the dimensions of ourselves — mind, heart and spirit — be as present on the job as our lunch bucket. (Part 1 of 2)
West urged to engage Islam moderates
Dec 18 2006 01:24AM
The West must engage moderate Muslim leaders despite their conservative views on such issues as gender equality, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says.
Study: Religion slighted on TV
Dec 18 2006 01:23AM
Depictions of religion on broadcast television plummeted during the latest season, according to a new study by the Parents Television Council.
Guess who's coming to dinner? Everyone!
Dec 18 2006 01:15AM
Like it or not, postmodernity is crashing the black-and-white modern party by inviting colorful guests in, and asking them to belly-dance. (Part 1 of a series)
Church leaders press U.S. on Mideast
Dec 18 2006 12:53AM
An interfaith group of prominent religious leaders is pressing the Bush administration to place the Israeli-Palestinian conflict higher on its agenda for the region.
EU report cites anti-Muslim bias
Dec 18 2006 12:35AM
Muslim alienation could heighten if European nations don't tackle discrimination, a watchdog group has warned.
Iraqi Christians under fire
Dec 18 2006 12:34AM
Several groups are calling for improved treatment of Christians in Iraq, who they say are being martyred, persecuted or forced to flee the country to survive.
Two mommies 'too many': Dobson
Dec 18 2006 12:31AM
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson asserts in the latest issue of Time magazine that children are better off with a mother and father and society should avoid the "untested" experiment of homosexual parenting.
Making weapons that kill ourselves
Dec 18 2006 12:30AM
Why do people make weapons that can annihilate even their makers? I mean, really. Think about it.
U.S. kids win victory over Iran hate
Dec 18 2006 12:29AM
As Holocaust deniers met in Tehran to keep hate alive, two American kids sat in their living room and won a quiet battle for tolerant hearts and open minds.
Episcopalians split over gay bishop
Dec 17 2006 12:42AM
Two Episcopalian churches in Virginia have voted to break away from the U.S. church because of its decision three years ago to consecrate a gay bishop.
Iran's Holocaust revisionism
Column: God Said What?
Dec 15 2006 02:43AM
You know it's not a good sign when Ku Klux Klan poster child David Duke gets invited to Iran.
'Black Xmas' horror flick raises ire
Dec 15 2006 02:43AM
A movie company has angered some religious groups by planning to open a horror movie called "Black Christmas" on Christmas Day in the United States.
Apology demanded for CBS mock carol
Dec 15 2006 02:39AM
The American Family Association has called for CBS and the sponsors of Two and a Half Men to apologize for ridiculing and mocking Christ, Christmas and Christians.
Pakistan blocks 'Taleban law'
Dec 15 2006 02:36AM
Pakistan's Supreme Court has blocked a fresh attempt to enact a Taleban-style law to enforce Islamic morality in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Study links astrology to car crashes
Dec 15 2006 02:25AM
A study by InsuranceHotline.com, a Web site that quotes drivers on insurance rates, says astrological signs are a significant factor in predicting car accidents.
Column: Of Karma and Dharma
Dec 15 2006 02:15AM
My mother would stand there at the gate as the man walked away, till she could no longer hear him sing. She would walk back into the house, lost in thought, and I could sense a deep, romantic longing in her heart to be a wandering minstrel.
Vatican rejects U.N. abortion position
Dec 15 2006 01:51AM
The Vatican has refused to sign a U.N. convention on the rights of the disabled because of a provision that supports aborting fetuses with disabiliies.
No church-state lovey-dovey for Jesus
Dec 15 2006 01:48AM
Some say we need to use political power to save America and 'bring God back.' But God never left.
Will Kevorkian release spur euthanasia?
Dec 15 2006 01:46AM
Jack Kevorkian will be released on parole in June, after spending eight years behind bars for administering a lethal injection to a disabled man. What will that mean for the assisted-suicide movement?
Muslims seek Israel peace center funds
Dec 15 2006 01:41AM
A delegation of Arab-Israeli Muslims are in the U.S. to raise funds for the building of an interfaith peace research and conference facility in Galilee.
Muslim leader defends Christmas tree
Dec 15 2006 01:38AM
A Canadian Muslim leader, along with Ontario's Premier and several religious groups, yesterday criticized a provincial judge's decision to banish the Christmas tree in a Toronto courthouse lobby because it might offend non-Christians.
Tennis addiction: The bum's rush
Dec 15 2006 01:25AM
Ms. X blames her partner when her own shots don't work out, and the endless stream of criticism offends me.
An invitation to play with God
Dec 15 2006 01:25AM
It is one of God's greatest gifts that we are each given an inviolate place where no one else can go. A place where we share our deepest secret with God. One that invites us to 'play with God.'
Link between vegetarianism, IQ found
Dec 15 2006 01:23AM
A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.
Journalist: Burundi pres killed nuncio
Dec 15 2006 01:15AM
A Burundian journalist now in hiding in South Africa has accused a former president and other high ranking officials of the central African nation of masterminding the 2003 assassination of Holy See nuncio, Archbishop Michael Courtney.
Mary gaining Evangelical fans
Dec 15 2006 01:11AM
Some might say Mary, the mother of Jesus, doesn't know her place. Instead of staying in her traditional Protestant role — quietly overlooking the manger in Christmastime crèches — Mary is emerging as an increasingly popular figure.
Study: Laughter really is contagious
Dec 15 2006 01:08AM
Laughter is contagious, and U.K. scientists say they've identified how your brain is "infected" by mirth.
Column: For His Glory
Dec 15 2006 12:51AM
We can kid ourselves and live by the false motto "He who has the most toys in the end wins," but the reality is that toys do not determine success.
Abortion worker steals nativity
Dec 15 2006 12:42AM
An employee of a late-term abortionist in Wichita, Kansas, stole a nativity scene belonging to Operation Rescue Thursday.
The Lord is near
Dec 15 2006 12:41AM
John the Baptist understood that the human soul is eternal and that there are things we do now that will either help or hinder our eternal destiny.
Right-to-die case stirs Italy
Dec 15 2006 12:40AM
An Italian court, in a landmark case, has adjourned to decide whether to allow a terminally ill man to die.
Boy's Jesus visions inspire prayer site
Dec 15 2006 12:38AM
A ten year-old boy from a tribal region of India has launched a prayer center attracting hundreds of people after receiving what he believes to be visions of Jesus.