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Justin Bieber’s Church Signs With Major Hollywood Agency
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment signed the Hillsong church Wednesday to its roster of celebrities and talent, the first time a major Hollywood talent agency has signed a house of worship as a client.
Obamacare: Federal Court Nixes Religious Contraceptive Mandate Challenge
A federal appeals court has reversed lower-court victories by two western Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses and a private Christian college that challenged birth control coverage mandates as part of federal health care reforms.
Report: Chapel Hill Shooter Hicks Defended Ground Zero Mosque
On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” CNN.com Religion Editor Daniel Burke reported that Craig Hicks, who is suspected of murdering three Muslim students, had previously written in defense of the Ground Zero mosque and criticized those who thought President Barack Obama was
Dem Rep: ‘Enough Facts’ To Pursue Muslim Student Shooting as a Hate Crime
Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to Congress, said the fatal shooting at the University of North Carolina of three Muslims students, which police say initial indications are the murders were over “an
Iraqi-Born Priest Kidnapped and Beaten Returns as Bishop
In 2006, Father Basel Yaldo was kidnapped in his native Iraq by Islamist extremists and endured three days of fierce beatings. Even after being released, he continued to receive death threats, and was eventually sent to the United States in 2007 for his own safety. Last month, Yaldo returned to Iraq and, on Friday, was ordained a bishop in Baghdad. He will stay there to serve the Iraqi people.
Papal Commission Briefs Cardinals on Proposed Vatican Downsizing
Pope Francis’ reform of the Vatican departments, one of the priorities of his pontificate, seems to be nearing completion. The 165 Cardinals in Rome for meetings with Francis were briefed Thursday on a proposal to shrink the Vatican Curia, merging several existing departments into just two.
CNN’s Cuomo: ‘Our Rights Do Not Come from God’
In a contentious 25-minute interview with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore on Thursday, CNN “New Day” co-host Chris Cuomo discussed Moore’s refusal to adhere to a federal judge’s ruling on same-sex marriages. Cuomo and Moore disagreed on whether or
The Quiet Christian Insurgency in the Middle East
While the U.S. government continues to search for an information campaign that can effectively weaken ISIS and other radical groups, Christians have been waging a surprisingly successful war of ideas against radical Islam.
Turkish TV Station Fined for Joke About Allah’s Butt
“Don’t point with your finger. God is everywhere, and with your finger you could be poking Him in His butt.” This dialogue from the Turkish version of the French television comedy Ah Biz Kadınlar (“Ah We Women”) just garnered its television station a fine from the Turkish state– not for its reference to an unsavory body part in a religious context, but for the use of the Turkish word for “God” rather than “Allah.”
Europe Is ‘Depressed’ Because ‘They Don’t Have Children’: Pope Francis
During his General Audience Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his reflections on the family, focusing this week on children. The Pope said that a society’s attitude toward children tells a lot about it, and explains why many European societies that don’t value children are “depressed.”
Mueller Appears to Have Been Misled, Tragically, About Islamic ‘Resistance’
Despite all we already know about the so-called Islamic State terrorist organization, the murder of American Kayle Mueller still manages to be shocking. And her defiant declaration of faith, in a letter to her family, is both heartbreaking and uplifting. Her death–which ISIS had the nerve to blame on Jordanian bombing–cries out for vengeance, not just “justice”–the term the president chose, one that may denote retribution but might also offer the undeserved dignity of civilian trial.
WH Doubles Down on Obama’s Christians ‘Terrible Deeds’ Comments
Tuesday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest doubled down on President Barack Obama’s comments last week at the National Prayer Breakfast, when he said, “Unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to
Pope Francis Urges African Bishops to Fight Religious Fundamentalism Under Shadow of Boko Haram
In a meeting with representatives of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on Saturday, Pope Francis reminded his hearers that the future is in the hands of the young, who need to be protected from “new and unscrupulous forms of colonization,” such as the reckless pursuit of riches, as well as “fundamentalism and the distorted use of religion.”
Geraldo Rivera and Barack Obama Versus the Truth About Christianity and Islam
Last week, President Obama told Americans not to get on their “high horse” and think that the murderous atrocities being committed by Muslims in Africa, Syria, Iraq, and the Middle East are “unique.” “Remember that during the Crusades and the
Islamist Assassination Attempt on Pope Francis Thwarted by Philippine Military
The Southeast Asian Jihadist terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah reportedly planned to kill Pope Francis during his recent trip to the Philippines by detonating a bomb along the route of the papal motorcade, but the attempt was prevented by adjustments to the Pope’s program.
Netanyahu Speech Already a Turning Point in Jewish History
The strong opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on March 3 is making an important speech even more so. The address, on the eve of a grim nuclear deal with Iran, and against overwhelming political pressure at home and abroad, may be the most important speech on geopolitical affairs since Ronald Reagan’s remarks at the Berlin Wall in 1987. It is also already a turning point in Jewish history.
Gut Check: Your Own Personal Blasphemy
I noticed it first when a person said to me, “I used to like your work, until you said X.” The “X” could have been a joke or comment about pets or musicians — but for the offended, it was enough for them to disown their previous opinions of me forever.
Why Judeo-Christian Morality Still Matters for Conservatives–and America
Put simply, not everything about human nature is reducible to society’s modes of production. A person is a moral, political and religious entity. And it is his natural complexity that we seek to conserve.
Pope Francis: Environmentalism Is for Christians, Not ‘the Greens’
On Monday morning, Pope Francis dropped another clue about the content of his upcoming “encyclical” letter on the environment and human ecology, saying that a Christian who does not take care of creation, shows disdain for the work of God.
Iraqi Bishops: Join Forces to Liberate the Lands Occupied by Islamic Jihadists
A plenary meeting of Iraqi bishops in Baghdad on Saturday has resulted in an important joint declaration calling on all “national and international forces to unite their efforts” to liberate territories occupied by ISIS and to “exercise the necessary influence” to provide protection for Christians and other Iraqis returning to their homes, enabling them to live in security and dignity.
Pope Francis: The Devil Is a Family Wrecker
In a visit to a Roman parish Sunday, Pope Francis blamed family divisions on the devil, adding that the only cure is Jesus.
Vatican Commission on Sex Abuse Proposes Sanctions Against Bishops
The most common complaint about the way the Catholic Church handled the 2001 sex abuse crisis was not the way it dealt with victims or with offending priests, but the way it dealt with bishops who were seen as either complicit or culpably negligent. Now the Vatican seems poised to change that.
Historian: ‘I Don’t Think the President Knows Very Much about the Crusades’
University of St. Louis Historian Thomas Madden says President Obama’s comments on the Crusades reveal an ignorance of history.
Meet the Press Host: Obama Doesn’t Like the National Prayer Breakfast
On Sunday, NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd said he believes President Barack Obama intentionally stirred controversy at the National Prayer Breakfast because he does not like the event.
