Episcopal Church defrocks Islam-professing priest
April 23, 2009
SEATTLE — An Episcopal priest who professed two years ago that she was also a practicing Muslim has been defrocked by the Episcopal Church. Bishop
Daily Archives: April 23, 2009
House approves bill for FDA to control tobacco
April 23, 2009
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives easily approved a bill to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products.
Presbyterians, Lutherans make budget cutbacks
April 23, 2009
CHICAGO — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) both have slashed their 2009 budgets, cutting programs and laying off scores
FDA to revisit ‘morning-after’ pill age limit
April 23, 2009
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to re-evaluate its age restriction on the nonprescription sale of Plan B,
Philadelphia churches sweep city with GPS
April 23, 2009
The rustle of plastic door-hanger bags was a telltale sound of a windy Philadelphia day and evidence that members of Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church visited
Iranian Christians ordered to stop sharing faith
April 23, 2009
SHIRAZ, Iran — Declaring three Iranian Christians guilty of cooperating with “anti-government movements” March 10, a court in Shiraz ordered the converts to discontinue Christian
Secular society offers ‘de-baptism’ certificates
April 23, 2009
LONDON — A secular organization in Britain that backs an atheist ad campaign on London’s buses is now producing “certificates of de-baptism” for people wishing
Baptists face fines for distributing religious literature
April 23, 2009
NUKUS, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues to penalize people who distribute religious literature. In two separate cases, Baptists from registered and unregistered churches are facing prosecution,
