Hopes of peace marred in Poso, Indonesia

September 18, 2003

Several violent incidents reported in July in the Poso region of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, have again marred hopes of peace. On July 10, a Torajan

Christians in Nepal suffer attacks, arrests

September 18, 2003

DUBLIN — Christians belonging to a small house church in northern Nepal were attacked by Buddhist and Hindu villagers on July 26, resulting in hospitalization

Russian church says gay marriage not recognized

September 18, 2003

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia — Officials in the Russian Orthodox Church say an illicit wedding ceremony for two men is blasphemous and will not be recognized

Thieves rob 20 churches in north Wales

September 18, 2003

LONDON — Thieves have carried out a series of robberies in north Wales against churches and chapels during July and August. Authorities in Denbighshire and

Abortion-doctor murderer executed in Florida

September 11, 2003

STARKE, Florida — Saying he’s unrepentant for murdering an abortion provider and his bodyguard nine years ago, former Presbyterian minister Paul Hill was executed Sept.

Motions filed could change landmark abortion decisions

September 11, 2003

When Sandra Cano, the “Mary Doe” of the U.S. Supreme Court Doe v. Bolton abortion case, became part of legal history in 1973 she was

Mississippi court rules fetus has ‘person’ status

September 11, 2003

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s highest court has ruled that a fetus is a “person” worthy of some legal protections under state law. In a ruling

Court forces The Citadel to stop mealtime prayer

September 4, 2003

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, S.C., has started having a moment of silence instead of spoken prayers before meals in