Iran approves abortions for certain cases
August 12, 2004
TEHRAN, Iran — Though Iran has a conservative-dominated parliament, it nonetheless approved a draft bill on July 20 that would allow abortion in the first
Bulgarian police raids alarm Baptist leaders
August 12, 2004
OSLO, Norway — Bulgarian police have forcibly expelled members of an alternative Orthodox synod from some 250 parish churches they have been using for more
Colorado Supreme Court upholds voucher decision
August 12, 2004
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court on June 28 declared the state’s school voucher program to be unconstitutional because it removes control over education from
Dutch readmitted to South African council
August 12, 2004
JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa — South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church, once ostracized for its theological justification of apartheid and white-majority rule, has rejoined the South African
Groups urge court to end juvenile death penalty
August 12, 2004
WASHINGTON — Nearly 30 religious groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw the execution of minors. Oral arguments for Roper vs. Simmons, a
Congress declares Sudan waging genocide in Darfur
August 5, 2004
Genocide is taking place in Sudan in violation of international law, both houses of Congress declared in a joint resolution July 22. The joint resolution
House OKs marriage law, next stop Senate
August 5, 2004
Barely a week after their Senate counterparts defeated a proposal to ban same-sex “marriages,” House members passed legislation using different methods to achieve a
Courts could restrict church
July 29, 2004
A leading American cardinal told Pope John Paul II that the U.S. Catholic Churches in “great danger” of government inference in the internal life of
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