AIDS summit scrutinizes U.S. focus on abstinence
August 24, 2006
TORONTO — The Bush administration has come under attack at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto for tying millions of dollars in U.S. funding to
Four Indian women accused of ‘forced’ conversion
August 24, 2006
NEW DELHI — Hindu extremists have threatened four Christian women accused of “forced” conversion in India’s Tamil Nadu state, while two priests of a Catholic
Texas Ford dealers urge automaker to end ads in homosexual publications
August 24, 2006
A letter representing 78 Texas Ford dealers was sent to Ford’s Detroit headquarters earlier this summer, urging the company to “cease” advertising in homosexual publications.
Egyptian families lose homes for jailed relatives
August 24, 2006
ZAGAZIG, Egypt — Families of five jailed Christians have lost their homes northeast of Cairo, Egypt, after authorities persuaded them to turn over their property
Hindu extremists attack jailed Christian in India
August 24, 2006
BANGALORE, India — A group of about 15 Hindu extremists in the southern state of Karnataka in India entered a jail Aug. 4 and attacked
Palestine’s religious tensions mar Christians’ lives there
August 24, 2006
Nakla Qaber, whose Greek Orthodox roots stretch back generations in a Christian enclave on the West Bank, runs a successful restaurant at a time when
Lebanon relief efforts reflect ‘Christ’s love shining’ in darkness
August 24, 2006
Central Lebanon’s Deir el-Ahmar was a quiet, predominantly Christian town fairly isolated from the fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces that broke out in
Eight women ‘ordained’ as Catholic priests
August 24, 2006
Vested in white albs, and ultimately donning brilliantly colored silk stoles, 12 women were ordained July 31 as deacons and priests aboard a riverboat in
