WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, whose party officially supports abortion rights, have elected an abortion opponent as their leader. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans, whose party officially opposes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two officials of the Presbyterian Church (USA) who were part of a controversial delegation that met with Hezbollah officials in Lebanon have
The resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell and President Bush’s choice of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace him may not mean much
Did you know Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas an official holiday? That happened in 1836, 71 years before the last state
WASHINGTON — Baptists in Italy — a nation President Bush counts as an ally in the Iraq war — are asking their American counterparts to
VATICAN CITY — Meeting with the Muslim, Orthodox and Jewish leaders of the Caucasian republic of Azerbaijan, Pope John Paul II warned Nov. 18 that
ROME — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican’s top authority on doctrine, denounced Nov. 19 the rise of what he called an aggressive and at times
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), desperately seeking its way back to power in the Asian giant, is reverting to its anti-minority political platform known as
