Stem cell bank opens in Britain
June 24, 2004
Britain opened the world’s first national stem cell bank in May, establishing a new era in a controversial area of medical research. Stem cells are
Boston archdiocese to close 65 parishes
June 24, 2004
BOSTON — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will close 65 parishes in a consolidation plan to combat low Mass attendance and donations in the
California weighs same-sex ‘marriage’ legality
June 24, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO — The battle for traditional marriage shifted from Massachusetts to California where the California Supreme Court began hearing arguments on whether San Francisco
Evangelical awarded Library of Congress chair
June 24, 2004
WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress awarded Mark A. Noll, prominent evangelical church historian, a distinguished research position June 1. Noll, who hopes to use
L.A. County removes cross from county seal
June 24, 2004
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County supervisors, faced with a lawsuit to remove a tiny gold cross from the county seal, have voted to remove
State trooper fired for refusing casino assignment
June 24, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS — A Baptist state trooper, fired after refusing a casino assignment that he said violated his religious beliefs, wants the Indiana Supreme Court to
Indian national tortured in Saudi Arabia
June 24, 2004
ISTANBUL, Turkey — An Indian national abducted and tortured by Saudi Arabia’s religious police for spreading Christianity remains jailed without trial 10 weeks after his
Amnesty: U.S. terror war hurts human rights
June 24, 2004
WASHINGTON — One of the world’s top human rights organizations has accused the United States of “fighting injustice with injustice” in the Bush administration’s war
