Chinese church leader gets life sentence
November 7, 2002
HUBEI PROVINCE, China — A leader of a banned Chinese Christian sect was sentenced to life in prison in a second trial, after his previous death
Harsh religion law signed in Belarus
November 7, 2002
MINSK — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed a highly repressive new law on religion Oct. 31 in what some religious leaders are calling a decisive
Pope starts 25th year of fifth-longest pontificate
November 7, 2002
VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II began the 25th year of history’s fifth longest pontificate Oct. 16 by asserting that he is determined to
Anglican church rescinds e-mail elections
November 7, 2002
MONTREAL — A top decision-making body of the Anglican Church of Canada has scrapped the process by which one of its archbishops was elected by
Strict Islamic rule returning to Afghanistan
October 31, 2002
KABUL, Afghanistan — Extremist Muslim rule is being re-established in Afghanistan and could get worse without intervention, says the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,
Jordanian experts overseeing temple repairs
October 31, 2002
JERUSALEM — Jordanian experts are set to oversee repairs in the southern retaining wall of Jerusalem’s biblical-era Temple Mount, resolving a simmering dispute over whether
Mother Teresa qualifies for beatification
October 31, 2002
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican gave its approval Oct. 1 to a miracle attributed to the intervention of Mother Teresa, paving the way for the
Gospel impetus for mother’s sacrifice
October 31, 2002
Somewhere in China, a young American mother entered a bus with several small children to carry much needed spiritual materials to another location. One of
