As the Bush administration scrambles to gain support for military action against Saddam Hussein, religious leaders are debating over whether the United States has justification
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence (R.I.) has announced a $13.5 million settlement that will end three dozen sex-abuse claims against its
CHICAGO — Indiana’s law mandating that women get in-person counseling before having an abortion is constitutional, an appellate court ruled Sept. 16. The 7th U.S.
TENTENA, Indonesia—Blocking streets, forming a cordon around a church and preventing a police helicopter from landing were just three tactics employed by scores of Christians
HONG KONG—The outgoing leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion warned that defiant actions by individual dioceses threaten to split the global church into two or
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia —Students, academic teachers, staff and community members of the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague gathered in the chapel Sept. 9 for the
VATICAN CITY—John Paul II has become the fifth-longest-serving pope in the history of the Roman Catholic church and is less than eight months away from