Washington – The nation’s top Catholic archbishop on Tuesday (Feb. 2) condemned the remarks of a Holocaust-denying English bishop as “deeply offensive and utterly false,” and sought to reaffirm the church’s bonds with the Jewish community. “No Catholic, whether layperson, priest or bishop, can ever negate the memory of the Shoah,” said Cardinal Francis George…

NEW DELHI – The Dalai Lama was taken to a hospital in India’s capital for medical tests Monday after experiencing minor pain in his arms that was later diagnosed as a pinched nerve, his spokesman said. The 73-year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has had a number of health problems in recent months that have interrupted…

TORONTO (RNS) In a case that pits religious freedom against the right of a defendant to face an accuser in court, a judge here has ordered a Toronto woman to testify without her face-covering niqab at a sexual assault trial. The Toronto Star reports the case could be precedent-setting because it doesn’t appear there is…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Former President Jimmy Carter stepped into the pulpit of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Saturday (Jan. 31) and spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of about 1,200 people who filled the balcony and lined the walls. “There is no way for us to ignore Jesus’ emphasis on the poor, the brokenhearted,” Carter told…

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