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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Washington – A prominent U.S. senator is seeking financial information from some of the biggest names among evangelical TV ministries following “complaints from the public” and news reports of possible money mismanagement. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, gave the six ministries…

Associated Press Vatican City – The king of Saudi Arabia met Tuesday with Pope Benedict XVI – the first-ever meeting between a pontiff and a reigning Saudi monarch – amid Vatican concerns about restrictions on Christian worship in the Muslim kingdom. The Vatican said the “positive presence and work of Christians was raised” during the…

United Press International Washington – Virginia high school officials recently gave a green light to a teen’s request for a once-banned after-school antiabortion club, the Washington Post reported. “We just wanted the same rights as other clubs,” 16-year-old Stephanie Hoffmeier told the Post. “It’s not a radical thing to expect equal treatment.” Stafford County, Virginia,…

Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court stepped into a death penalty case Monday in which a defendant says his lawyers gave him bad advice by telling him to reject a plea deal that would have spared him a death sentence. Maxwell Alton Hoffman was convicted in connection with a revenge killing in Idaho and…
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