Associated Press Dharmsala, India – The Dalai Lama’s envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s representatives said Thursday. Both sides made “concrete proposals” that could be part of a future agenda for discussions on Tibet,…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service After Pope Benedict XVI’s first papal visit to the U.S. last month, about 60 percent of Americans now report favorable views of the pontiff, a modest bump from pre-trip opinions, according to new polls. Before his April 15-20 visit to Washington, D.C. and New York, the German-born pope was…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Washington — Evangelical Christians should be defined by their theology — and not their politics — to avoid becoming “useful idiots” of a political party, a group of leaders said Wednesday (May 7) in a new statement. The document, “An Evangelical Manifesto,” reflects the frustration of some within…

Associated Press – May 6, 2008 YANGON, Myanmar – International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation’s rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world. In the former capital of Yangon, soldiers from the repressive military regime…

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