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CAIRO – Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Tuesday. The ruins of the Ptolemaic-era temple were discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in the heart of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in the…

AUBURN, Ala. — The Rev. Joseph Lowery, an icon of the 1960s civil rights movement, cautioned an Auburn University audience not to “sanitize” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s achievements. Speaking at an event to mark King’s birthday on Friday (Jan. 15), Lowery said some have hijacked King’s dream, using it and ensuing advancements in…

MIAMI – Haiti’s limitless poverty and hardship have long drawn aid groups and charities from across the world. Now the same people who tried to do good before the earthquake find themselves trapped in the rubble, out of touch with their loved ones and struggling to carry on their missions. The head of the Roman…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI defended his plan to make it easier for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, saying that it served the “ultimate purpose” of dialogue between the two denominations. The pope spoke on Friday (Jan. 15), at a special plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic…

(RNS) A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday (Jan. 14) that a Kentucky county courthouse can keep its Ten Commandments display, overturning a lower court ruling. The “Foundations of American Law and Government Display,” at a Grayson County, Ky., courthouse included the biblical laws along with eight other historical documents. It was challenged by two…

Mormons are the most conservative, poll finds: Being linked so closely to the GOP presents problems, some say. Jan. 13–On the same day an LDS blog picked powerful Senate Democrat Harry Reid as “Mormon of the Year,” a Gallup poll declared Latter-day Saints the nation’s most conservative major religious group. Nearly 60 percent of Mormons…

“I’m ok. Can’t call. I’m OK. Start the list.” There was a crack in the Rev. Jeffrey Vamos’ voice when that text message made it out of Haiti and arrived in his parish hall Wednesday (Jan. 13) afternoon. “I’m a little choked up,” Vamos, of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, N.J., said as reporters and…

As the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision nears, anti-abortion activists prepare for the annual March for Life and their counterparts plan religious services to pray for the safety of abortion providers. But, 37 years after the contentious Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, is there any hope for common ground? Experts say it will…

Jan. 14–VIRGINIA BEACH — Broadcaster Pat Robertson offered an explanation Wednesday for the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti: a purported pact with the devil. “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French, uh, you know, Napoleon III and…

(RNS) A recent report from Duke University praised U.S. and Canadian Muslim leaders for fighting to keep Islamic radicalism out of their communities by condemning terrorism, self-policing, and becoming active in politics. Within days, in what seemed to confirm the “Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim Americans” report from Duke, a group of 20 imams — 19…
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