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By Carlyle Murphy Religion News Service Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — A group of visiting Japanese scholars was making a routine courtesy call recently on King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz when the monarch raised a subject that, as he put it, had “obsessed me since two years ago.” Distressed by what he described as disintegrating family…

By Carol Ann Campbell Religion News Service Pope John Paul II would kneel to kiss the ground of foreign countries. He unleashed doves to signal peace. He placed a prayer of atonement in cracks of Jerusalem’s Western Wall. And the cameras clicked. John Paul, a former actor, reveled in the power of image. In contrast,…

Associated Press – April 7, 2008 JERUSALEM – American televangelist John Hagee led several hundred flag-waving followers across Jerusalem on Monday, a colorful display of the growing alliance between Christian evangelicals and Israel. Hagee, who calls himself a Christian Zionist, pledged his unconditional backing for the Jewish state. He also vehemently denied he is anti-Catholic,…

Associated Press – April 7, 2008 SAN ANGELO, Texas – Authorities struggled Monday to persuade children to give them any information about the goings-on inside a breakaway Mormon compound in west Texas built by a jailed polygamist leader. Investigating a report of an underage marriage, child welfare and law enforcement authorities were searching for a…

By Adelle M. Banks 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) At one hotel in Nashville, Tenn., when you feel like a bit of religious reading before bedtime, you’ll have more than a Gideon Bible to choose from. The Hotel Preston recently started offering a “spiritual menu” to its guests, including the Quran, the Bhagavad Gita and…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) A Virginia court has ruled that a Civil War-era law applies to a property dispute between the state’s Episcopal diocese and 11 congregations that have seceded from it. The statute in question, which dates to 1867, relates to the settlement of property when there is a division…

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) A new prayer for the conversion of the Jews reflects no change in the Catholic Church’s commitment to “reconciliation” with the Jewish people, the Vatican said Friday (April 4), seeking to soothe feelings over a recently amended portion of the Old Latin liturgy. But the…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) An Army Reserve chaplain has decided to do his individual part in the war on terror: He’s co-founded an Internet ministry to pray for terrorists. “Adopt a Terrorist for Prayer” was launched in March and features a catalog of photos of people designated by the FBI or…

By Jonathan Rubin Religion News Service Washington – The head of the country’s largest Jewish movement called prominent Texas pastor John Hagee an “extremist” and urged fellow rabbis to shun his high-profile support of Israel. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, head of the Union for Reform Judaism, denounced Hagee, a national evangelical leader, televangelist and head and…

Associated Press Washington – Congress marked the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death Thursday with tributes by House and Senate leaders and words of remembrance by lawmakers who once worked alongside the civil rights leader. “Because of the leadership of this man we rose up out of fear and became willing to put…
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