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Associated Press Fresno, California – Episcopal leaders have ousted a breakaway conservative bishop in a struggle for control of the Diocese of San Joaquin and its properties. The Episcopal House of Bishops, meeting in Texas, took the action Wednesday against Bishop John-David Schofield, who last December led the Fresno diocese to secede from the Episcopal…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Indianapolis voters on Tuesday (March 11) choose Andre Carson to fill a seat vacated by his late grandmother, making him the second Muslim ever elected to serve in Congress. Like Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who in 2006 became the first Muslim elected to Congress, Carson is a…

By Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) After seeing how successful Birthright Israel has been in acquainting young Diaspora Jews with Israel and Judaism, a Palestinian group has established Birthright Palestine to help youths of Palestinian descent connect with their roots. The program is organized by the Palestine Center for National Strategic Studies (PCNSS),…

By Chris Herlinger c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK — Michael (Michal) Heller, a Polish cosmologist and Roman Catholic priest whose commitment to combining the insights of science and religion stretches back to his youth in war-torn Europe, has won the 2008 Templeton Prize. The $1.6 million award is the largest annual monetary prize…

Ian Wilhelm Religion News Service Polish officials have announced that they will allow Jews who fled the country four decades ago to reclaim their Polish citizenship. After anti-communist protests erupted in Warsaw and other cities in 1968, the authorities blamed “Zionists” for the social unrest and expelled about 20,000 Jews. They were stripped of their…

Associated Press Lahore, Pakistan – The spread of terrorism across Pakistan from its wild tribal regions to the cultural capital of Lahore on Tuesday adds to the pressure for a reconsideration of its U.S.-allied president’s approach to countering al-Qaida and the Taliban as its new government prepares to take office. After two deadly suicide bombings…

United Press International Ottawa — The government of India has warned Canadian officials in Ottawa of the regrouping of violent Sikh separatists, the Vancouver Sun reported Tuesday. A senior official with the Indian High Commission told the Sun Monday the issue of the Khalistan movement was raised by India as recently as “three days ago”…

Associated Press – March 10, 2008 Here is the transcript of a statement delivered in New York City on Monday by Gov. Eliot Spitzer following reports linking him to a prostitution ring: — “Good afternoon. “For the past nine years, eight years as attorney general, and one as governor, I have tried to uphold a…

Associated Press – March 10, 2008 SAN LUIS, Colo. – Photos posted on the Internet showed three Mormon missionaries mocking a Catholic shrine and holding the broken head of a statue of a saint there, a church official said. Costilla County Sheriff Gilbert Martinez said deputies on Monday were beginning to investigate whether the men…

Associated Press – March 10, 2008 LAURENS, South Carolina – A black civil rights activist in South Carolina is fighting to close a store that sells Ku Klux Klan robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. David Kennedy is confident he can make it happen. After all, he says he owns the building. Since 1996,…
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