by Josef Kuhn | Nov 9, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The National Association of Evangelicals on Tuesday (Nov. 8) called for greater precautions with nuclear weapons and a renewed effort toward disarmament. “The rules have changed in the past 25 years,” NAE President Leith Anderson said. “Nuclear... by Josef Kuhn | Nov 4, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Congress prepares for a high-stakes battle over federal spending, religious leaders are lobbying senators to preserve foreign aid as a moral obligation. “We’re talking about lives—great numbers of lives that are saved with minimal input on our... by Josef Kuhn | Nov 3, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Responding to fresh controversy over Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, a group of Catholic elder statesmen on Wednesday (Nov. 2) called for more civility in politics, saying Catholics have been subjected to similar scrutiny. Speaking as “Catholic citizens... by Josef Kuhn | Oct 31, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A famously litigious lawyer has filed charges against the Catholic University of America (CUA) for not providing Muslim students with prayer rooms that are free of Catholic iconography. John F. Banzhaf III, a law professor at George Washington... by Josef Kuhn | Oct 28, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. Catholic bishops dispatched their new point man on religious freedom to warn Congress on Wednesday (Oct. 26) that religious people risk being labeled as “bigots” without greater conscience protections. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn.,...