by Greg Garrison and The Birmingham News | Jan 24, 2011 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) EWTN Global Catholic Network, the Alabama-based international media enterprise founded by Mother Angelica in 1981, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the National Catholic Register newspaper. “I am very pleased and excited that the...
by Kim Chandler and The Birmingham News | Jan 21, 2011 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley apologized to anyone who was offended with his inaugural day comments that non-Christians were not his “brothers and sisters.” Bentley met for an hour with members of Alabama’s Jewish community on Wednesday (Jan. 19),...
by David White and The Birmingham News | Jan 19, 2011 | News
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (RNS) Newly sworn-in Gov. Robert Bentley said he plans to be the governor of all Alabamians and be color-blind, but also said that people who aren’t “saved” Christians aren’t his brothers and sisters. Bentley told a large crowd on Monday (Jan. 17) at...
by Anne Ruisi and The Birmingham News | Dec 15, 2010 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) It was all a joke, says Chuck Biddinger, a small business owner in Roebuck, Ala., whose outdoor sign last week sported the phrase “BBQ Pork Restaurant Is Safest No Muslims Inside.” Muslims, however, didn’t find it funny. “I still can’t get over...
by Greg Garrison and The Birmingham News | Aug 16, 2010 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Trustees at Birmingham-Southern College on Wednesday (Aug. 11) accepted the resignation of President David Pollick after a months-long controversy over accounting errors and overspending. The financial mismanagement helped put the United...
