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By Francis X. Rocca c. 2008 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY — The last time Pope Benedict XVI traveled overseas, to the United States in April, he received a warm and reverent welcome, and went home more popular than when he arrived. This Saturday (July 12), Benedict travels to Australia for what will be only…

Mallika Rao Religion News Service Washington – A Native American prisoner who was denied the eagle feathers he needed to practice his religious rites will be represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in a suit against the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. Penitentiary officials confiscated the single feather held by North Arapaho tribesman…

Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee has successfully worked with copyright lawyers to get more than 120 videos featuring him removed from YouTube. The development was reported by The Huffington Post, whose blogger Max Blumenthal discovered that a video he had made at Hagee’s Christians United for Israel conference last…

Grand Rapids Press Cascade Township, Mich. (RNS) – A gay man is suing two heavyweight Christian publishers, claiming their versions of the Bible that refer to homosexuality as a sin violate his constitutional rights and have caused him emotional pain and mental instability. Bradley LaShawn Fowler of Canton, Mich., is seeking $60 million from Zondervan,…
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