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Associated Press – August 18, 2008 BEIJING – A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese customs officials left the airport Monday after a 26-hour standoff, saying they realized officials would not change their stance. Members of Vision Beyond Borders, who arrived in the southwestern city of Kunming on…

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI called for the establishment of “humanitarian corridors” between South Ossetia and the rest of Georgia, to facilitate aid to victims of the conflict between Georgia and Russia. The pope made his remarks on Sunday (August 17), following his weekly public recitation of…

By Tim Murphy Religion News Service (RNS) With summer wildfires raging across the western United States, California’s two largest Indian tribes are taking aim at Forest Service officials who they say are interfering with sacred lands. Members of the Yurok and Kurak nations consider the afflicted high country in Six Rivers National Forest to be…

By Lucky Severson c. 2008 Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly (UNDATED) All eyes are on China as it plays host to the 2008 Olympic games, and for the moment, earlier unrest over China’s treatment of Tibet has largely moved off center stage — much to Beijing’s relief. Yet the decades-long tussle over Tibet continues to color…
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