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KRAKOW, Poland — “Warsaw,” I said, skittish about my impending travel plans. “I mean, it’s got the word war in it,” I told my brother. “And saw,” he added. In fact, my reaction seemed pretty typical. It seemed each time I told someone I was off to Poland, eyebrows would climb in response as if…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that an estimated 4,000 people who were imprisoned during anti-Chinese riots in Tibet last year remain in custody, and he called for an international investigation of the violence. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said he remains encouraged by the growing solidarity and support Chinese people and intellectuals…

(RNS) A Santeria priest can continue to sacrifice animals in his Texas home, a federal appeals court has ruled. Jose Merced of Euless was told in 2006 that he needed a permit to slaughter animals — including goats, sheep and turtles — in his house, rituals he said he had been performing for 16 years…

(RNS) Two Jehovah’s Witnesses received more than $1.3 million in a religious discrimination lawsuit against AT&T, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced on Friday (July 31). Jose Gonzalez and Glenn Owen, former AT&T customer service technicians, lost their jobs after attending a Jehovah’s Witness Convention in July 2005. The men had submitted several written requests…
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