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Associated Press Beijing – Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success. Drawn to a nation of 1.3 billion people under atheist rule, the groups prepared for years for what the Southern Baptists once called “a spiritual harvest unlike any other.” “We…

Associated Press – August 20, 2008 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Roman Catholic diocese has tentatively agreed to pay $10 million to settle 47 pending sexual abuse claims against the diocese and its priests. In a letter sent to priests with the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese late Tuesday night, Bishop Robert W. Finn said the…

Associated Press – August 20, 2008 PONCE DE LEON, Florida – When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay away from children. He suspended some of her friends who expressed…

United Press International – August 19, 2008 BEIJING, Aug 19, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) — For Rabbi Shimon Freundlich, the road to the Beijing Olympics was an obstacle course to provide Kosher food and spiritual comfort to Jewish athletes. Although Beijing has at least one Kosher restaurant, where Freundlich certifies the food, Judaism is not…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service California’s Supreme Court ruled Monday (Aug. 18) that doctors cannot discriminate against gays and lesbians even if they believe their religious freedom will be violated during a course of treatment. The case involved a San Diego County lesbian, Guadalupe Benitez, who informed doctors that she and her partner…

Associated Press Chicago – When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors “need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle.” More than half of randomly surveyed adults –…

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service Mark Kushner pulled up to the Watson family’s suburban Philadelphia home a week after the birth of their first son, Colin. In the dining room, he unpacked the tools of his trade: sterilized surgical instruments, topical anesthetic, prayer shawls and a small bottle of kosher wine. The shawls went…

Associated Press – August 18, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pervez Musharraf resigned as the president of Pakistan on Monday, ducking out of a power struggle with rivals vowing to impeach him that would have deepened the country’s political crisis. His exit, communicated in a defiant televised address, gives the political parties, which sidelined the steadfast…

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…
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