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By Adelle M. Banks 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The day after Super Tuesday, when so much was supposed to become so clear, evangelicals are as divided — and sought after — as they were the day before. “There was this expectation, I think, over the course of the last year, that evangelicals —…

Associated Press Vatican City – The number of men and women belonging to Roman Catholic religious orders worldwide has continued to decline but there has been an increase in priests assigned to dioceses, the Vatican said Tuesday. The Vatican’s statistics office said the total number of priests worldwide – those belonging to religious orders and…

Associated Press Oklahoma City – As a kid, Mart Green made 7 cents for every picture frame he glued together for his father’s arts and crafts business. But before he went out and bought baseball cards with his money, the 9-year-old gave 10 percent to charity. “That was just culture for me,” Green says. “It…

Associated Press Topeka, Kan. – The Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a grand jury from obtaining patient records from a physician who is one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers. The grand jury is investigating whether Dr. George Tiller has broken Kansas laws restricting abortion, as many abortion opponents allege. The grand…

Chicago Tribune – February 4, 2008 Feb. 4–Chicago’s new Episcopal bishop and the church’s national leader sent a clear message Sunday about where they stand on gay clergy, a smoldering issue that threatens to tear apart the denomination. Wrapping up a five-day tour in honor of Jeffrey Lee, the new Chicago bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori…

Associated Press – February 4, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY – Thomas S. Monson, a leader who became known for his folksy storytelling as he ascended through church ranks, was introduced Monday as the 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Monson, 80, succeeds Gordon B. Hinckley, who died last month at…

By Adelle M. Banks 2008 Religion News Service ATLANTA — Former President Bill Clinton closed out an historic meeting of Baptists Friday (Feb. 1) with a call to redouble efforts to help the poor and a renewed push to heal ideological splits with more conservative Baptists. “We have to meet this schism with respectful disagreement,”…

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1–The last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire moved a little closer to Roman Catholic sainthood Thursday, thanks to a Baptist woman from Kissimmee who claims the monarch’s intercession saved her from metastatic breast cancer. Emperor Karl von Habsburg, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2004, needs a Vatican-approved miracle…

Associated Press San Diego – The death of Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley renews attention on Mitt Romney’s little-known religion – yet rather than being reluctant to discuss it, he’s making a public embrace that shows some shifting political attitudes. Two months ago, questions about Mormonism had grown so distracting that Romney went to…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Atlanta – Since his days in the White House, former President Jimmy Carter has served as an elder statesman on global issues and garnered the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work along the way. Now he’s using his religious credentials — particularly his 65-year history of teaching…
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