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Associated Press – February 8, 2008 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The founder of a popular Kentucky Christian museum that rejects evolution says in a new book that Darwin’s theory fuels racism and genocide. Ken Ham, who opened the Creation Museum last year, and co-author Charles Ware, president of Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis, have written “Darwin’s…

The Wichita Eagle, Kan. – February 7, 2008 Feb. 7–Before the colorful Dragon Dance, the passing out of “lucky money” and the shooting of fireworks in celebration of the lunar new year, members of the Phap Hoa Temple gathered in the shrine for prayer on Wednesday. Called together by the ringing of bells and chanting,…

By Omar Sacirbey 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Muslim Americans and political observers heralded the 2006 elections as a sort of debutante’s ball for the Muslim voter, when anger and organizational heft pushed unprecedented numbers of Muslim citizens to vote and get involved with U.S. politics. The 2008 election cycle, however, isn’t quite working out…

Associated Press – February 7, 2008 WASHINGTON – Republican Mitt Romney, in a speech Thursday ending his presidential candidacy, said Europe faces “demographic disaster” because of moral and religious failings, and warned that United States should not become “the France of the 21st century.” Romney also placed Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongside the United States’…

Associated Press – February 6, 2008 THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. “He died peacefully at about 7 p.m.,” said…

By Francis X. Rocca 2008 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY — With his decision last July to liberalize use of the Old Latin Mass, Pope Benedict XVI sought to appease traditionalists disaffected by recent changes to Catholic worship. But in making it easier for priests to celebrate the so-called Tridentine Rite, Benedict also resurrected a…

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…
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