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By Kay Campbell Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — In the midst of their fight to bring freedom to Iraq and Afghanistan, some American soldiers say they are finding their own freedoms threatened by the troops on their own side. Though the U.S. Constitution mandates that the government apply no test of faith for employment…

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oral Roberts was blind-sided by allegations that the university he founded was being exploited by his son and daughter-in-law, the aging televangelist said Tuesday in his first public comments on the case. Roberts phoned CNN’s “Larry King Live” to weigh in on the accusations leveled in…

By Christine Hanley Associated Press Bishop Tod Brown of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange pleaded not guilty today to contempt of court and apologized to the four women who settled their molestation lawsuits against the diocese last week. Lawyers made opening statements in the contempt case, which was then continued until December. “I want…

By Shona Crabtree Religion News Service Imagine spending a year of your life without telling a single lie, coveting thy neighbor’s iPhone or touching women. Author A.J. Jacobs did all that and more — stoning suspected adulterers with pebbles gathered in Central Park, worshipping with snake handlers at a Tennessee church, sacrificing chickens — while…

By Jamal Halaby Associated Press Israeli doctors screened 40 Iraqi children suffering from heart disease Tuesday – a rare case of direct cooperation between the Jewish state and the Arab country. The doctors said they hoped their work would help improve relations between the two Mideast nations and ease tensions between Israel and the rest…

Associated Press – October 8, 2007 STEPHENS CITY, Va. – A stray kitten has found a new mother in a golden retriever, who began producing milk for the little feline after hearing its cries. Honey hadn’t given birth in 18 months, but after her owner, Jimmy Martin, brought home the kitten, she suddenly found herself…

United Press International BARCELONA, Spain, Oct 8, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) — More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus set foot in the Bahamas, DNA experts are working to determine the particulars of his early life. Theories about the mariner’s origins run the gambit from the illegitimate son of a prince to a Jewish refugee…

By ADELLE M. BANKS c. 2007 Religion News Service Young people have graded Christianity, and so far, the report card doesn’t look good. Majorities of young people in America describe modern-day Christianity as judgmental, hypocritical and anti-gay. What’s more, many Christians don’t even want to call themselves “Christian” because of the baggage that accompanies the…

By BECKIE SUPIANO Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Jill Peddycord and Gary Bradley bow their heads and pray in the front seats of a white van parked outside Metropolitan Baptist Church here. Peddycord asks for God’s blessing as they begin the weekly rounds of Metropolitan’s transportation ministry. Many churches provide rides to worship services for…

By ROBERT L. SMITH Religion News Service AKRON, Ohio — From a small house on a busy street, Ai Hong and his wife, Aliyeh Chan, devote hours responding to the military crackdown in Myanmar, their former home. The military has the guns. The military has the might, they acknowledge. “Prayer is our weapon,” Hong says…
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