Religious leaders around the country are stepping forward to denounce acts of anti-Islamic bigotry emerging in the wake of the heated debate around the Park51 Islamic center proposed for lower Manhattan In a joint statement released at the National Press Club September 7 national religious figures

Faith in Public Life hosted an unusual teleconference September 1 bringing together the odd couple of U S religious leaders and international relations and security experts to discuss the increasingly strident national debate if it can be so characterized over the Park51 Cordoba Initiative That

On the eve before talks between Israel and Palestinian leaders in Washington Hamas does its level best to torpedo whatever progress might have been achieved by murdering four civilians including two women one of whom was pregnant Worse Hamas threatens more attacks Haaretz reports The statemen

A graphic look at the Ground Zero Mosque controversy courtesy of Mark A Schmidt

shortest one act play Belgian s Cardinal Godfried Danneels met with a victim of sexual assault now 42 and his uncle-perpetrator Bishop Robert Vangheluwe in early April The bishops spoke freely because they did not understand the conversation was being taped and would not be kept secret as

I m loath to do it but it seems like somebody here should comment on this weekend s Beckapalooza in Washington In promoting tomorrow s megalomania nbsp at the memorial OK he didn t really call it that Glenn Beck has nbsp thoughtfully observed that African Americans don t own Martin Luther K

It doesn t and here s proof from mewithoutYou hat tip to Chris Bodenner at the Daily Dish nbsp nbsp mewithoutYou is fronted by Aaron Weiss raised with his brother in a Muslim-Sufi tradition which informs his I would say unique but uniquely faithful might be better understanding of Ch

Proponents of embryonic stem cell research heartened by an executive order from President Obama which lifted many Bush-era restrictions on federal money for this controversial bio-medical research are facing a setback after a federal court suspended the 2009 executive order Chief Judge Royce C L

There has been a lot of talk about the Park51 facility and the purportedly dark and Dr No-ish intentions of its bankrollers and founders The so-called ldquo Ground Zero mosque rdquo is on the verge of becoming this election season rsquo s rhetorical blackhole It rsquo s unclear what comes out

It shouldn t be a surprise to learn that Pope Benedict XVI s decision to refuse the resignations of Dubln auxillary bishops Eamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field has unleashed an outpouring of outrage in Ireland The bishops had resigned at the urging of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin who demand