Rev. Moon, A 'Savior' To Some, Lived A Big Dream
Rev. Sun Myung Moon died Sunday at age 92. The controversial founder of the Unification Church was known for attracting young converts in the 1970s and for conducting mass weddings. Sun Myung Moon was...
View ArticleAnti-Islam Film Crafted To Provoke, Experts Say
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. Good morning. For many Muslims, the film that sparked at least some...
View ArticleText Reignites Debate: Did Jesus Have A Wife?
A Harvard researcher says a "new gospel" written on a fragment of papyrus shows some early Christians believed Jesus had a wife. The fragment — which scholars believe was written in the fourth century...
View ArticleBoth Candidates Leave God Off The Campaign Trail
Religion used to be everywhere in the presidential elections. George W. Bush courted conservative believers in 2004. In 2008, Sarah Palin excited evangelicals and — unexpectedly — so did Barack Obama....
View ArticleSisters And Vatican II: A Generational Tug Of War
Fifty years ago, Pope John XXIII launched a revolution in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council opened on Oct. 11, 1962, with the goal of bringing the church into the modern world. Catholics...
View ArticleShift In Mormon Age Policy Widens Women's Options
Hannon Young was listening with only half an ear during the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints earlier this month when Church President Thomas S. Monson started...
View ArticleVoters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
As Americans go to the polls, one of the closest presidential races in years may be determined by a state in the Midwest and a hurricane named Sandy. After a campaign that has cost some $6 billion, the...
View ArticleVoters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
Americans elected Barack Obama to a second term Tuesday, with the president capturing or on the verge of winning all of the key states that had been at the center of his hard-fought campaign against...
View ArticleFor Religious Conservatives, Election Was A 'Disaster'
Many religious conservatives thought this might be the year of an evangelical comeback, when voters would throw President Obama out because of his support of same-sex marriage and abortion, and his...
View ArticleMormonism: A Scrutinized, Yet Evolving Faith
Mitt Romney refused to mix religion with politics in this year's presidential campaign, but that didn't repress people's curiosity about Mormonism. His candidacy brought the homegrown faith into the...
View ArticleAfter Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope
The Mile High Gliding facility at the Boulder Airport in Colorado is one of Carol Fiore's favorite haunts. And it's a perfect day for flying: clear, breezy and with a gorgeous view of the Rocky...
View ArticleChristians Debate: Was Jesus For Small Government?
What would Jesus do with the U.S. economy?That's a matter of fierce debate among Christians — with conservatives promoting a small-government Jesus and liberals seeing Jesus as an advocate for the...
View ArticleWatergate Figure, Evangelist Chuck Colson Dies At 80
Charles Colson, who served time in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal and later became an influential evangelical Christian, has died. Colson went from being one of the nation's most despised...
View ArticleFrom Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith
This is the first in a series of stories on losing faith.Teresa MacBain has a secret, one she's terrified to reveal."I'm currently an active pastor and I'm also an atheist," she says. "I live a double...
View ArticleFive Philly Priests Removed For Sex Abuse Allegations
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia announced today that he is removing five priests from ministry. Charles Chaput said investigations into other priests accused of...
View ArticleSame Bible, Different Verdict On Gay Marriage
When President Obama announced he now supports same-sex marriage, he cited his Christian faith."The thing at root that we think about is, not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf, but it's...
View ArticleFor Evangelicals, Romney Is The Lesser Of Two Evils
On Saturday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University, the nation's largest evangelical university. The speech will be...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Priest Abuse Trial Takes Combative Turn
A clergy sex-abuse trial is intensifying in a Philadelphia courtroom. One defendant is James Brennan, a priest accused of trying to rape a minor.What's drawing attention is the second defendant,...
View ArticleCatholic Abuse Case Going To Jury In Philadelphia
In a Philadelphia courtroom, jurors are hearing closing arguments in a historic case involving the Catholic sex abuse scandal. William Lynn, a monsignor in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is the first...
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