Tag: Religion

Francis kisses ‘mini-me’ pope as Carnival starts

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 1:42 pm

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is greeted by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, left, as he arrives for a consistory inside the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb.22, 2014. Benedict XVI has joined Pope Francis in a ceremony creating the cardinals who will elect their successor in an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Benedict denies he was pressured to resign

Nicole Winfield · February 26, 2014 10:18 am

Washington Secrets

Poll: Christianity under attack, losing culture war

Paul Bedard · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer delivers her State of the State address at the Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes religious freedom bill

Ashe Schow · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

A graphic designer sports an anti-Senate Bill 1062 sign that reads "Open For Business To Everyone" on Wednesday in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Beltway Confidential

Law professors: Arizona bill isn’t about gay marriage

Joel Gehrke · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez speaks during the presentation of the book, to which he contributed, "Poor for the poors, the mission of the Church" by Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, background, in Vatican City, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Gutierrez is considered the father of the Liberation theology for his 1971 book "Teologia de la liberation. Prospectivas" (Theology of Liberation. Perspectives). (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Founder of Liberation Theology hailed at Vatican

Nicole Winfield · February 25, 2014 10:51 pm

Immigration reform advocates pray before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in May. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Poll: 8 of 10 evangelicals reject clergy’s push for amnesty; 29% want border closed

Paul Bedard · February 23, 2014 5:00 am

"The Hindus: An Alternative History" is no longer available for sale in India.

Extremist censorship holds Hindus in chains

Shikha Dalmia · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

File - In this Oct. 13, 2013 file photo, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk past a picture of the late religious spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, at a ceremony a week after his funeral in Jerusalem. The Spanish conservative government, which enjoys an absolute majority in Parliament, plans to make amends in weeks to come with a law that offers citizenship to the legions of Jews forced to flee Spain in 1492. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Once hounded, Sephardic Jews find Spanish embrace

ARON HELLERJORGE SAINZ · February 14, 2014 8:25 pm

Manhattan Moment: Pope Francis needs a tutorial in economics

Guy Sorman · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

The Little Sisters of the Poor is an order of Catholic nuns that runs homes for the elderly poor. They object to providing contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilizations in their health benefits packages -- not exactly surprising, considering they are, well, Catholic nuns. (Photo: Becket Fund)

Little Sisters case shows how Obama administration is not respecting religious freedom

Peter Kirsanow · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Christian worshipers gather next to a statue of the Virgin Mary, that residents say "weeps" oil, inside an apartment belonging to the Khoury family, in Tarshiha, a small town in northern Israel,Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. The family says it is most striking when a "tear" seems to roll down the statue's cheek. It says some 2,000 people have come to see the statue over the last week.

Hundreds flock to ‘weeping’ Mary statue in Israel

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2014 9:28 pm