Tag: Religion

Pakistan: Briton sentenced to death for blasphemy

Rebecca Santana · January 24, 2014 7:42 pm

Energy and Environment

Pope drafting encyclical on man and environment

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 4:44 pm

Sister Mary Grace visits with a resident at the Mullen Home for the Aged, run by Little Sisters of the Poor, in Denver, Colo., on Jan. 2. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Supreme Court offers nuns reprieve from Obamacare birth control mandate

Sean Lengell · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, manager Dustin Humes fixes a drink in a small room which is out of the view of patrons at Vivace Restaurant, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church has issued a sweeping defense of Utah's famously strict liquor laws, drawing a line against tourism, restaurant and bar industry advocates who have helped ease alcohol regulations in recent years. Ahead of the upcoming legislative session, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted to its website a hefty multimedia policy statement urging lawmakers to uphold rules that church leaders say are "closely tied to the moral culture of the state." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon church defends Utah liquor laws

Brady McCombs · January 23, 2014 11:47 pm

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his pope-mobile as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope: Internet is a ‘gift from God’ for dialogue

Nicole Winfield · January 23, 2014 11:09 am

Violence against Christians in the Middle East has not gotten much media attention. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Too Christian to excite the Left, and too foreign to excite the Right — Christian persecution in the Middle East

Timothy P. Carney · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of State Kerry to visit Vatican

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 3:38 pm

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Beltway Confidential

How women should dress in public, according to Muslim countries

Ashe Schow · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Kody Brown, center, poses with his wives, from left, Janelle, Christine, Meri, and Robyn in a promotional photo for TLC's reality TV show, "Sister Wives." (AP/TLC)

A ruling for polygamy — and freedom

Steve Chapman · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers his State of the Union addressÃÂ declared a "war on poverty"ÃÂ on Jan. 8, 1964. In background are Speaker John McCormack, left, and Sen. Carl Hayden. (AP Photo)

Time to change strategy in the ‘war on poverty’

Cal Thomas · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

Less than half of all Republicans believe in human evolution, a significantly smaller percentage than in 2009, according to a new study.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Republican belief in evolution declines, poll shows

Sean Lengell · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Brothers Silas "Uncle Si" Robertson, left, and Phil Robertson from the popular series "Duck Dynasty." Phil Robertson was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people.ÃÂ (AP Photo)

‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy should remind Christians what they stand for

Cal Thomas · December 25, 2013 5:00 am