Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Jesus Christ published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 469
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-40
•
Next >
-
Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
Tags: United Way , Social Organizations, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Abusive Behavior
-
Residents enjoy annual Palm Sunday march
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- This year, they hoped for good weather as members of four west-side churches met at St. Augustine Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. But the chilly weather had no bearing over the 75 or so marchers who, after the blessing and passing out...Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Baptist, Religion and Belief, Religious Festivals
-
Where religion and politics meet
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Five prominent religious leaders debated the role of religion in politics Tuesday night at the first installment of the 2012-13 Notre Dame Forum, "A More Perfect Union: The Future of America's Democracy." The panel discussion, titled...Tags: Politics, Government, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Christianity
-
US nuns consider response to Vatican censure
ST. LOUIS (AP) — At a pivotal national meeting, members of the largest group of U.S. nuns are weighing whether to accept or challenge a Vatican decision to assign control of the group to a trio of bishops after the Vatican concluded the nuns had...
Tags: Christianity, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Separation of Church and State
-
Anti-abortion group defends Bishop Jenky's controversial comments
WSBT-TV ReporterNOTRE DAME – A group made up of members from the infamous “ND 88,” people who were arrested and charged with trespassing when President Obama spoke at the university's 2009 commencement, did not hold back during a demonstration outside...Tags: Abortion Issue, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Education, Abortion
-
Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary
ReutersBUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel. Lorant...Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Government, Separation of Church and State, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
-
Letters to the Editor - May 13
What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...Tags: Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), Tea Party Movement, Judges, Same-Sex Marriage
-
In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?
It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...Tags: Tra Thomas, Death and Dying Customs, Slavery, Human Interest, Christianity
-
Religions rethinking the sin of suicide
The Salt Lake Tribune reporter Lisa Schencker writes for the Religion News Service about those left behind by the person who commits suicide and how different religions are changing their thinking about the sin of suicide: DRAPER, Utah (RNS) As young...
Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Suicide, Religion and Belief
-
Joseph E. Welsh, educator
Joseph E. Welsh, a retired Baltimore County public school educator who was also a hospice volunteer and Eucharistic minister, died Monday of melanoma at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Oak Crest Village resident was 80. "He was both my teacher and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Skin Cancer, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland)
-
Mormonism and the discussion of a woman's place
The newer, smaller and more centrally organized a religion is, the less prone it is to reformed versions breaking away. It also helps if the religion's followers form an insular group, to one extent or another, away from the tug of societal trends....
Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Rituals, Judaism, Separation of Church and State
-
In Theory: Has the economy damaged the work ethic?
Sociologist Max Weber first advanced the idea of a Protestant work ethic in 1914. A recent study suggests that not only does this ethic exist, it can make the effects of unemployment worse for Protestants than for non-Protestants. The Dutch survey,...Tags: Tra Thomas, Politics, Christian Orthodoxy, Colleges and Universities, Employment Opportunities
Apr 19, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Mar 24, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Sep 4, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Aug 10, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Apr 26, 2012
|Story| WSBT-TV
May 14, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 13, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 10, 2013
|Story| Burbank Leader
May 13, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 27, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Burbank Leader
Original site for Jesus Christ topic gallery.
