Religion And Belief News

8:33 AM EST
2/9/2012 Health On The Hill Transcript: Backlash Grows Over Contraception Rule In Health LawReligion, politics and health care. It’s a potent combination as the political fight between the White House and Capitol Hill shows: A fight triggered by the administration’s decision to require most religious-affiliated institutions—such as Catholic hospitals—to include free contraceptive care as part of their health insurance coverage beginning in 2013.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Religion And Belief, Belief (faith)

8:04 AM EST
2/9/2012 The tribulations of being an Ethiopian JewAn estimated 125,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, but while they are supposed to be full citizens with equal rights, their community has continued to face widespread discrimination and socio-economic difficulties, according to its leaders.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Social Conflict, Religion And Belief, Judaism, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

1:07 PM EST
2/2/2012 Oddsmakers favor God, family for Super Bowl thanksThe offshore betting odds of who will be thanked first after the Super Bowl favor God and family.

Source:AHN Topics:Sports, Sports Event, Super Bowl, American Football, National Football League, Religion And Belief, Belief (faith)

12:25 PM EST
2/1/2012 Some 23 bodies stolen from Bangladesh cemeteryThe remains of 23 persons have been stolen from graves at a village in Gazipur, north of the Bangladesh capital, leaving a score of relatives in shock.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Society, Funeral, Religion And Belief, Islam, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Theft

5:15 PM EST
1/25/2012 WikiLeaks founder to host TV talk showWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced that he will host a TV talk show series, where he will interview iconoclasts, visionaries and power insiders to know their visions and ideas on how to secure a brighter future for the world.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Television, Human Interest, Curiosity, Religion And Belief, Philosophy

11:28 AM EST
1/25/2012 Leno's satirical depiction of holiest Sikh shrine generates controversyA skit by comedian Jay Leno is at the center of a diplomatic dust-up between the United States and Indian officials, with India saying this week it plans to launch an official complaint over a reference Leno made about an important Sikh shrine.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Television, Religion And Belief, Sikhism, Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations

7:39 PM EST
1/20/2012 Bishops Will Sue Feds Over Contraception RuleThe Department of Health and Human Services made no changes to a rule released in August that exempted some religious organizations, like those that employ or serve people who follow its religion, from the requirement. But religious organizations that do not meet those qualifications would be required to provide contraceptive coverage to employees. While churches are exempt, for example, religious universities and hospitals are not.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Religion And Belief, Christianity, Roman Catholic, Social Issue, Family Planning

11:44 AM EST
1/20/2012 Group leaves Presbyterian Church to form 'reformed' denominationSome members of the Presbyterian Church have created a new denomination they say is a "reformed body" with "accountable relationships" among its leaders. The move comes less than a year after the church became the latest Christian denomination to allow gays and lesbians to be ordained as ministers.

Source:AHN Topics:Religion And Belief, Christianity, Protestant, Social Issue, Minority Group, Gays And Lesbians

2:31 PM EST
1/17/2012 Supreme Court lets stand ruling that bans prayer at school board meetingsThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals that sought to give government organizations more discretion on whether to open their meetings with prayers. Instead, the court decided to let a federal appeals court decision stand that said a North Carolina school board would violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by starting its meetings with prayers.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Religion And Belief, Church And State Relations, Laws, Civil

8:32 AM EST
1/17/2012 Men at work? Israel’s ultra-Orthodox join the job marketThe vast majority of ultra-Orthodox men in Israel do not work or serve in the army, choosing instead a pious and largely impoverished life of studying religious texts, or Torah, mainly the Talmud. It is not that they cannot find work – Israel’s unemployment rate is at its lowest in decades – rather they do not want it and have none of the education or training needed to be employed. A host of organizations are making an effort to quietly reverse the trend towards shunning work by finding ways to integrate haredi men into the workforce.

Source:TML Topics:Social Issue, Minority Group, Labor, Employment, Religion And Belief, Judaism