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UN Chief Warns of Global War Over Religion, Says Only UN can Solve World’s Problems

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By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, September 21, 2006  On Tuesday,  Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered his final address to the United Nations General Assembly before he retires at the end of the year.  During the speech, which comes on the heels of the media-generated controversy regarding Pope Benedict XVI’s quoting of a text on Islam,…

Most diverse Christian gathering ever to discuss unity and common witness

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5.11.07 11:02 A unique gathering of high level church leaders to start Tuesday 6 November near Nairobi, Kenya, features the broadest range of Christian traditions ever represented at a global meeting, allowing for a discussion of unprecedented ecumenical breadth on what Christians are called to do – together if possible – in the world today….

Immigration debate turns to religion

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Lawmakers, religious leaders wrangle with the ethics of overhaul. By William Douglas McClatchy Newspapers Posted: Thursday, Jul. 15, 2010 WASHINGTON Religious leaders and lawmakers traded Scripture passages Wednesday at a congressional hearing on whether there’s an ethical imperative to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws. Arguing for a comprehensive immigration package with a guest-worker program, Richard…

Pelosi Says She Has a Duty to Pursue Policies in Keeping With The Values of Jesus, ‘The Word Made Flesh’

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(CNSNews.com) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she believes she must pursue public policies “in keeping with the values” of Jesus Christ, “The Word made Flesh.” Pelosi, who is a Catholic and who favors legalized abortion, voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion that was enacted into law in 2003.   At a May 6 Catholic Community Conference on Capitol Hill, the speaker said: “They ask me all the time, ‘What…

A moment of history: Kagan’s confirmation would mean no Protestants on Supreme Court

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By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court represents a turning point in American religious history: If Kagan is confirmed, the high court will not have a single Protestant member. Just over half of all Americans are Protestant, while less than one-quarter are Catholic and just 1.7…

Changing US demographics could make Latinos ‘hosts of table’

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Chris Herlinger New York (ENI). Roman Catholics in the United States are asking a question that touches on demographics and culture: what will the church look like in the coming years when at least 40 percent, and perhaps even a majority, of U.S. Catholics are Latino? At the very least, “they will not only have…

Obama nomination would boost ranks of Catholics on court

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Shift called sign of tolerance By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff  |  May 30, 2009 For the first 50 years of the Supreme Court, there were no Catholics on the bench, and for years after that, there was generally a single “Catholic seat.” Obama seeks to quell dust-up over Sotomayor remarks. A10 But over the last…

Obama, eyes on Vatican meeting, cites areas of cooperation

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WASHINGTON Pope Benedict XVI has “taken extraordinary leadership” on a host of issues that could form the basis for additional U.S.-Vatican cooperation, President Obama told religion writers at the White House earlier today. Obama and the pope are scheduled to meet for the first time at the Vatican July 10, following the president’s participation in…

US-Vatican diplomacy: 25 years official, centuries behind the scenes

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By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — From the earliest days of the nation, U.S. and Vatican leaders have considered it worthwhile to keep diplomatic channels open, despite the sometimes rocky political paths involved. Through times when the Vatican has served as intermediary between sparring nations, to a diplomatic-channel offer from the United States — politely…