Monthly Archives: July 2013

AS part of his drive to make the Catholic church more austere and focus on the poor, Francis told young and trainee priests and nuns from around the world that having the latest smartphone or fashion accessory was not the route to happiness.

BIBLE study leader Michael Salman is sitting in jail today after his home was raided earlier this week by more than a dozen Phoenix, Ariz. police officers and city officials. His offense? The city says people aren't allowed to hold private Bible studies on their own property.

ROGER Bolton also said if the BBC interviews a Christian who objects to abortion on religious grounds, “they are treated as though they are just a bit barmy.”

THE story of Job in the Bible is a remarkable one. The book itself is a remarkable account of the man, who was the greatest of all the people in the East. We do not know for sure the time that Job lived in, although Bible scholars put him alongside patriarch Abraham.

A Christian girl who was accused of burning Islam's holy book in a case that focused international attention on Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws is now in Canada with her family after spending months in hiding, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said.

GRIZZLY stories of murders, rapes, and beheadings by Islamists are increasingly appearing in the news. The latest: the brutal public murder of three Catholics in Syria, attended by a cheering crowd.

TOMLIN'S 7th album "Burning Lights" debuted in January at No. 1 the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the fourth album from the contemporary Christian music genre to do so.

FOUR Presbyterian churches in New Jersey will be holding a lecture series about how the United States has become the "hardest mission field."