Pope accuses critics of exploiting Pope Benedict XVI’s death
Aboard the papal planeAP Pope Francis accused some of his critics Sunday of taking advantage of retired Pope Benedict XVI’s death to score ideological points in the latest salvo in the partisan divide of the Catholic Church. During an airborne news conference returning from South Sudan, Francis was asked about the criticism that accelerated after the 31st […]
Watchdog files complaint after US judge gave Bible to Botham Jean’s murderer
RNS The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a letter of complaint with a Texas judicial conduct commission against a Dallas judge for offering a Bible to former police officer Amber Guyger after sentencing her for the murder of her neighbour, Botham Jean. The actions of Judge Tammy Kemp of Texas’ 204th District Court were […]
US Attorney General cleared in church complaint, perplexing some top Methodists
RNS United Methodist Church officials in Alabama have dismissed a complaint signed by more than 600 church members in July that chided Attorney General Jeff Sessions for implementing the family separation policy along the border and attempting to justify it with Scripture. But the logic of the decision, which cited a distinction between personal behavior […]