The refrigerator door is where parents often show off their children's artwork and other achievements.
Soldiers who don't believe in God can go to war with "Atheist" stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs are still officially invisible in the Army.
Drug gang banners appear in central Mexico city Pope will visit
Ever since the closing of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, conservative and liberal Roman Catholics have been deeply divided over church teachings, many of them concerning marriage and sexual matters. Those who are more conservative would like to see the teachings remain in place, while liberals would like to see drastic changes. Now, suddenly, after decades of internecine bickering, liberals and conservatives among Catholics have joined forces on an issue. Strangely enough, it involves artificial birth control, one of the sorest points between the two factions.
Voices of Faith: Can one experience the greatness of the Divine without prayer?
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Feb. 5:
In January, while conservative Christians and GOP presidential candidates were charging that "elites" have launched "a war against religion," a federal court in Rhode Island ordered a public school to remove a prayer mounted on a wall because it imposed a belief on 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist. The ruling seems particularly fitting because it was consistent not only with the First Amendment but with the intent of Roger Williams, who founded Rhode Island expressly to provide religious liberty and who called such forced exposure to prayer "spiritual rape."
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Feb. 3:
The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday, Feb. 6:
France's first public cemetery for Muslims was inaugurated Monday in the city of Strasbourg.
