01: The fledgling website, www.catholicscholars.net represents a new attempt to steer the media to sources and referrals on the conservative side of the church spectrum. Conservative Catholics have long complained that the media reflects the views of liberal and dissenting Catholic theologians and spokespeople and ignores the perspectives of more traditional members as well as the church […]

01: Milli Gorus, a German group of Turkish Muslims, is on the government’s watch list of Islamic radical groups. Yet this group and its imam or leader Ramazan Ucar is said to be changing under a new generation from a militant identity to one promoting with democracy. The group, with 27,000 members and a network […]

01: The National Clergy Council is an increasingly influential player in the New Christian Right. Led by anti-abortion activist Rev. Rob Schenck, the council is said to represent 5,000 conservative ministers across the U.S. and was instrumental in the protests surrounding the removal of Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument. The Moore protests have given new […]

01: In accounts of prominent political conservatives who have recently converted to Roman Catholicism, the name of Fr. C. John McCloskey often makes an appearance. McCloskey, director of the Washington, D.C. archdiocese Catholic Information Center, is an Opus Dei priest who has been instrumental in the conversions of  such figures on the right as failed Supreme Court […]

01: The Free Monks, the first Orthodox rock band in Greece, have gained a national following as they mix modern and traditional messages and styles. The group of black-robed monks from the Brothers of St. Augustine is criticized by some traditional elements of the Greek Orthodox Church for its use of rock music, MTV style clips […]

01: Rev. Rick Warren made a name for himself through his burgeoning megachurch Saddle Back Community Church in California, and his writings and seminars on church growth. But the Southern Baptist pastor is now broadening his appeal to American evangelicals. His latest book, “The Purpose-Driven Life,” is a bestseller, with 4.5 million copies sold so far. By […]

01: Chino Shoho, a quasi-religious group, suddenly captured the public attention of the Japanese public toward the end of April. The group, also known as the Panawave Laboratory, formed a caravan of about 20 white vans claiming that they were escaping from a sustained assault by communist extremists on their 69 year-old female ailing guru, Yuko […]

01: Damaris Salons that blend feminism with Christian spirituality are growing across the country. The salons are the brainchild of the Damaris Project, a Dallas-based devoted to an evangelical perspective on faith and women’s issues. These forums, which have grown by word of mouth and are now active in cities including, New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., […]

01: Chrysalis is a unique faith-based social service program that provides recipients with alternatives to the majority of programs with a Christian orientation. A key issue surrounding faith-based social services is providing recipients with enough choices to ensure that  their religious freedom is not jeopardized. Chrysalis , devised by Rev. Laurie Etter, chaplain of York Correctional Institution […]

01: St. Benedict Center in Madison, Wisconsin is the first ecumenical community for women in the U.S. Lynne Smith, a Presbyterian minister, recently joined the community and another Protestant, a Mennonite, is also planning to join. Although the community only numbers three members, the center has long been open to ecumenical and even inter-faith guests. In […]