Our hand-picked mix of compelling news stories, commentaries from Maureen, and important updates about the show.
Can Grief Be a Mental Illness? With New Diagnostic Changes, Maybe 05-21-2013BY TIM TOWNSEND
(RNS) Each year 90,000 parents in the U.S. confront the profound suffering that follows the death of a child or adolescent.
On Saturday (May 18), in a move that could add to the tension between reli...
Anti-Shariah Movement Changes Tactics and Gains Success 05-20-2013BY OMAR SACIRBEY
(RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit...
Church-Based Scouting Alternatives Attract Interest 05-14-2013BY ADELLE M. BANKS
(RNS) They have pledges. They have merit badges. And they may go camping.
The logo for Royal Ambassadors, a missions-focused program for elementary school boys. The program is hosted in about 3,0...
Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Burial Angers Virginia Muslims 05-13-2013BY GARY STRAUSS
(RNS) Officials and local residents of a rural Virginia county say they’re surprised and angered that the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried in a local cemetery....
Abuse Watchdogs Say Bishops’ ‘Failings’ Hurt Their Credibility 05-10-2013BY DAVID GIBSON
(RNS) Even as an annual review this week gave Catholic bishops high marks on sex abuse prevention policies, officials with the church’s own oversight agencies expressed serious concerns about &ld...
A Controversial Broadway Play on the Virgin Mary Closes 05-08-2013BY DAVID GIBSON | NEW YORK
(RNS) A Tony-nominated play that offered a controversial take on the Virgin Mary reflecting on her life held its final performance on Sunday (May 5), closing after only two weeks as poor tic...
Church Leaders Tackle the Stigma of Mental Illness 05-07-2013BY BOB SMIETANA | NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(RNS) The Rev. Frank Page, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was getting ready to work in the yard in the fall of 2009 when the phone rang. His daughter was on the...
