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Christianity
Religion was barely mentioned at all in last week’s Supreme Court arguments. Are we seeing the last days of religious-based marriages and welcoming same sex marriage?…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 4, 2015
Christianity
Local Baltimore church leaders speak out about the Freddie Gray case and the riots that have followed. Friday, six police officers were arrested and arraigned for…
Catholicism
Illinois bishop urges the Catholic community to try to put themselves in African-American shoes to better understand the country’s ‘racial divide.’ Bishop Edward K. Braxton of…
Ethics
In an incident caught on tape, a Sydney woman defends a Muslim couple from an elderly woman’s disrespectful criticisms. Riding home on the train one day,…
Christianity
When it comes to the thorny issues in life, such as abortion and euthanasia, both liberal and conservative groups of Catholics are often divided on their…
Christianity
A Chinese pastor was sentenced to a year of jail time after being found guilty of disrupting social order by a jury after a trial that…
Ethics
Trevor Noah, a newly announced replacement for Jon Stewart as host on Comedy Central’s hugely popular The Daily Show, has come under intense media criticism and…
Christianity
A Christian fraternity is in the middle of a religious debate after claiming to have been wrongfully removed by California State University, Stanilaus. The move comes…
Entertainment
The Church of Scientology launched a public relations campaign on Twitter during HBO’s airing of a documentary pitted against Scientology. Alex Gibney’s controversial documentary, Going Clear:…
Ethics
Two Australian Muslim drug traffickers are appealing to the Indonesian court by asking for mercy in the name of their religion. The two men, convicted of…
Atheism
Image courtesy of American Atheists. American Atheists are up in arms that their promotional billboard has been subject to censorship in America’s heartland. American Atheists makes…
Ethics
The old adage: “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” has played out in the warring country. Two groups, Sunnis and Shiites, have now united…