MiamiHerald.com: Religion & Values http://www.miamiherald.com/367/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Religion andamp; Values http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/367/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Religion & Values 60 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:54:05 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/531464.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/531464.html Tue, 13 May 2008 13:50 EDT The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God. Pastor apologizes for anti-Catholic remarks http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/531481.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/531481.html Tue, 13 May 2008 13:30 EDT John Hagee, an influential televangelist who endorsed John McCain, is apologizing to Catholics for referring to the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and calling it "the apostate church." Monks back on front lines to aid cyclone victims http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/530183.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/530183.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:36 EDT The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar's military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and spiritual solace to cyclone victims. Attorney wants pope to testify on clergy sex abuse http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/530787.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/530787.html Mon, 12 May 2008 23:43 EDT Pope Benedict XVI should be questioned soon about clergy sex abuse in the Catholic church because he is the most knowledgeable person on the topic and his advanced age makes future testimony unlikely, an attorney said Monday. Pastors encouraged to violate IRS ban on partisan politics http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/527671.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/527671.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:15 EDT Conservative legal advocates are recruiting pastors nationwide to defy an IRS ban on preaching about politicians, in a challenge they hope will abolish the restriction. N.M. apocalyptic sect leader released on bond http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/527689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/527689.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:36 EDT Authorities say the leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico has been released from jail after his son posted his bond. Religion news in brief http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/525849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/525849.html Thu, 08 May 2008 12:07 EDT Nearly two-dozen conservative Christian leaders have signed a letter to the Senate Finance Committee questioning an investigation into six large ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity. Dalai Lama's envoy details Tibetan proposals at China talks http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524157.html Thu, 08 May 2008 04:19 EDT The Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives said Thursday. Religion in the news http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/525847.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/525847.html Thu, 08 May 2008 12:07 EDT Author Brian McLaren is among the most influential American religious thinkers of the last decade. Israel celebrates its 60th with pride, but also uncertainty http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524604.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524604.html Thu, 08 May 2008 09:29 EDT Israel staged its 60th birthday bash with fireworks, air force flyovers and a great sense of pride Thursday, but also with uncertainty about its future and doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians. Israel's Arab minority ambivalent about Independence Day http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524723.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524723.html Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09 EDT The highway leading to this Arab town in central Israel was lined with blue-and-white Israeli flags Wednesday to mark the country's 60th Independence Day. But no banners fluttered in Kufr Qassem itself. For missionaries, a struggle to stay afloat in economic downturn http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524803.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524803.html Wed, 07 May 2008 15:59 EDT Every month, Phil Davis receives a deposit of American money in his Czech bank account. And every month, he sees that deposit shrink. Evangelical leaders say their faith is too politicized http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524996.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/524996.html Wed, 07 May 2008 18:14 EDT Prominent evangelicals urged Christian conservatives Wednesday to support "an expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics," angering some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with the Republican Party. Church leader arrested on sex charges in northeast N.M. http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/523059.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/523059.html Tue, 06 May 2008 21:03 EDT The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children. Priest who was chaplain gets 4 years for sex with inmates http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/522024.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/522024.html Mon, 05 May 2008 16:25 EDT A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for having sex with two inmates while a chaplain at a women's prison. Chinese orchestra to play for Pope, suggesting warmer ties http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/521454.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/521454.html Mon, 05 May 2008 08:14 EDT The China Philharmonic Orchestra plans to perform this week for Pope Benedict XVI, state media reported Monday, the latest indication that the often-strained ties between Beijing and the Vatican are improving. Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/520864.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/520864.html Sun, 04 May 2008 17:43 EDT A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a 17th-century shepherd girl in the French Alps. Documents show UK post-WWII dilemma over Jewish refugees http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/521003.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/521003.html Sun, 04 May 2008 20:19 EDT Documents released Monday show how the British government tried to send thousands of Palestine-bound Jewish survivors of the Nazi genocide back to postwar Germany without inflaming world opinion. Evangelicals say faith is now too political http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/519151.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/519151.html Sat, 03 May 2008 02:38 EDT Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the culture wars. Religion in the news http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/518275.html http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/518275.html Fri, 02 May 2008 07:01 EDT Bishop J. Douglas Wiley has just a tent for a church and a fraction of his congregants, more than 2 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina.