NEWS OF THE WEEK
This week, the federal government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled plans to regulate the controversial practice of payday loans. Many consumer advocates, including religious leaders, have long objected to these high-interest loans that can devastate a poor family. Watch our … More
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church was one of the more than 75 parishes the Archdiocese of Boston ordered closed in the wake of the clergy sex abuse crisis. Last Sunday (May 29), it celebrated its last Mass. About 100 die-hard … More
Wildlife officials have begun removing some of the 137 tigers held at a Buddhist temple in Thailand. The monks in charge of the temple have been accused of illegal breeding and trafficking of animals. Forty dead tiger cub carcasses were … More
Muslims in Iran are expected to skip this year’s hajj pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia oversees the pilgrimage to Mecca by more than two million Muslims from around the world. Iran says the Saudis could not guarantee the safety of its citizens … More
Muslims begin observing the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday evening (June 5). Muslims who are able to do so are called upon to fast every day from dawn to sunset and offer gifts to the poor.
Televangelist Jan Crouch, who co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died this week, just days after suffering a stroke. She was 78. Jan and her husband, Paul Crouch, launched the network in 1973. TBN says its programming is carried by over … More
President Obama visited Hiroshima, Japan on Friday (May 27). He is the first sitting American president to visit the site of the atomic bombing at the end of War World II. Religious leaders and anti-nuclear activists encouraged the visit. During … More
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both sought backing from Latino evangelicals this past week. In recent elections, evangelicals have been a core part of the Republican coalition. But they are divided over whether to support Trump. Watch our story this … More
Federal prosecutors announced this week that they will seek the death penalty for Dylan Roof. The 22-year-old is accused of killing nine black parishioners at an African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina last June. Federal prosecutors rarely seek … More
Officials from 11 states have sued the Obama administration over its requirement that public schools across the country provide transgender students with equal access to educational programs and activities. The directive made clear that schools must also allow transgender students … More
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