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Listen to this episode now: [powerpress] TRANSCRIPT: Episode no. 1141 BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Coming up — in most states murderers can be put to death. Now the Supreme Court is considering whether those who rape children can also be executed. … More
“Forty-five years for Kenya is very a short period of time for 45 tribes to have come together and meshed into one,” says Kenyan Quaker minister Oliver Kisaka. More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: The two presumptive presidential candidates met with religious leaders this week. On Tuesday (June 10), Barack Obama held a closed door meeting with about 40 faith leaders, including megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes and evangelist Franklin Graham. … More
Right now, 36 states permit capital punishment for murder. Should that penalty be extended to those who rape children? More
Listen to this episode now: [powerpress] TRANSCRIPT: Episode no. 1140 KIM LAWTON, guest anchor: Coming up — a new blood test may make it possible to know who’s likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease — but should people do it? And … More
by Benedicta Cipolla When Hillary Clinton, a Methodist, discusses her faith, she almost always quotes her favorite passage from the Book of James: “faith without works is dead.” In 2004, John Kerry, a Catholic, also invoked the New Testament epistle … More
Scott Neeson gave up a rich life as a Hollywood movie executive to go live in Cambodia. There he helps poor children escape their lives as trash pickers and get an education. More
Listen to this episode now: [powerpress] TRANSCRIPT: Episode no. 1139 KIM LAWTON, guest anchor: Coming up — the inadequate response to the global food crisis. And the overall number of Catholic monks and nuns has been going down, but we … More
KIM LAWTON, anchor: Now, back to the global food crisis. Joining me today is Tony Hall, the former Ohio congressman who was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations humanitarian agencies in Rome. Ambassador Hall, welcome. When these leaders … More
In an extended conversation, former congressman and ambassador Tony Hall suggests that nations haven’t developed the political and spiritual will to confront the alarming global food crisis because “poor people don’t vote.” He says people of faith and all voters … More