Easter Service at DC Church Draws Obama Family
President Barack Obama and his family marked the Easter holiday by attending a music-filled service at a historically black Methodist church in southeast Washington. A boisterous crowd of more than 1,000 people welcomed the Obamas on Sunday at the Allen Chapel AME Church. Joining him at the service were his wife, Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia, and his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson. MORE |
Poll: 78% of Americans Believe Christ Resurrected
Sunday was the day Christians believe Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead, and 78 percent of Americans share that belief. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 10 percent don't believe Christ rose from the dead, and another 11 percent are not sure. Eighty-five percent (85 percent) also think that the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2,000 years ago. Six percent (6 percent) disagree. Eight percent (8 percent) aren't sure. MORE |
Missing Link Between Humans and Apes
Said To Be Found
A "missing link" between humans and their apelike ancestors has been discovered. The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton of a child is unveiled this week. Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a previously-unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been a intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced humans, Homo habilis. The new discovery could help to rewrite the history of human evolution by filling in crucial gaps in the scientific knowledge. MORE | 
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Obama’s Approval Rating Drops to Record Low
This healthcare thing apparently isn’t working out too well politically for President Barack Obama. His approval rating fell to a record low of 44 percent in the latest CBS News Poll. That compares to 49 percent in late March, just before the healthcare reform bill became law. His approval rating was 50 percent in January and 68 percent last April. Obama does even worse on healthcare. MORE |
Obama Sends Out Inclusive Easter Greeting
President Obama sent an Easter greeting Saturday that focused heavily on what people of all faiths have in common. The president made it clear that his family will be celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday, but made an effort to extend a Passover greeting to Jewish families and to address Hindus, Muslims and people of no faiths in his holiday message. MORE |
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British Christian Couple Forced to Sell Hotel After Run-In With Gays
A UK Christian couple has been forced to put their hotel up for auction, even after having been cleared of all accusations in a religious discrimination case. Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang said that business at their nine-bedroom Bounty House hotel has collapsed and they are losing about £8,000 per month. MORE |
Pope Hailed As 'Unfailing' Leader at Easter Mass
A senior cardinal defended Pope Benedict XVI from "petty gossip" on Sunday as the pontiff maintained his silence on mounting sex abuse cover-up accusations during his Easter message. The ringing tribute by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, at the start of Mass attended by tens of thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square, marked an unusual departure from the Vatican's Easter rituals. Sodano's defense of the pope's "unfailing" leadership and courage, as well as of the work of priests worldwide with children entrusted to their care, built on a vigorous Vatican campaign to defend Benedict's moral authority. MORE | 
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U.S. Congressmen: Clinton’s G8 Abortion Push is “Outrageous,”
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has received a flurry of criticism from politicians on both sides of the border for pushing abortion as a necessary component of the Canadian government's G8 maternal and child health initiative. While Canadian Conservative politicians and even the prime minister resented Clinton’s interference into Canadian politics, several Congressmen from her own nation have decried her intervention as... MORE |
Anglican Head Apologizes for Catholic Church Remarks
The head of the worldwide Anglican Communion has offered an apology after saying that the Catholic Church in Ireland had lost all credibility as a result of the child abuse scandal. Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams made the critical comments in an interview with Andrew Marr to be broadcast on BBC Radio... MORE |
Pastor Vows to Avoid Pro-Faith Message in School Speech
A Christian minister whose invitation to speak at the inauguration of the University of Rhode Island's new president has stirred controversy is assuring protesters that he won't be abusing the platform he's been given. Responding to objections from those concerned about the blurring of the lines between church and state, Pastor Greg Boyd of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minn., stated Friday that the message he will deliver “will be predicated on our shared humanity, not my particular theology." MORE |
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