Washington Post editor Melinda Henneberger on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews last night made this startling statement ‘defending’ the Catholic Church: “Maybe the Founders were wrong to guarantee free exercise of religion in the First Amendment but that is what they did and I don’t think we have to choose here.” Here’s a transcript of [...]

A couple in San Juan Capistrano, California have been fined for holding a Bible study in their home. The city officials also demanded that the home Bible study group stop meeting unless they get an expensive Conditional Use Permit. Chuck and Stephanie Fromm were fined $300 earlier this year after an atheist in their neighborhood [...]

Evangelist Luis Palau was allowed by the government to preach the Gospel to tens of thousands in a soccer stadium in Ho Chi Minh City (Formerly Saigon), Vietnam this past weekend. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the Protestant church in the country. (Photo: Luis Palau Association/Brad Person) Vietnamese church leaders worked with government [...]

(Image by Catholic Church (England and Wales) via Flickr) VATICAN CITY —On Monday during a speech to ambassadors, Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to over-turn its controversial blasphemy laws. The Pope said that the laws were being used as an excuse for violence against Christians and non-Muslims: "I once more encourage the leaders of that [...]

(Image by Thorne Enterprises via Flickr) I have read several articles in the last couple of weeks pointing out that President Obama has stopped referring to ‘freedom of religion’ in his speeches and has begun to use the term ‘freedom of worship’ instead. What’s the difference? A lot. Freedom of Religion ‘Freedom of Religion’ is [...]