Various civil rights organizations are expressing concern about the new Texas law, spearheaded by Sen. Bryan Hughes, enforcing classrooms across the state to require posting "In God We Trust" posters, should it be privately donated.
The rising number of evangelicals lin Rio de Janeiro, as well as gangs claiming to spread the gospel, see Afro-Brazilian religions as dangerously un-Christian, even evil, and declared a crusade against them.
The human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) on Jan. 18 slammed the Cuban government for what it described as an "unprecedented crackdown on churches across the denominational spectrum."
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic justice and third female justice and of the United States, as well as Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke out on Tuesday during the the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case.
As the U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday about whether for-profit companies could refuse the Affordable Care Act's mandate for contraception coverage to its employees citing religious beliefs, Hobby Lobby became part of a list of organizations to publicly take a religiously conservative stance on socioeconomic topics.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act's requirement that for-profit corporations provide insurance coverage for contraception, according to the "New York Times."
Russell Crowe's upcoming film Noah, based on the biblical story of the prophet who built an ark to protect his family from an apocalyptic flood, has been banned in several Muslim countries and is causing controversy among Christians as well.
By and large, Latino Americans are Catholic; a majority of the 52 million Hispanics living in the United States belong to the Catholic Church. However, Cathedrals are emptying, and former occupants have taken to worshiping in mosques.
