05/07/2008 Woman finds bible filled with thousands of dollars Berda Mabury says the bible was filled with cash, tithes, and personal checks. What would you do if you found a bible on the street, with thousands of dollars inside? Would you keep it? It was never really a question for one Dallas woman. There's not just one church on 56th Street on South Oak Cliff, there are five. So when Dallas fourth grade school teacher, Berda Mabury, found a Bible on the sidewalk, she wasn’t surprised. That is, until she looked inside and found several thousand dollars.

04/22/2008 Priest disappears into the sky after attempt to brake record Searchers scanned the waters off Brazil’s southern Atlantic coast on Tuesday for a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after floating into the sky under hundreds of helium party balloons.

04/20/2008 The Pope celebrates mass at Yankee Stadium; Louisville Archdiocese celebrates 200 years The Yankee Stadium Mass celebrated in part, the bicentennial of the Archdiocese of Louisville, the first inland diocese in the United States when it was Formed in Bardstown in 1808. • WHAS11 coverage

04/17/2008 Pope celebrates first public Mass of US trip in Washington Pope Benedict XVI praised America as a land of opportunity and hope Thursday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his U.S. pilgrimage, but he lamented that the nation’s promise fell short for Indians and blacks.

04/16/2008 Bush, big White House crowd greet pope on his birthday An enthralled South Lawn crowd of more than 9,000 sang “Happy Birthday” to Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, and President Bush said that the first papal White House visit in 29 years was a reminder for Americans to “distinguish between simple right and wrong.” • Archbishop Joseph Kurtz on the significance of the Pope's visit

04/15/2008 Archbishop Joseph Kurtz on the significance of the Pope's visit WHAS11's Joe Arnold sat down with Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz to talk about the signaficance of the Pope's visit • WHAS11 coverage • Raw interview: Archbishop Joseph Kurtz

04/06/2008 Search continues at polygamist compound Authorities who removed 219 women and children from a polygamist compound were struggling Sunday to determine whether they had the 16-year-old girl whose report of an underage marriage led them to raid the sprawling rural property. • Associated Press coverage

03/10/2008 Vatican official lists new sins: drugs, pollution, DNA manipulation A Vatican official has listed drugs, pollution, genetic manipulation and social and economic injustices as new areas of sinful behavior. • Tell Us: What do you think?

02/03/2008

Motorcycle ministry caters to bikers, others in different setting
“It’s different, but they find acceptance,” he said. “Jesus talked to fishermen about fishing, farmers about farming and we talk to bikers. Every Sunday morning we tell them, ‘We don’t care who you are, where you’ve been, or what you’re into. We just care about where you’re going.”

01/28/2008

Political leaders and believers mourn the death of Mormon church president Gordon B. Hinckley
Thousands of believers were in mourning Monday following the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith’s image as a world religion.

01/21/2008

$2M project aims to restore landmark civil rights church
Bethel Baptist Church in Collegeville, Alabama, survived three bombings during the civil rights era between 1956 and 1962. It’s still standing, but needs some work.

Clinton tells Harlem churchgoers of being stirred by MLK
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has told those attending a historic Harlem church service that going with her church youth group to hear the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior speak was a transforming experience.

Obama calls for unity at King's church
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is calling for unity among black voters to overcome what he calls America’s “moral deficit.”

01/13/2008

In South Carolina, churchgoers still searching for a GOP candidate
The faithful in South Carolina are still looking for the Republican presidential candidate who is the answer to their prayers.

12/22/2007

Pregnant teens spark moral debate
In the new movie “Juno” and now in real life with Jamie Lynn Spears, 16-year-old girls get pregnant and decide to bear the child rather than opt for abortion.

12/21/2007

Pope seeks Chinese solution
This year, the pope has stepped up efforts to improve church relations with China.

12/19/2007

City workers sue for alleged violation of religious rights

12/10/2007

Winfrey and Obama make religious appeal at campaign rally

Baghdad Christians pack church for mass by Iraqi Cardinal

Police Chief says Denver suburb mourns slain missionaries
Arvada, Colorado, Police Chief Don Wick says the entire community is grieving with the families of the young missionaries who were shot early Sunday.

Armed guard who killed church gunman called a life-saver

12/09/2007

Baghdad Christians pack church for Sunday Mass by Iraq’s first cardinal
Under heavy guard and broadcast live on Iraqi state television, the service was capped by a handshake from a visiting Shiite imam—a symbolic show of unity between Iraq’s majority Muslim sect and its tiny Christian community.

Deadly church shooting A man and a woman were killed and two men were wounded, a police spokesperson said

The war on Christmas The cross is about 60 feet high and was displayed by Texas Gas Transmission. The company’s president says the cross is a religious symbol that isn’t accepted by everyone.

12/06/2007

Bullitt County church damaged by fire

Romney says he'd serve nation, not Mormon church if elected president
His campaign at a crossroads, Republican Mitt Romney said Thursday his Mormon faith should neither help nor hinder his quest for the White House.

12/02/2007

Suspended student sues Regent University and Pat Roberston
A Regent University law student who was expelled for posting an unflattering photo of school founder Pat Robertson on the Internet has filed a federal lawsuit against Robertson and the university.

Jehovah's Witness teen reportedly dies without blood transfusion
A Seattle newspaper says a 14-year-old Jehovah’s Witness who had leukemia has died a few hours after a judge ruled that he had a religious right to refuse a blood transfusion.

11/28/2007

Roberts: God forced resignation from university
Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but he did so because God insisted.

11/15/2007 Voters recieve calls about Romney and his Mormon faith Residents in New Hampshire and Iowa have received phone calls raising questions about Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, his Mormon faith and the Vietnam War-era military deferments he received while serving as a missionary in France.

11/14/2007

ACLU legal fight over legislative prayer continues
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana wants a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision that could allow the return of sectarian prayers to the state House of Representatives.

Oral Roberts faculty votes against RIchard Roberts

Governor prays for rain in drought-ridden Georgia
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has led a solemn crowd of several hundred people in a prayer for rain for his drought-stricken state.

11/11/2007 Archbishop attends abortion protest Archbishop Joseph Kurtz joined 250 people in a prayer vigil outside of a Louisville clinic

11/06/2007 Fletcher posts Ten Commandments in Capitol building Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher was hitting on one of his re-election campaign themes the day before Kentucky’s general election.

11/01/2007

Poll: Evangelicals could bolt GOP if Giuliani is nominee

Fletcher administration asks court for ruling on Ten Commandments Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s administration, a week before the general election, has asked a federal court to clarify a 2006 ruling on the Ten Commandments in hopes of posting a recently donated collection.

10/31/2007

Religious leaders call for action on global warming
A coalition of religious leaders urged Congress on Wednesday to ensure that the poor and most vulnerable are protected from the effects of climate change.

$2.9 million awarded in verdict against military funeral protesters
A grieving father won a $2.9 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality.

10/30/2007 Transgender minister can keep job The transgender minister says he is "happily surprised" that a Methodist council is allowing him to keep his job

Prayer suit dismissed Appeals court orders legislative prayer suit dismissed

10/26/2007 McCoy out on bond Since the news broke about the baby's body found at Bellarmine, many people have debated the moral and legal issues surrounding this case ● VIDEO: Moral issues ● VIDEO: Mother arraigned ● VIDEO: Mother charged ● VIDEO: Baby born alive ● VIDEO: Death investigation ● Baby found

10/25/2007 Sheiks, libraries order Vatican's Knights Templar heresy trial compendium Sheiks, libraries and collectors around the world have ordered the Vatican’s new $8,400 limited-edition documentation of the heresy trial of the Knights Templar, officials said Thursday.

10/24/2007

Adulterous ministers may be listed on church sex offense register
In Australia, Anglican ministers accused of cheating on their spouses may be included on a proposed church database of child abusers and sex offenders.

White House threatens veto of anti-discrimination measure
The White House is threatening a veto of a measure barring discrimination against gays in the workplace, calling it a threat to religious liberty.

10/17/2007

West Point Grad discharged as conscientious objector
A West Point graduate who cited his religious beliefs in a lawsuit against the Army while serving in Iraq has been granted conscientious objector status and given an honorable discharge.

School sued for restricting Christian club

Oral Roberts president asks to take leave after allegations of improprieties
Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts asked the school’s board of regents for a leave of absence Wednesday amid accusations of lavish spending at donors’ expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.

10/16/2007 Bush administration sides in part with Vatican in sex abuse suit Bush administration partially sided with the Vatican in a Louisville priest-abuse lawsuit seeking class-action damages from the Roman Catholic church and its headquarters

10/11/2007

Christian activists discuss Romney's Mormon issue
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says he considers Mitt Romney the strongest social conservative in the presidential race so far.

Candidates' religious rhetoric panned as disingenuous
Christian conservatives and liberals agree that the Democratic presidential candidates sound less than genuine when they tout their religion.

10/10/2007

Senate Chaplain says U.S. risks falling like Roman Empire
.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black says the United States, like past great civilizations such as the Roman Empire, could collapse due to a decline in family values, a decline in religion, a preoccupation with pleasure and overspending on militarism.

10/08/2007

Presbyterians sending missionaries out to raise support for work
A group of missionaries from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is headed out across the country in the coming weeks, but not to do missionary work

10/03/2007

Archbishop says he'd deny Communion to Giuliani
Roman Catholic Archbishop Raymond Burke, who made headlines last presidential season by saying he’d refuse Holy Communion to John Kerry, has his eye on Rudy Giuliani this year.

Muslim sues over alleged mistreatment in federal prison
A former inmate has filed a federal lawsuit accusing workers at a prison in Illinois of mistreating him and other Muslims after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Former Diocese accountant convicted in kickback scheme
A federal court jury has convicted a former accountant for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland of conspiracy and mail fraud.

Vigil offers prayers and hymns for torture victim
Holding candles and singing hymns, about 30 people have gathered at a vigil in West Virginia to pray for a black woman who was allegedly tortured for days by six whites.

Russian Orthodox patriarch denounces homosexuality
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, in comments laced with criticism of homosexuality, has told European officials that too much emphasis is being placed on human rights in the Western world, resulting in “immoral behavior.”

Judge rules in three Ten Commandment cases
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a display incorporating the Ten Commandments at a Kentucky school and has denied requests for summary judgment in two similar cases.

09/27/2007

Judge: religious presentation violated deputies' rights
A federal judge in Wisconsin says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke unconstitutionally promoted religion when he invited a Christian group to speak to deputies.

Interfaith fast called to end Iraq war
Anti-war Christians, Jews and Muslims are organizing an interfaith day of fasting for peace.

Pace causes uproar by restating opposition to homosexuality
The outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, says he believes homosexual acts are immoral and should not be condoned by the military.

09/20/2007

Christian theater troupe scolds Griffin in full-page newspaper ad for off-color Emmy speech
Members of a Christian theater troupe are spreading the word that they’re irate about Kathy Griffin’s off-color speech in accepting a creative arts Emmy earlier this month

09/19/2007

Dobson won't endorse Thompson in GOP race
James Dobson, one of the nation’s most politically influential evangelical Christians, made it clear in a message to friends this week he will not support Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson.

Defense witnesses testify in trial of polygamous church leader
Jurors in the trial of a polygamous sect leader have heard defense witnesses deny claims that women in their church must be submissive and blindly obedient.

Rabbi and Muslim congressman to live on food stamps
A Jewish rabbi and the first Muslim elected to Congress plan to eat for the next week on just $21 -- the national average food stamp benefit.

Soldier: military discriminates against non-Christians
A U.S. soldier serving his second tour in Iraq says he was threatened by an Army officer when he tried to hold a meeting of atheist and other non-Christian troops.

Judge upholds Ten Commandments display in courthouse
A federal judge has ruled that a display of the Ten Commandments at an eastern Kentucky courthouse does not violate the Constitution

09/18/2007

State debuts faith-based office
The public debut is this week

09/10/2007

Church fire ruled arson
Authorities now say the fire that destroyed the Tabernacle of David Church on Crittenden Drive was deliberately set

09/08/2007

Salem family combines riding lessons with 'cowboy church'
The Rev. Chris Clarke had a comfortable career as a youth and music minister for 22 years. He gave it up in 2003 to start Happy Trails Ministry, a ministry that combines his love of horses and God.

09/06/2007

Poll: Clinton, Giuliani seen as least religious, Romney hurt by Mormonism
People view Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani as the least religious of the major presidential candidates, according to a poll released Thursday. Mitt Romney was seen as most religious, but his Mormonism may hurt him with voters.

09/05/2007

Church of Scientology faces criminal charges in Belgium
The Church of Scientology says it will fight criminal charges in Belgium that flow from a crackdown on its European operations.

Israel to grant citizenship to some Muslim Darfur regugees
Israel will grant citizenship to some of the hundreds of Muslim refugees from Sudan’s violence-ridden Darfur region who have already arrived, Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit said Wednesday.

08/31/2007 Rabbi urges fight against extremism Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie urged the largest assembly of U.S. Muslims on Friday to help “fight the fanatics” in their two religions.

Southern Indiana priest faces allegations
Roman Catholic church officials said Friday that more than 10 people have come forward with allegations they were sexually abused by a southern Indiana priest.

Islamic Society of North America opens conference in suburban Chicago
The 44th annual Islamic Society of North America conference is being held in Rosemont, Illinois, this weekend, and the group’s president says one of its main goals is to promote understanding.

08/28/2007 Religion and cigarettes Religious leaders urge lawmakers to let FDA regulate cigarettes

08/22/2007

Romney won't see movie about dark chapter in Mormon history
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he won’t be attending “September Dawn,” a movie about the killing of 120 unarmed Arkansas pioneers by Mormon settlers in Utah in 1857.

08/15/2007

Buddhists face fines for animal release in N.J. river
New Jersey officials say Buddhists who bought hundreds of eels, frogs and turtles in New York’s Chinatown should not have released them into the Passaic River.

Negotiations continue in S. Korean hostage case
Taliban leaders and South Korean officials have continued negotiations by phone over the fate of the remaining 19 Christian hostages.

Christian groups push for code of conduct on conversions
Evangelical groups have joined efforts spearheaded by Roman Catholic, Orthodox and mainstream Protestant churches to create a common code of conduct for religious conversions.

Changing of the guard Before a packed house at the Gardens, Joseph Kurtz was installed as Louisville’s new archbishop ●VIDEO: New archbishop installed ●Slideshow

08/02/2007

Woman avoids NA meetings after lawsuit
A woman who sued a judge after he sentenced her to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings won’t be required to participate in what she complained was a religious program, according to her lawyer.

Dallas pastor recruited to replace Haggard at New Life Church
A pastor from a suburban Dallas megachurch will try out for the senior pastor post at New Life Church in Colorado, which has seen its attendance drop by 25 percent since the firing of disgraced church founder Ted Haggard.

Afghans say killing women hostages would be un-Islamic
Many Afghans don’t believe the Taliban would kill women in the South Korean church group they’ve held hostage for two weeks, although at least two men have been killed.

07/26/2007

Religious liberty group opposes mandatory anti-harrasment training
A federal appeals court has heard arguments from a religious liberty group that opposes mandatory anti-harassment training at a Kentucky high school.

South Korean hostage killed in Afghanistan
Afghan police have discovered the bullet-riddled body of a South Korean hostage—one of 23 South Korean church workers kidnapped by the Taliban last week.

07/19/2007

Vatican may drop prayer for conversion of Jews
The Vatican’s number-two official has suggested that a prayer in the recently revived Latin Mass that has drawn protests from Jewish groups could be dropped.

Mohler: Vatican document invites challenge to Papal authority
Instead of taking offense at a recent Vatican statement reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, a Southern Baptist leader says evangelicals should respond with equal candor that “any church defined by the claims of the papacy is no true church.”

07/18/2007

Wal-Mart to market Biblical action figures
Wal-Mart says 425 of its stores will sell Biblical action figures aimed at Christian parents who prefer their children play with Samson, David or Noah rather than with a comic book character or Bratz doll.

Navajo leaders call for day of prayer for peace
In Arizona, Navajo tribal leaders have proclaimed Saturday as a day of interfaith prayer for peace and for the safe return home of warriors.

07/11/2007

Forest Whitaker to be the voice Moses
Forest Whitaker, an Oscar winner this year for his portrayal of a ruthless dictator, is reversing direction to play one of the Bible’s most beloved figures in a new audio version of the Old Testament.

07/12/2007

University of Florida sued
Christian fraternity sues University of Florida

07/11/2007

China accused of deporting missionaries
The Texas-based China Aid Association says Beijing has booted out more than 100 suspected foreign missionaries, including some from the US, in a campaign to prevent proselytizing ahead of next year’s Summer Olympics.

Pope reasserts primacy of Catholic Church
Pope Benedict has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.

Reaction to Pope's primacy assertion
The pope’s reassertion of the teaching of Roman Catholic primacy is not setting well with other Christian groups.

07/10/2007

Several injured in youth bus accident
Church bus accident in Kentucky

07/05/2007

Plans for German mosque cause dispute
Plans for new mosque, complete with a dome and two 177-foot-tall minarets, have angered protesters who say it would “fortify the Muslims’ claim to power in Christian Europe.”

Priest recieved warning of UK attacks
A British priest says he received a cryptic warning from an al-Qaida chief more than two months before the failed bombings in London.

07/03/2007

Murray State rejects Gilles
Judge rules against Evangelist in free speech case

07/02/2007

Judge rules agains