http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23601/unethical-investments http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23601/unethical-investments#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:53:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23601 BBC Northern Ireland presenter William Crawley has a blog post about "Hardcore Profits, a BBC documentary about the pornography industry, has been looking into those organisations who have investments, directly or indirectly, with in the adult entertainment business."

Crawley says following a change in ethical policy guidelines the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops in 2003, Christian Brothers Investment Services now have investments of tens of millions of dollars in companies that make sizeable profits from commercial pornography. The Bishops' guidelines permit these investments because the new rules allow the church to do business with a company as long as income from pornography does not represent "a significant portion of its revenues".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23601/unethical-investments/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23591/a-pastor-on-health-care-what-would-jesus-do http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23591/a-pastor-on-health-care-what-would-jesus-do#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:50:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23591
In that day's Gospel, Jesus healed a deaf and mute man (Mark 7: 31-37), and in that day's paper, how to best heal the sick was a headline issue."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23591/a-pastor-on-health-care-what-would-jesus-do/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23342/us-human-rights-violations-8 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23342/us-human-rights-violations-8#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:32:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23342 The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives "constituted torture," a finding that strongly implied that CIA interrogation methods violated international law, according to newly published excerpts from the long-concealed 2007 document.

The report, an account alleging physical and psychological brutality inside CIA "black site" prisons, also states that some U.S. practices amounted to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment." Such maltreatment of detainees is expressly prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23342/us-human-rights-violations-8/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22714/right-refuse-medical-care-ireland http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22714/right-refuse-medical-care-ireland#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:57:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22714 People should be able to refuse in advance medical treatment in the event of their becoming incapacitated by serious accident or illness, according to the Law Reform Commission in Ireland.

The commission also provisionally recommends that refusal of treatment on religious grounds in advance care directives be permitted. This issue has been explored by the courts recently in relation to Jehovah's Witnesses, who, on religious grounds, do not accept blood transfusions.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22714/right-refuse-medical-care-ireland/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22410/google-agrees-to-carry-anti-abortion-ads-by-religious-bodie http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22410/google-agrees-to-carry-anti-abortion-ads-by-religious-bodie#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:51:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22410 Religious organizations can now place anti-abortion advertisements on Google after a lawsuit by a British pro-life charity forced it to lift the ban.

Google settled out of court Wednesday with The Christian Institute, a UK-based charity, and will now allow religious groups to place factual and campaigning ads about abortion. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22410/google-agrees-to-carry-anti-abortion-ads-by-religious-bodie/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20863/us-hypocrisy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20863/us-hypocrisy#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:43:29 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20863/us-hypocrisy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20863/us-hypocrisy/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20833/george-bush-war-criminal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20833/george-bush-war-criminal#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:30:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20833/george-bush-war-criminal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20833/george-bush-war-criminal/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20831/george-bush-torturer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20831/george-bush-torturer#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:01:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20831/george-bush-torturer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20831/george-bush-torturer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20667/george-bush-liar http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20667/george-bush-liar#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:57:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20667/george-bush-liar http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20667/george-bush-liar/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20563/america-tortures-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20563/america-tortures-2#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:07:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20563/america-tortures-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20563/america-tortures-2/feed 0