The leaders of dozens of religious groups have joined the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Southern Baptist Convention in signing an open letter opposing the Obama administration’s contraception mandate. They highlighted the threat to conscience posed by the mandate requiring almost all employers to cover contraception, sterilisation and abortifacient drugs and devices Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Jewish’
Holocaust at sea: the lone survivor of the ‘Struma’
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
David Stoliar’s neat house sits atop a hill on the edge of Bend, a small city in central Oregon. A few steps lead up to the front door. Stoliar’s wife, Marda, opens, followed by a happy beagle. “Come in,” she says cheerfully. “Come in.” Her husband is waiting in the living room, surrounded by souvenirs Read more
Opening of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012Everyone’s welcome at this month’s opening of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. Dignitaries from all walks of life will converge on Wellington to officially open the centre, with the ceremony including the unveiling of two suitcases belonging to children sent to New Zealand to get away from war. Director Inge Woolf says it’ll be Read more
Jewish groups concerned by outreach to traditionalist Catholics
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Some Jewish groups expressed concern on Friday that the 40 years of progress in Catholic-Jewish relations could be brought into jeopardy by the Vatican’s outreach to traditionalist Catholics. The Vatican told the Society of St. Pius X that they must accept some core church teachings if they want to be fully reintegrated into the church. Read more