Apr 30 2012

A new report issued by Internet security firm Symantec has found that the sites with the highest rate of malware—harmful software that can be used in the theft of personal information—are religious sites. In fact, religious sites had (on average) four times more malicious malware than pornographic sites ...

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Apr 19 2012

Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship, is reportedly near death after undergoing surgery. Colson is widely known for his ministry efforts in prisons and is also known for his past as the former special counsel to President Nixon who went to prison in the Watergate Scandal and then became a Christian ...

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Mar 27 2012

A new book about the Shroud of Turin—the famous burial cloth said to be imprinted with Christ's image post-crucifixion—makes some controversial claims about an already debated relic. The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection says the apostles did not believe in Jesus' resurrection because they saw His risen form, but were convinced after seeing the shroud itself. The authors go so far as to name the cloth "the real founder of Christianity" ...

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Mar 23 2012

This interesting article from The New York Times looks at the precarious nature of the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba. Around 50 percent of Cubans identify themselves as Catholic, but fewer than 5 percent actually go to church. The government has allowed more religious freedom in the last decade, but 50 years as an officially atheist country has left a lasting mark ...

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Mar 16 2012

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and unofficial head of the global Anglican church, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year. Williams will take a position at Cambridge University. His tenure as archbishop was marked by controversy and splits within the Anglican church, particularly in the American branch of the church ...

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