Religious

Religious, business leaders support aggressive cap on health cost increases

16 May 2012

Religious and business leaders in Massachusetts are calling for state lawmakers to rein in health spending more aggressively than House Speaker Robert DeLeo has proposed, but groups representing doctors and hospitals warned that slowing spending too sharply could be harmful. DeLeo said recently his goal for legislation expected to be filed shortly was to cap health care cost increases at about 3 ...

Syria fighting sparks religious tension

16 May 2012

Syrian forces have killed at least five people in a raid on a Sunni farming village on the Lebanon border.

Religious leaders say on Easter that faith and politics are inseparable

16 May 2012

Influential pastor Rick Warren defended the place of religion in politics during a television interview that aired Sunday morning, arguing that “faith is simply a world view.� Warren made his statements only a few weeks after a Pew Research Center survey showed 38 percent of Americans -- an all-time high -- believe political leaders spend too much time talking about religion. A majority, 54 ...