International Business News - REL http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif It must have been easy for the terrorists, rampaging through Mumbai, to find the Chabad Jewish center where they slaughtered six people. Signs in Hebrew and English are posted outside Chabad houses. The street address of each building can be found through the online global directory the movement developed to attract visitors. Worship and activity schedules at the centers are often just a few more clicks away. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187979-open-to-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/jewish-mission-makes-chabad-a-target.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/jewish-mission-makes-chabad-a-target.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:44:12 EST Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination. The new Anglican Church in North America will include four Episcopal dioceses that recently split from the U.S. church, along with breakaway Anglican parishes from Canada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/conservatives-form-rival-group-to-episcopal-church.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:13:52 EST Earlier this month, a guest took the pulpit at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison, Ill., a 350-member church surrounded by cornfields. The speaker was an insurance salesman from Colorado named Ted Haggard. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180864-haggard-returns.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081123/disgraced-pastor-returns-as-christian-businessman.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081123/disgraced-pastor-returns-as-christian-businessman.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:51:24 EST Supporters of gay marriage, frustrated over a ballot-box defeat in California, have channeled much of their anger toward the towering white spires of Mormon temples. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173529-religion-today.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/anger-over-gay-marriage-vote-directed-at-mormons.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/anger-over-gay-marriage-vote-directed-at-mormons.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:06:59 EST The nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173183-catholic-bishops.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/catholic-bishops-will-fight-obama-on-abortion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/catholic-bishops-will-fight-obama-on-abortion.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:14:43 EST A community grantmaking arm of the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops has cut off all funding for a group embroiled in controversy over claims of voter registration fraud and embezzlement, church leaders said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/catholic-bishops-cut-off-acorn-funding.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:17:20 EST You better watch out. There is a new combatant in the Christmas wars. Ads proclaiming, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/god-humbug-humanist-holiday-ads-say-just-be-good.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:02:10 EST The nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173130-catholic-bishops.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/catholic-bishops-will-fight-obama-on-abortion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/catholic-bishops-will-fight-obama-on-abortion.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:16:59 EST The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, opening a national church meeting Monday, said that continued support for abortion rights will undermine any advances in social justice that come from a new president and Congress. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/cardinal-urges-catholic-lawmakers-to-follow-faith.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:51:59 EST Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said religious right leaders "kept their own flock in line, but the majority of Americans were unmoved." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/171379-measure-of-a-nation-drawing-together.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/christian-right-regroups-after-obama-victory.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/christian-right-regroups-after-obama-victory.htm Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:04:55 EST Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said religious right leaders "kept their own flock in line, but the majority of Americans were unmoved." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/christian-right-regroups-after-obama-victory.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:43:59 EST In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/obama-results-show-gains-in-key-religious-voters.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:32:10 EST On the final Sunday before Election Day, volunteers for both presidential candidates fanned out to churches in competitive states, congregations bused worshippers to polls to vote early and a battle of wills erupted in church parking lots over the distribution of political literature. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/campaign-comes-churches-final-sunday.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:42:35 EST In 1961, after John F. Kennedy's Catholic faith proved not to be an insurmountable barrier to the White House, Billy Graham predicted that religion would never again be such a divisive force in elections. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/analysis-religion-used-divide-mock-in-08.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:36:31 EDT Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin describes herself as a "hard-core pro-lifer" and expresses confidence that in spite of disheartening polls, "putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/157379-mccain-palin-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/palin-says-election-result-rests-in-gods-hands.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/palin-says-election-result-rests-in-gods-hands.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:54:47 EDT On Sunday mornings, Rose Chavez volunteers to greet people at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, a Hispanic congregation that worships in the renovated former headquarters of a meatpacking company on the outskirts of town, surrounded by fields of cabbage and corn. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/156810-hispanic-protestant-vote.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/hispanic-protestants-swinging-back-democrats.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/hispanic-protestants-swinging-back-democrats.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:39:56 EDT Cuba's first Russian Orthodox cathedral was consecrated Sunday amid church bells, liturgical chants and the presence of President Raul Castro, in a sign of goodwill toward the island's former chief benefactor. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/155621-cuba-orthodox-cathedral.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/cubas-first-russian-orthodox-cathedral-opens.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/cubas-first-russian-orthodox-cathedral-opens.htm Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:06:14 EDT Denver Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput labeled Barack Obama the "most committed" abortion-rights candidate from a major party in 35 years while accusing a Catholic Obama ally and other Democratic-friendly Catholic groups of doing a "disservice to the church." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/155362-archbishop-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/archbishop-criticizes-obama-catholic-allies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081019/archbishop-criticizes-obama-catholic-allies.htm Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:34:14 EDT Denver Roman Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput labeled Barack Obama the "most committed" abortion-rights candidate from a major party in 35 years while accusing a Catholic Obama ally and other Democratic-friendly Catholic groups of doing a "disservice to the church." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/155232-aptopix-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081018/archbishop-criticizes-obama-catholic-allies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081018/archbishop-criticizes-obama-catholic-allies.htm Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:39:38 EDT In the beginning, there was a long line for Judgment Day ale. Shortly after the doors opened on the 27th Great American Beer Festival, a crowd congregated at the booth offering that and other pours from The Lost Abbey of San Marcos, Calif., where the tap handle is a Celtic cross and the legacy of beer-brewing monks endures. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/152965-timberwolves-nuggets-basketball.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/finding-god-at-a-beer-festival.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081015/finding-god-at-a-beer-festival.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:58:34 EDT