Popularity and biting criticism. Maim funding for religion ethics is provided by the lilian endowment, and dedicated to the founders in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. And the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Muslims around the world this week began their monthlong observance of ramadan, when they fast from sunrise to sunset. In egypt, the holiday falls amid continued unrest after the militarys removal from power of former president mohamed morsi. Morsis political party, the Muslim Brotherhood said it will not cooperate with the interim government and vowed to continue protesting. Tensions were particularly high after the military fired on brotherhood protesters, killing more than 50 people. One of the countrys top muslim clerics called for an end to blood
Welcome. Im Deborah Potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. Thank you for joining us. Faith communities across the country reacted this week to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of trayvon martin, an unarmed black teenager. Demonstrations against the verdict were mostly peaceful. Some ministers organized vigils to press for federal civil rights charges against zimmerman. The president of the National Council of churches said people of faith should join in a renewed call for racial justice. Joining us to talk about all this are kim lawton, managing editor of this program and the reverand romal tune, founder of the Nonprofit Group faith for change. Romal, let me start with you, there were some very angry reactions to the verdict in the zimmerman case and the president of the National Black Church Initiative said that it gave any white male who felt threatened the license to kill young black boys. What did you make of that reaction . Well, i think at the core of the an
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. A Dramatic Development this week in the Catholic Churchs sex abuse crisis. Prominent retired Cardinal Roger mahony was stripped of his public and Administrative Church duties in los angeles amid widespread criticism of how he covered up allegations of child sex abuse by priests. L. A. s current archbishop jose gomez took the unprecedented step as the archdiocese began releasing internal documents which revealed the extent to which mahony worked to protect the church from the abuse scandal. Gomez said the behavior described in the files was sad and evil. Mahony has issued several apologies for his actions. Advocates for sex Abuse Victims called this a largely symbolic move. But Church Experts say its the first time in the crisis that any action has been taken against such a highranking church official. The Obama Administration announced a new attempted compromise with religious groups friday in the ongoing dispute over the controv
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. A Dramatic Development this week in the Catholic Churchs sex abuse crisis. Prominent retired Cardinal Roger mahony was stripped of his public and Administrative Church duties in los angeles amid widespread criticism of how he covered up allegations of child sex abuse by priests. L. A. s current archbishop jose gomez took the unprecedented step as the archdiocese began releasing internal documents which revealed the extent to which mahony worked to protect the church from the abuse scandal. Gomez said the behavior described in the files was sad and evil. Mahony has issued several apologies for his actions. Advocates for sex Abuse Victims called this a largely symbolic move. But Church Experts say its the first time in the crisis that any action has been taken against such a highranking church official. The Obama Administration announced a new attempted compromise with religious groups friday in the ongoing dispute over the controv
Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. More than 3 million muslims from around the world traveled to mecca this week for the hajj, the annual pilgrimage all able muslims are called upon to perform once in their lifetime. Pilgrims take part in a series of rituals that recall events from the lives of abraham and the prophet muhammad. On friday, muslims began observing the three days of eidaladha or the festival of sacrifice. Some sacrifice animals such as sheep or cows to recall abrahams willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to god. In a major speech on poverty, vicepresident ial candidate paul ryan this week praised religious charities, while blasting federal antipoverty programs, he charged they create what he called a debilitating culture of dependency. Sister simone campbell, leader of the nuns on the bus tour, criticized ryan, a fellow catholic, for wanting to slash federal funding for lowincome families. She argued that contradicted church teachings. Meanw