Apr 07 Supreme Court Upholds Cross Burning Ban By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a state law banning cross burning carried out with the intent to intimidate, ruling that the act is an instrument of terror and not a form of expression protected by the First… Continue reading
Apr 02 U.S. Accuses Iraq of Using Mosque As Military Base U.S. forces in the central city of Najaf have reportedly come under Iraqi fire from the Ali Mosque, one of the most sacred Shiite Muslim sites in the world. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch The Iraq War: The Homefront Turns to Prayer Lee Hochberg reports from Sacramento, California, where citizens turned to prayer yesterday to express their feelings about war and peace. Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Essay: Turning Around Richard Rodriguez considers the 40th anniversary of the second Vatican Council. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch A Look Back at 2002 As 2003 dawns, the NewsHour's panel of historians reflects on the year past, discussing scandals in the Catholic Church, Wall Street and the Senate as well as assessing President Bush's 2002. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Faith-Based Initiatives A debate on the Church-State issues raised by President Bush's faith-based initiatives… Continue watching
Dec 13 Cardinal Bernard Law’s Resignation Statement Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law released the following statement on Friday shortly after Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation. Continue reading
Dec 13 Boston’s Cardinal Law Resigns Amid Sex Abuse Scandals Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, blamed by many for not doing enough to prevent the sexual abuse. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Cardinal Law Steps Down Boston Cardinal Bernard Law submitted his resignation to the Pope following months of public outrage over the widening Church sex abuse crisis. Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Background: Law Steps Down Ray Suarez reports on Boston Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation. Continue watching