• Houston Passes Controversial Equal Rights Ordinance ‘HERO’, Led by Openly Gay Mayor Annise Parker

  On May 28th, the Houston City Council, led by openly gay mayor Annise D. Parker, passed the controversial Equal Rights Ordinance (PDF here) with the stated intent to prohibit discrimination on the basis of certain protected characteristics. Parker said that Houston was one of the last major cities without an equal rights ordinance.

• Pope Francis Urges Couples to Renounce ‘Culture of Well-Being,’ Raise Children Instead of Pets

  He strongly criticized couples choosing not to have children, commenting that they've given in to a culture of "well-being" that values material wealth and comfort more than children.

  

• NT Wright, 'World's Leading New Testament Scholar,' Addresses Homosexuality, Creation vs Evolution, Women Ordination

  In an interview with Jonathan Merritt, senior columnist for Religion News Service, NT Wright, hailed by Newsweek as "the world's leading New Testament scholar," stated his position on several most controversial issues within the Church: sexuality, science, and gender. The interview is a follow up to Merritt's first discussion with Wright, covering the nature of the Bible and Wright's views on 'inerrancy.'

  

• 'Faithful' Christian Actress Ann B. Davis - ‘Alice’ from 'The Brady Bunch’ - Dies at 88

  Ann B. Davis, known as housekeeper Alice Nelson in the popular television show "The Brady Bunch" and secretary Schultzy on "The Bob Cummings Show" died Sunday at the age of 88. Davis passed away unexpectedly after a fall in a hospital in San Antonio, Texas where she lived with a minister friend and his wife.

  

• Sudan Retracts Statement to Free Meriam Ibrahim, Sudanese Christian Woman Sentenced to Death for Apostasy

  A Sudanese official who stated that Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy, would be "set free" has now retracted the statement, according to the American Center for Law and Justice. The case has been closely watched in the past several days since Ibrahim gave birth to a baby girl Wednesday while in prison. Meriam's husband told the Daily Telegraph that "they kept a chain on her legs" as she gave birth.