Latest News from the World Faith News News Room. Scroll for all the stories. ABNS: International Ministries Mourns Loss Of Iris Morales (ABNS ABNS: Interna) VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/29/10)-It is with a heavy heart that International Ministries announces the passing of beloved missionary Rosa Iris Morales on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Iris courageously battled cancer since 2007 and died peacefully surrounded by family and friends in a hospital in Houston Texas. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:05:03 -0500 Faith groups hail passage of drug sentencing fairness law (Philip Jenks Faith groups) The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) welcomes the passage of the Fair Sentencing Act, said Galen Carey, director of Government Affairs. It makes significant progress toward parity in criminal penalties for possession and use of crack and powder cocaine, he said. While not fully equalizing penalties for the two drugs, the Fair Sentencing Act reduces the disparity and will also reduce the cost to taxpayers of unnecessarily lengthy incarceration. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Carey said NAE continues to advocate for comprehensive sentencing reform that punishes criminals while advancing Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:05:03 -0500 WCC FEATURE: Young Muslims, Jews and Christians become peace facilitators (WCC media WCC FEATURE:) While peace is a commonly held value within Judaism, Islam and Christianity, other religious values can often become sources of conflict. In order to build community beyond faith boundaries a group of young adults from each of the three faith groups spent a week focusing on the common value of peace recently. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:05:05 -0500 [ENS] Judge partially blocks Arizona's controversial immigration law; prayer vigils to proceed as pl (mdavies [ENS] Judge p) Episcopal News Service is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:20:05 -0500 ACNS - The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 4 (Worldwide Faith ACNS - The St) * Bible in the Life of the Church project gathers pace. * Web-based Anglicanism course in the pipeline. * Anglicans urged to share the best of the Communion through web news service. * ACC and Primates meeting appropriate bodies to consider moratoria breaches. On tuesdays agenda: the second part of the Unity, Faith and Order report; the report on the Bible in the Life of the Church project and theological education in the Anglican Communion; a report on Anglican Communion communications; a report on Continuing Indaba. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:10:11 -0500 ACNS - The Standing Committee Daily Bulletin - Day 3 (Worldwide Faith ACNS - The St) * Call for Anglicans involved with evangelism and church growth to share their successes. * Anglican relief and development alliance all about sharing experience, knowledge and best practice. * More than 80 Anglican Communion women attend UN meeting in New York. Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:07 -0500 CWS - Shelter, local procurement, civil society involvement head list for Haiti (Worldwide Faith CWS - Shelter) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wed. July 28, 2010 -- Massive shelter issues, the need for local procurement, improved engagement with civil society, and additional funding head the list of requirements for successful reconstruction in Haiti, a group of Haitian and U.S. advocates told members of Congress and interfaith leaders in two Washington events yesterday. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:02 -0500 CWS - on the temporary injunction against parts of Arizona's new immigration law (Worldwide Faith CWS - on the) NEW YORK CITY, July 28, 2010--Church World Service welcomed U.S. District Court Judge Susan Boltons temporary injunction against the implementation of parts of Arizonas controversial new immigration law SB 1070, scheduled to take effect Thursday (July 29), and reiterated its call for a federal fix of Americas broken immigration system. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:35:14 -0500 ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls for Immigration Reform in Letter to Obama (NEWS ELCA Presidin) CHICAGO (ELCA) -- If Congress does not pass comprehensive immigration reform soon, state legislators and local governments will continue to take immigration policy into their own hands, wrote the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), in a July 23 letter to U.S. President Barack Obama. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:35:14 -0500 [ENS] Standing Committee members celebrate commitment to transparency; meeting adjourns with renewed (mdavies [ENS] Standin) Episcopal News Service is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:01:02 -0500 Script by One Blind Guy.