A meeting of religious and political leaders last month in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, will help put religious freedom concerns on the public agenda, say organizers of the event.

Kyrgyzstan Summit Highlights Religious Freedom Concerns

Plans by a group of Protestant churches in Novomoskovsk, Tula, to screen a film about the life of Jesus has drawn sharp opposition from some of the city's religious leaders.

"Jesus Film" Stirs Controversy in Russian City

Raising taxes on cigarettes will significantly cut rates of child smokers, say members of a coalition who this week launched an initiative aimed at getting religious groups more involved in the fight against tobacco.

Roy Branson, right, professor of public policy at the Adventist Church's Columbia Union College, moderates a press conference urging tougher tobacco legislation. A 50 cent tax increase on cigarettes would keep 1.4 million kids from taking up smoking, according to Peter Fisher of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, seated left.

Effort to Raise Cigarette Taxes Launched in United States

A group of Czech churches is protesting a new law they say reflects an attitude to religion reminiscent of the country's communist past.

Czech Religion Law Reflects Communist Past, Say Churches

The opening of a School of Pharmacy at Loma Linda University this September will mark a new era in the institution's 100-year history of health education.

California: Long-Planned Pharmacy School Set to Open

Election officials in Uganda have rescheduled a national election following a public protest by local leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Ugandan Government Responds to Pleas of Sabbath-Keepers

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