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New today from the Century: new entry in the "Ministry in the 21st century series," review of Kathryn Lofton's Oprah book, the bishops changing arguments, more.

Until I read Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, I would not have said that I was a connoisseur of the world of O.

One of our tradition's best ideas is that God calls us to become all we were created to be. One of its worst is that only clergy are called.

Nairobi, Kenya, 14 February (ENInews)--At a Roman Catholic church center near the Kenyan town of Thika, red roses were exchanged among faith leaders on Valentine's Day as reminder of their call to ...

What can we possibly find in Mark's terse temptation account to help us in our wilderness wanderings?

In January, the Century published my interview with Kerry Cronin, who teaches at Boston College and gives students an unusual assignment: go out on a date. Since then we've asked some college students to respond to Cronin. Do they find her dating advice off-putting? Valuable? Impractical? Strange?

New today from the Century: John Buchanan on vocation, college students on dating, more.

Much of the tension in the second season of Downton Abbey has to do with the fact that the great house has been turned into a respite care center for army officers....

Vanderbilt was not the first school to offer theological education in a prison. But it did pioneer the approach of having seminarians learn in company with prisoners.

9 February (ENInews)--Following the re-introduction in Uganda of a bill that would harshly punish homosexuality, gay rights activists, including some...

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The White House has surprised observers and disappointed some liberal allies by signaling that it is willing to compromise and provide a...

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The people behind a popular chain e-mail about President Obama and the National Day of Prayer might want to think about the sin of omission....

c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Despite continuous attacks on Coptic Christians, a delegation of Egyptian Christian leaders said Wednesday (Feb. 8) they do not...

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) If you think good Muslim women wait for marriage to have sex, think again....

c. 2012 USA Today WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama's effort to accommodate the Catholic Church by altering his administration's rule on birth control coverage has not...

c. 2012 Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Everybody has a favorite Whitney Houston song, a memory...

Facing growing furor from religious groups, President Obama unveiled an "accommodation" in which health insurance companies, rather than...

Founded by breakaway Episcopal priests who left their former denomination because they felt it was too liberal, the Anglican Mission...

In an emotional ceremony, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation that makes Washington the seventh state to legalize gay marriage. "Today is a...

Preaching transfiguration can be confusing. What's this "minor festival" really about?