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c. 2011 USA Today CHAMPION, Wis. (RNS) Philip and Barbara Hesselbein came to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help to pray for a grandson who has an inoperable brain tumor. ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican called the death of Libya’s longtime leader Col....

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If you haven't been following the conversation around Occupy Wall Street, it's perhaps best summarized in terms of the Tumblrs....

I don't normally go for gotchas based on political candidates' rambling improvisations....

In the 1830s most Americans were finding plenty of adventure in their own country. It was just over 50 years old, after all....

Men and the church are often at odds. Sadly, many of the reasons researchers give for this are as insulting as they are misguided.

London, October 20 (ENInews)--Feeling the stress of a growing camp of anti-corporate protesters on its doorsteps, London's iconic St....

(RNS) Joe Darger sees his unconventional marriage as a loving commitment to family, one that makes him a better man and brings him closer to God. ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Three priests -- a Dominican, a Franciscan and a Jesuit -- walk into a bar. ...

As President Obama gears up his reelection campaign, the Dem­ocratic National Committee has tapped a well-connected Washington pastor to lead...

I knew that mainline congregants tend to be older than the general population. The average member is about 58, whereas the average American is age 38. The latest survey from Hartford Seminary fills in the picture with this piece of data: in more than half (52.7 percent) of mainline Protestant congregations, a third or more of the members are 65 years old or older.

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"Occupy Wall Street may not come up with solutions, but at least it is asking the right questions in a nonviolent setting," says Shane Claiborne. "I don't believe that love can be forced, but I believe it can be provoked."

The emphasis on patients' rights and autonomy has been a weak remedy for medicalized death.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has named Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano as the Vatican's next ambassador to the United States. ...

A Southern Baptist Convention official says one of the top challenges facing the nation's second largest faith group (after Roman Catholics)...

I have never liked hospitals.  Hospitals can so often seem to be places where we attempt to sequester the pain...

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I'm a big fan of The Conversation, the New York Times online feature in which Gail Collins and David Brooks have a casual chat. I think the appeal is supposed to be that the two are reasonable, amicable and witty columnists who clearly like each other a lot. That's all nice, but what I enjoy is the palpable pleasure the hilarious Collins takes in needling the less intentionally hilarious Brooks.