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Vatican's U.S. envoy, who helped shape U.S. church, dies
(RNS) The Vatican's highest-ranking official in the United States,
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, died Wednesday (July 27) night at Johns Hopkins...
Judge tosses out San Fran's circumcision referendum
(RNS) A proposed circumcision ban will not appear on San Francisco's
citywide ballot in November, a Superior Court judge tentatively ruled
Wednesday (July 27)....
Bearing testimony: Ministry in the 21st century
"People need to hear the good news," says Katherine Willis Pershey of First Congregational Church in Western Springs, Illinois. "If the church doesn't take on this mission, I'm afraid—well, that's where that sentence can end. I'm afraid."
The slightly Lutheran congresswoman
When reports started circulating that Republican
presidential contender Michele Bachmann was a member of a congregation in the...
Fighting on multiple fronts
Sarah Posner is not impressed by the latest faith-based-coalition effort to prevent lawmakers in Washington from sacrificing the nation's poor on the altar of deficit hawkery.
Gustafer Yellowgold’s Infinity Sock, by Morgan Taylor
When he's not backing up Wilco members on their solo projects, singer-songwriter Morgan Taylor makes sparkling kids' music, drawing comparisons to adult artists from Bread to the Beatles....
Hill hearing again targets radicalized Muslims
WASHINGTON (RNS) The third in a controversial series of congressional
hearings on the "radicalization" of American Muslims showcased on...
Suburban search for meaning
Peter Lovenheim and Tom Montgomery Fate are both suburban dads on spiritual quests. In different ways, each of their books hits close to home.
The mass finds its voice
If reception of the new translation of the Roman missal is as generous as it should be, the
period of adjustment will be a chance to rediscover the shape of the
liturgy and the essentials of Christian belief and hope.
Sunday, August 7, 2011: Romans 10:5-15
The worst haircut I ever received was a $7 special at a local salon....
Episcopalians turn to social media for growth
(RNS) The Episcopal Church is urging congregations to embrace social
media websites like Facebook and Twitter in a push to highlight the
Internet as a tool for church growth....
Churches challenged on use of public schools
Every Sunday morning, P.S. 144 elementary school in Queens, like
dozens of schools in New York City and thousands more nationwide, is...
The foundation of politics
Of
all the books that might be read to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11, one of
the most probing is by a law professor at Yale, Paul Kahn. In Sacred...