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Illinois Catholics lose fight over adoptions, foster care
(RNS) An Illinois judge has ruled that the state can terminate adoption
and foster care services with Catholic Charities, saying the church-run...
Congregations go for `creation care,' one barrel at a time
WASHINGTON (RNS) It was the time in pre-marriage counseling when the
groom has to leave so the priest and the bride can talk alone. So Jamal...
Latin American faith leaders criticize U.S. budget debate
New York, August 19 (ENInews)--More than 100 faith leaders in Latin
America have signed "an open letter to the Christian churches of the United...
The church is a steeple
Our
steeple came down a few weeks ago. After 50-plus years, it had
worn out beyond repair. During the construction, I spent a lot of time standing in the parking lot, staring skyward.
Mirrors of mercy
Summer sermons in our community have been focused on the parables and sayings of Jesus....
Transforming enmity: 9/11: Ten years later
Read more reflections on the 9/11 anniversary....
Alternative responses: 9/11: Ten years later
Read more reflections on the 9/11 anniversary....
9/11: Ten years later
To mark the anniversary of 9/11, we asked five Century contributors to reflect on the attacks and the decade that followed.
German website allows congregations to rate clergy
Berlin, August 17 (ENInews)--Does your pastor set a glowing example to his
or her flock? Or does the herd tend to drift? A new website launched in...
Muslims in Britain mourn riot heroes
Canterbury, England August 18 (ENInews)--More than 20,000 mourners, most
of them British-born Muslims, gathered in Birmingham, England on 18 August...
Somali refugee camp expanding into Kenya's third-largest "city"
Nairobi, Kenya, August 18 (ENInews)--The Dadaab refugee complex in
northern Kenya, where several Christian relief agencies are delivering...
Civil rights vets: King memorial was long overdue
At age 93, famed preacher Gardner Taylor never thought he'd live to
see the day when his friend Martin Luther King Jr. would be honored with...
Thursday digest
New today from the Century.
"No one talks about what happens to the people nothing happens to"
Via Rose Berger,
the summer issue of Portland magazine
includes an essay by Portland editor
and Century contributor Brian Doyle,
in which he quotes at length a conversation with a young U.S. war veteran named
Jackie. She paints a striking picture.
Pentecostalism in America, by R. G. Robins
Walk through the book section at your local Walmart and chances are you'll find popular titles written by individuals within the Pentecostal and charismatic movement, such as Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen. Flip on your television and you might encounter one of the most recognized ministers with a Pentecostal background, T. D. Jakes, dispensing advice alongside Dr. Phil.
Mom gets probation after Bible-inspired botched circumcision
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) A 30-year-old Portland woman who botched a home
circumcision of her 3-month-old son has been sentenced to five years of
probation....