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Vatican gives bishops one year to set abuse policies
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The world's Catholic bishops have one year to set
national policies on clerical sex abuse of minors, the Vatican said on...
Billy Graham returns home from hospital
(RNS) Evangelist Billy Graham returned home Sunday (May 15) after a
five-day hospital stay for pneumonia....
Dalai Lama, Nobel laureates tussle (gently) over violence
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) The Dalai Lama says peace in the world begins with
peace in oneself. Some of his fellow Nobel laureates, however, aren't
convinced....
The one true music collection
This week's texts make me think about interfaith dialogue,
and interfaith dialogue makes me think of a conversation with my friend Ali. We
were trying to reconcile the fact that each of our religions--or at least some
segments of each of our religions--claims that the other's religion is flat out
wrong.
Does it have to be church?
This is the question that comes back to me, pretty often, when I am
talking with people about dreams: for a community that knows how to play...
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Uganda shelves kill the gays bill--for now.
Trouble in paradise
Fiji has long been known
to Westerners mainly as an exotic tourist destination. In recent years, though,
the country has acquired a troubling reputation for religious and
ethnic confrontations.
China's Christians need clergy, says government minister
Nairobi, Kenya, May 13 (ENInews)--Christians in China need qualified clergy who can contribute to the development of society, China's Minister of State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) s...
Grateful, not joyful
I confess that I'm not up to forgiving Osama bin Laden. But I'm not going to dance in the street over his death either.
Holocaust conviction began in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (RNS) The case that led to John Demjanjuk's conviction in
Germany on Thursday (May 12) was laid out 10 years ago in a Cleveland...
Vatican says Latin Mass shouldn't divide Catholics
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Friday (May 13) broadened access to
the old Latin Mass with a new rule that gives the Vatican the power to...
When a church’s honesty is a liability
When officials at a Presbyterian church in Virginia decided to
acknowledge the church's failures in handling reports of sexual abuse by...
Ways things change
Theories of change vary widely. Does progress arise from
countless participants, working in countless places and ways? Does it require...
The turning over of traditional tables
Speaking to a professor at Liberty
University, Frederica Mathewes-Green was surprised to find out that the...
Ascension Theology, by Douglas Farrow
A friend of mine, a professional scholar of the New Testament but no great fan of attempts (such as Rudolf Bultmann's) to "demythologize" its witness, recently told me about his visit to the ...
Moving parts: Liturgical body language
Using my hands in worship—whether raising them high or making the sign of the cross—helps to blur the boundaries that slice across the body of Christ.
Even after win, gay clergy likely to remain limited
(RNS) Gay and lesbian advocates celebrated a landmark victory on Tuesday
(May 10) when the Presbyterian Church (USA) entered the expanding ranks...
Navy suspends policy to allow gay weddings
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Navy reversed course Tuesday (May 10) on plans
to allow chaplains to officiate at same-sex marriage ceremonies once the...
Pastor says false Navy SEAL tale was an `ego-builder'
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) The Navy awards the gold Trident medal to those
who have earned the right to be called a SEAL -- the same elite fighting...