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Bordeaux, France, May 25 (ENInews)--Leaders of Christian churches and other faiths called on the world's most powerful governments to devise more effective joint solutions to the "interconnected cr...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has closed the monastery of a fourth-century Roman basilica on account of "liturgical and financial...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans say same-sex relations between consenting adults should be legal—the highest percentage ever recorded by Gallup....

Jesuit Patrick Conroy was sworn in May 25 as House chaplain, making him the first Society of Jesus priest to hold the position—and the first...

No sooner had 29-year-old Graham Messier joined a small group at his church earlier this year than he found himself breaking an American...

Where I live at 10,200 feet, the trees have not yet budded. May is still early, early spring in Leadville,...

World War I was the war that was supposed to end all wars, but as we now know it set in motion other wars, including World War II....

A sweeping new report on the Cath­olic Church's clergy sexual abuse scandal compares the church to police departments, with similar hierarchies, moral authority and isolated work environments.<...

Looking to support "tolerance and respect among religions," a United Methodist couple has upped its total donation to $50 million to launch a multi­faith university that will educate profession...

Some years ago, medical researchers at Vanderbilt considered how best to intervene with doctors whose patients had complained about their...

The day before my wedding, I picked up ten cases of table wine from a local winery--and one bottle of sweet wine for communion....

According to Gary Dorrien, the influence of Walter Rauschen­busch, Washington Gladden and the Social Gospel on the United States was mixed--but it was very real.

(RNS) In the days before spell check, printer errors occasionally crept into the King James Version of the Bible. Here are some of the most notable:...

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London, May 24 (ENInews)--The church of Scotland, which has been threatened with schism since it confirmed the appointment of an openly homosexual minister two...

Tokyo, May 24 (ENInews)--The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has requested its partners worldwide to pray for them and petition the Seoul...

(RNS) Radio evangelist Harold Camping, who predicted the Rapture would occur on May 21, now says his calculations were off by five months. ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The morality and effectiveness of using condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS will be on the agenda at a Vatican conference this...

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) For decades, mainline Protestants have been beset by bad news: declining numbers, aging membership, waning cultural influence....