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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.(RNS) Mixing science and religion seems a good recipe for on-screen fireworks. Add politics and things will erupt off the screen, too. ...

(RNS) A federal judge on Tuesday (Feb. 22) dismissed a lawsuit filed by Christians who argue that President Obama's health care overhaul violates their religious freedom. ...

Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said he was "dismayed" that the United States vetoed a UN...

The Obama administration has an­nounced that it will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, a nearly 15-year-old law that defines marriages as heterosexual unions....

The pro-union rallies in Wisconsin have a retro feel to them—particularly for people of faith. At one time clergy and...

"In the ordinary course of human affairs countries churn slowly. . . and then there are moments of special upheaval, when empires depart, when...

"May I continue to find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your...

Brady Udall's novel is an exercise in surprise. Golden Richards, the Mormon patriarch—with four wives and 28 children—is a tragicomic character....

"Mary has chosen the better part," says Jesus, "and it will not be taken away from her." This is not what Jesus is supposed to say.

Geneva, February 21 (ENInews)--Having successfully brokered a historic and peaceful referendum in southern Sudan -- on 9 July the Republic of South Sudan will be born -- ecumenical organizations in...

I spent my early childhood on the high altiplano of Bolivia, where we took for granted spectacular views of mountains and lakes. I hiked the hills, explored caves and played among the Incan ruins....

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The number of Catholics in the world edged up 1 percent in 2009, the Vatican said, bringing to 1.18 billion the number...

(RNS) Christian publisher Strang Communications has sued evangelist Benny Hinn, claiming he violated a moral clause in a book agreement and owes the company more than $250,000....

WASHINGTON (RNS) Catholic bishops and Christian medical groups are "disappointed" that the Obama administration has rescinded Bush-era conscience clauses for health care workers....

For the third time in three years President Obama's proposed budget will attempt to reduce tax deductions for high-end charitable donors,...

Get ready for more undernourished infants, dangerously cold homes and disease-stricken communities in developing countries if proposed federal budget cuts become law....

The fight Wisconsin's governor picked with state workers isn't about balancing the budget, and it isn't about making them pay for more of their benefits. It's about destroying unions.

I wasn't sure how many people I would find at our first weekly Eucharist of the term. Driving was impossible, even if one mustered the will to dig out one's car for the third time in three weeks.

Geneva, February 21 (ENInews)--Members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee, at their meeting here, took a fresh look at the ecumenical movement's progress on gender justice iss...

Southern Baptist preacher and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has landed in hot water for comments critical of Islam....