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New York, February 23 (ENInews)--Rescue teams in Christchurch, New Zealand were digging through rubble on 23 February, searching for survivors of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 7...

WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Catholic bishops on Thursday (Feb. 24) threw their moral weight behind the pro-union protesters in Wisconsin, saying...

Geneva, February 24 (ENInews)--Colombia urgently needs an increase in ecumenical approaches to peace-building to counter the effects of a half-century of civil conflict fuelled by drug money and co...

As contract talks broke down be­tween Albert Pujols and the Cardinals, St. Louis baseball fans began nervously asking themselves a...

For more than a quarter of a century, psychologist Robert D. Enright has been a pioneer in the scientific study of forgiveness—the kind of...

It is 3:13 on Thursday afternoon and I still have eight sermons bouncing around in my skull. I'm not so much worried about tomorrow, I'm certain...

There is a region between home and the forbidden, states a friend and colleague of mine. It's not a border in the NRSV, but a region, an actual space that Jesus goes to. It's where the unwanted are.

Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson tell a story that is at once familiar and unfamiliar. The familiar part is that inequality has grown dramatically in the U.S. What’s less familiar is how this came about.

"Are we witnessing the death of America's denominations?" asks Russell D. Moore, pointing out that people tend to choose a church based mostly on the nursery or the music. This is not new information.

Nairobi, February 23 (ENInews)--Christian clergy in Libya said they have no intention of leaving the country, where several days of protests and retaliation by government armed forces have left hun...

(RNS) Is sending a secret informant into a mosque in search of terrorists proactive policing, or a violation of worshippers' civil rights? ...

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.