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The King’s Speech: Directed by Tom Hooper
The King's Speech is the latest in a long line of "there'll always be an England" movies....
Now it’s personal: Reclaiming a relationship with Jesus
Our Bible study group was looking at the women at the tomb, and I joked, “We don’t need Jesus today, he’s not in this story.” I was unprepared for the wave of grief that washed over me.
Pope warns diplomats on threats to religious freedom
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Monday (Jan. 10) decried
violence against Christians in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, as well...
State Department to leave `mother' and `father' on documents
WASHINGTON (RNS) Facing a backlash from conservative groups,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ordered changes to a proposal to...
YWCA drops Christian affiliation from name
LONDON (RNS) The British branch of the YWCA has dropped "Christian"
from its official name because it "no longer stood for what we are or...
Religious leaders call for calm, civility
(RNS) Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas was thousands of miles away from the
shooting rampage that rocked his Arizona diocese on Saturday (Jan. 8),...
At Institute of Peace religions play role in peacemaking efforts
Just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, a new building—topped by a
translucent white roof that resembles the wings of a giant dove—is...
Forgiveness in worship
I am among those called to lead people in confessing sin and announcing God's forgiveness in the Sunday liturgy, an essential action never altogether free from the threat of routinized going-through-the-motions. This action is anything but routine, however, when it occurs in the setting I described in my lectionary column for the Century on this week's Gospel lesson.
United we sing: Music and community
Early Christian writers recognized music's emotional power. Just as often, however, they commended it for its powers of harmony--in both the musical and extramusical sense.
UCC, which urged lifting ban on gays in military in 1993, sees vindication
The United Church of Christ, with its traditionally liberal leadership, has often passed resolutions at national gatherings that seemed "ahead of their time." Such was the case when the UCC's bienn...
Still exceptional?
With its widening gap between the rich and the poor, the decline of its middle class and crises in its health care and educational systems, the U.S. is no longer the golden land of opportunity.
Churches call for peaceful vote in Sudan
Canterbury, England 7 January (ENInews)--The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has urged all Anglicans and Christians from other denominations to stand with the Sudanese people as that c...
Gallup: Jews score highest on "well-being" survey
(RNS) American Jews scored the highest of any religious group on a
"well-being" index even though more than half of Jews are nonreligious,
according to a new Gallup survey.
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Court rules against diocese in historic district dispute
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) A federal judge ruled that the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Springfield must bow to the altar of historic...
Senator ends probe of ministries, calls for ‘self-reform’
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, having concluded a three-year probe
into alleged lavish spending at six major broadcast ministries, has...
A review of The Children of Divorce
On the way to meet a friend whose marriage, I'd heard, was on the rocks, I sifted through the clichés one can offer someone on the verge of divorce....