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Vatican, China clash over bishop's ordination
HONG KONG (RNS/ENInews) Vatican and Hong Kong cardinals criticized
the official Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association for organizing the...
Conscientious objection to specific wars sought
A coalition of religious leaders and veterans has called for a reconsideration of conscientious objection to war, saying that military members should have the right to object to the wars in Iraq an...
Church of God in Christ convenes away from home
When is a church convention more than just another church convention?...
NCC event marks 100 years of ecumenism
More than 400 people of faith met in New Orleans November 9–11 to celebrate a century of ecumenical involvement and to consider how the churches might effectively work together....
Top religion news in 2010 evoked sense of déjà vu
The calendar may have said 2010, but for Pope Benedict XVI and much of his global flock, it looked and felt a lot like 2002....
Dignity at the airport
When I flew home this past
weekend, I got to see the new TSA screening measures in action. The tiny
airport I flew out of didn't have the new backscatter machines, but TSA agents...
Hefty reading
I've recently read and I highly recommend the following four books. Each is different and satisfying. Each is hefty, which is satisfying in its own way—it always feels like something of a statement to travel with a hardback book that's hard to fit into an airplane carry-on bag.
Hunger group hopes for progress in 2011 on global malnutrition
WASHINGTON (RNS) Significant progress on global malnutrition can be
made in 2011, the ecumenical anti-hunger group Bread for the World said...
As uproar fades, Seton Hall students meet to study gay marriage
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (RNS) It is the class that wasn't supposed to
happen.
In a basement classroom at Seton Hall University, 24 undergraduates...
UNAIDS says Pope's condom move makes HIV cooperation easier
Geneva/Rome, November 23 (ENInews)--The head of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, says a
statement by Pope Benedict XVI that the use of condoms is justified when...
How, or if, you give thanks speaks volumes
(RNS) Whether it's a mere "Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub," or a
more solemn supplication, millions of Americans will bow their heads...
Sunday, December 5, 2010: Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12
On this second Sunday of Advent, perhaps the paraments should be red rather than blue or purple....
ELCA shifts $500,000 for cholera fight in Haiti
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America committed $500,000 in mid-November for the prevention and treatment of cholera in Haiti, as well as continued response to communities displaced by th...
Barna and the New Calvinists
In a new study
on the influence of the NeoReformed or "New Calvinist" movement on the church,
the Barna Group concludes that "there is no discernable evidence from this
research that there is a Reformed shift among U.S. congregation leaders over
the last decade." A number of
evangelical Christian leaders maintain that the study seems to contradict their on-the-ground
experience.
Is the church being neighborly?
On this past week’s This American Life, the third act, “Wary Home Companion,” ...
The great Thanksgiving
I love feasts.
Not so much the eating part, but the preparing part. For the past three
years, since becoming a stay-at-home dad, I have done most of the
cooking, especially around the holidays, planning, preparing, and
cooking festive feasts.
A day of listening
The Fetzer Institute and StoryCorps are sponsoring the third
annual National Day of Listening...
A review of My Reading Life
Ever since he was a freshman in high school, Conroy has tried to read 200 pages a day....