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Church arsonist sentenced to nine years
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) The first of three men charged with
torching a black church hours after President Obama's 2008 election was...
Obama hears concerns of NCC leaders
The day before elections some 20 Christian leaders met and prayed
with President Obama at the White House and discussed a host of...
Should I call you "Reverend"?
"Should I call you 'Reverend'?" someone asked me recently. I
paused for a moment, thinking a million thoughts at once. I'm not much of a fan...
Back to the mainline
If you had asked the pastor of the mainline
church I grew up in how his congregation was addressing public issues like...
Global religious leaders reviled at Baghdad church killing
Geneva, November 1 (ENI)--The World Council of Churches general secretary, the Rev....
Religion, politics getting too cozy, Carter warns
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) For a man who evangelized foreign leaders and
taught Sunday school while U.S. president, Jimmy Carter has some strong...
Vatican seeks to be `ally' with victims on abuse
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican's top spokesman appealed to victims
of pedophile priests who demonstrated near the Vatican on Sunday (Oct....
Land criticizes Obama's reference to political 'enemies'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's top
spokesman for moral concerns added his voice to a chorus of conservative...
Answerizing
Some years ago, a small group in our church watched the award-winning documentary The Fog of War, in which former secretary of defense Robert McNamara talks about his life, especially the Vietnam War.
Presente: An All Saints meditation
Before his assassination Archbishop Romero of El Salvador had a practice
of reading at the Eucharist the names of members of his church who had...
The Social Network
David Fincher's The Social Network, with a script by the monarch of machine-gun banter, Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing), is a smart, funny film that tells the story of...
Diverse and devout
The U.S. would seem to be prime ground for deep and chronic social conflict. Yet the evidence indicates that Americans get along fairly well in spite of having many different religions, including the growing number who subscribe to "no religion."
Global faith-based aid alliance says a billion hungry wrong
Geneva, October 29 (ENI)--The head of a worldwide faith-based humanitarian and development alliance has said his organization needs to take a more vocal stance on global inequalities. ...
Obama to visit largest mosque in Indonesia
(RNS) President Obama plans to visit one of the world's largest
mosques during his trip to Indonesia in November, the White House
announced Thursday (Oct. 28).
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Gallup: Most religious Americans have high levels of well-being
(RNS) The most religious Americans also have the highest rates of
well-being, according to a new Gallup survey....
Chilean bishop removed from top Anglican panel
Chile's leading Anglican bishop has become collateral damage in the border wars between the U.S.-based Episcopal Church and conservatives overseas....
Some religious charities buck lower giving trends
Several of the nation's largest religious charities reported increases in private support as nonprofits overall saw decreases in donations last year, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported...
Mideast Catholic bishops urge Israel not to use the Bible ‘to justify injustices’
Bishops from the Middle East, summoned by the pope to the Vatican, ended their two-week meeting with a statement that called on Israel to end its "occupation" of Arab lands and to stop using the Bi...
Reformation—conclusion
I suppose I should have said something about being Lutheran this week, after all Reformation is the Lutheran 4th...
