Berlin (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with Germany's Jewish community on the first day of his four-day state visit to his homeland was marked by both good will and honest criticism.
Washington (ENI) The release of U.S. hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from an Iranian prison on Sept. 21 "affirms the importance of the role of religious dialogue and its end product in this case, public diplomacy, as we seek ways to define common ground between our two countries," said Episcopal Diocese of Washington Bishop John Chane, who returned from a weeklong visit to Iran on Sept. 19.
STATESVILLE, N.C. (PNS) Six years after Hurricane Katrina, rebuilding New Orleans after the country’s costliest storm continues.
Berlin (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI, on his first state visit to his native country, arrives in Berlin on Sept. 22 in what many see as a unique opportunity for increased understanding between Catholic and Protestant churches.
Nairobi, Kenya (ENI) As a new international initiative seeks to stop child marriages, church-based centers in southern Kenya are an example of faith organizations providing a haven for girls and educating communities about the issue.
The old wisdom: The more educated you are, the less likely you will be religious. But a new study says that, rather than driving people away from God, education gives them a more liberal attitude about who’s going to heaven.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (General Assembly Mission Council) The Rev. Mienda Uriarte will begin duties this month as coordinator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s mission work in Asia and the Pacific.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Office of the General Assembly) Picture it: A candidate for ordination as a teaching elder (minister of the Word and Sacrament) taking all of the standard ordination exams online on a flexible schedule and receiving the results in a matter of days.
LOUISVILLE (General Assembly Mission Council) In the decade since the September 11 attacks exposed fissures in America’s patchwork of religions, the number of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations involved in activities with other faiths has increased. One-quarter of congregations, up from 16 percent, are now involved.
Warsaw, Poland (ENI) Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their upkeep during the economic recession, according to church sources.
Nairobi, Kenya (ENI) As the smoke dies out at the bombed United Nations headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, faith leaders are seeking urgent government action to end a recurrent and bloody cycle of religious violence in Africa's most populous nation.
New York (ENI) An unusual magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck in central Virginia on the afternoon of Aug. 23 significantly damaged the central tower of Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital, about 84 miles northeast of the epicenter.
Vatican City (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI lamented the "superficiality, consumerism and hedonism" of contemporary society while offering a message of Christian hope to young Catholic pilgrims gathered in Madrid on Aug. 18.
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Nairobi, Kenya (ENI) The Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya, where several Christian relief agencies are delivering humanitarian aid to Somali migrants fleeing drought, war and disease, has become Kenya's third-largest "city."
WASHINGTON (ENI/RNS) O ften accused of ignoring religion as they craft foreign policy, the White House and State Department are trying to show that religion is a rising priority for U.S. diplomacy.
Let’s all take a deep breath. In the run-up to our time in Minneapolis, we must ask ourselves what has changed and what has remained the same.
What has changed is that a majority of PCUSA presbyteries have voted to remove the requirement from our Book of Order that all ministers, elders and deacons practice fidelity if they are married and chastity if they are single. The substitute language that is now part of our constitution calls upon leaders “to submit joyfully to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.”
JOPLIN, Mo. (General Assembly Mission Council) The scores of spring
tornadoes that swept through Eastern and Midwestern states this year left
widespread devastation, nowhere worse than in Joplin, Mo.
London (ENI) Many faith communities in England are working
together on the front line this week after days of rioting in which
hooded youths ransacked hundreds of businesses and shops in many parts of
London, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Leeds, Nottingham and smaller towns.
Nairobi, Kenya (ENI)- As Christians in South Sudan mark one
month after independence, churches in the Muslim North are facing pressure
from government officials and members of the public who are demanding their
closure.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Special to PNS) “The extent of the damage is just stunning,” said General Assembly Mission Council Executive Director Linda Valentine after a recent visit to Tuscaloosa and Culllman, Ala., with a group of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Christian missionaries should renounce all “deception and coercive means” of winning converts, according to an agreement released June 28 by a World Evangelical Alliance, the World Council of Churches and the Vatican, which together represent 90 percent of the world’s Christian population.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Office of the General Assembly) Gradye Parsons,
stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
says he is "deepy troubled" by the deficit-reduction package that has been
signed into federal law.
Geneva (ENI) Christian advocacy groups are among a 28-strong international coalition calling for North Korea, criticized by many for its human rights abuses and nuclear threats, to step down from the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (UNCD).
Jerusalem (ENI) Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders met in Jerusalem July 18 at the Interfaith Climate Change Forum to raise awareness about the vital role religion can play on environmental issues.
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