(RNS) The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, widely considered the dean of the nation’s black preachers and “the poet laureate of American Protestantism,” died Sunday..
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) As Good Friday services began here, Christian and Muslim leaders preached unity a day after a horrific terrorist attack..
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Somalia’s al-Shabab militants shot and killed more than 147 people, wounded dozens of others and held hundreds hostage Thursday..
(RNS) This is Holy Week, the most sacred time of year for Christians. It is the time they mark the betrayal, trial..
(RNS) A northern Nigeria Muslim leader who promised to pursue a nonreligious agenda as president will now have to deal with an..
(RNS) Before this week, few people had heard of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or could even pronounce its acronym, RFRA (Riff-ra),..
NEW YORK (RNS) Congregations in New York City that rent space in public schools will be able to hold Easter services this..
Need proof that biblical entertainment is Hollywood’s holiest trend? Then look no further than Morocco, where three TV projects — National Geographic..
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his state’s new religious freedom law Sunday (March 29) while refusing to say if it would allow..
(RNS) President Obama will welcome Pope Francis to the White House during the pontiff’s U.S. visit in September to “continue the dialogue..
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of England appointed its second woman bishop on Wednesday (March 25), only two months after it consecrated..
(Reuters) A controversial Indiana bill that could protect business owners who don’t want to provide services for same-sex couples moved closer to..
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Drying livestock carcasses and anguished faces of hungry women and children have become a common feature here as droughts..
(RNS) Jean Vanier, an advocate for people with developmental disabilities who helped create an international network of residential communities that champion the..
ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (RNS) A sheriff in one of North Carolina’s smallest counties told registered sex offenders they can’t go to church, citing a state..
WASHINGTON (RNS) Leaders of Christian and Jewish international aid groups say their efforts are often met with twin suspicions: That the real purpose is to..
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Feb. 25) will hear the case of a young Muslim woman who says the Abercrombie & Fitch..
(RNS) Family Christian Stores, the largest Christian retail chain, filed for bankruptcy, seeking to restructure so it can keep its more than 260..
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Washington National Cathedral, which sustained heavy damage in a 2011 earthquake, has finished the $10 million first phase of its repair work..
(RNS) Sunni and Shiite Muslims, two main sects of Islam, have been in conflict for more than a millennium. Why does such..
CAIRO (RNS) The gruesome video released by militants from the Islamic State showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya has..
ROME (Reuters) The U.S. cardinal who heads the Vatican’s commission on sexual abuse of children by clergy warned his fellow Roman Catholic..
(RNS) Chances are you’ll see a bunch of folks walking around with shmutz on their foreheads this Wednesday. The ‘Splainer asks what having..
(RNS) How do some of the nation’s Christian denominations address alcoholism among their leaders? Here’s a sampling: 1. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS The Southern..
WASHINGTON (RNS) For the Obama administration and the Bush administration before it, drone strikes kill terrorists before terrorists can kill innocents, and the..
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