CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Three leading Anglicans have entered an explosive debate about whether it is permissible for Christians to allow doctors in..
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) After 20 years of turmoil and angry debate, on Monday (July 14) the General Synod of the Church of..
(RNS) A federal court has ruled that humanist couples in Indiana can be married by their own “secular celebrants,” something that until..
(RNS) The Evangelical Immigration Table commissioned the documentary “The Stranger” to foster evangelical support for immigration reform. Linda Midgett, a graduate of evangelical..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is sending a cardinal and a bishop to Paraguay to investigate the activities of a priest previously..
(RNS) A federal judge has approved a settlement in a 14-year legal battle over government funding of Baptist homes for children in..
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama’s faith-based advisers are coming down on different sides of a debate over a pending executive order that would..
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) On a Sunday at the Presbyterian church in the Bahati neighborhood, a young woman haltingly approaches the pulpit with..
RADNOR, Pa. (RNS) “How many of you have ever studied a parish budget?” the Rev. David Couturier asked the 11 Catholic priests-in-training seated..
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court offered a further sign that it favors letting employers with religious objections avoid the Obama administration’s so-called..
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court on Monday(June 30) sided with the evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., ruling 5-4 that the arts-and-crafts chain does not..
(RNS) The Moravian Church’s Northern Province approved a proposal to allow gays and lesbians to be ordained and to create a religious..
(RNS) World Vision tested evangelical boundaries three months ago when it announced it would allow its employees to be in same-sex marriages. The policy was short-lived;..
(RNS) In a surprising reversal, a Pennsylvania pastor who was defrocked last year for violating United Methodist law after he officiated at..
(RNS) Words and music are the stock-in-trade at most Christian festivals, but the Wild Goose Festival is adding another component: the visual..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis dived into the Middle East peace process on Sunday (June 8), urging the Israeli and Palestinian presidents..
by Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) As Pope Francis concluded his Middle East tour, officials were hoping to finalize a date for the..
by Lauren Markoe (RNS) A federal court has dismissed three atheist groups’ suit against the IRS, in which they accused the tax agency of..
by Michele Chabin, USA Today BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) Israeli and Palestinian leaders accepted an invitation to the Vatican next month from Pope..
(RNS) Will the United Methodist Church soon have to drop the “United” part of its name? A group of 80 pastors is suggesting that..
by David Gibson NEW YORK (RNS) Social media can bring out the worst in people, and even Pope Francis’ enormously popular Twitter..
by Lauren Markoe WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the nation’s leading — and official — champions of religious freedom implored the Obama..
by Lauren Markoe (RNS) Jewish soldiers and sailors will read from a new prayer book this Memorial Day, one that aims to..
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) Two pastors have left on a Reformed evangelical group after a pastor from the Maryland megachurch they founded..
by Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) “I know what you did last Sunday,” claims the title of a new survey. You skipped church. And then nearly..
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