EDINBURGH (ENI) — A senior member of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland, backed by a Roman Catholic counterpart, has raised strong concerns around the practice of "auctioning" and selling human eggs for in vitro fertilization treatments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ENI/RNS) -- A lesbian priest has been confirmed as an assistant bishop in Los Angeles, making her the Episcopal Church U.S.A.'s
second openly homosexual bishop and potentially widening its breach with Anglicans overseas.
I have spent considerable time reading many of the Outlook editorials and letters to the editors, only to wonder in disbelief if..
Hiccup (the voice of Jay Baruchel) is a bright, skinny, sensitive little Viking lad who just doesn’t seem to fit in with the big, burly, warrior clan where his father, Stoick (the voice of Gerard Butler) is the chief.
According to our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Form of Government, a General Assembly may issue an authoritative interpretation about the meaning of our Constitution. But an amendment to the Part II of the Constitution (the Book of Order) requires a subsequent affirmative vote by a majority of the presbyteries.
HONG KONG (ENI) — A Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocesan official has praised Google's decision to stop filtering the contents in its search engine as it faces a backlash in the Chinese mainland.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — A national progressive interfaith organization has written leading publishers around the country to urge them to reject changes made to standards for teaching about social studies, history, and economics in Texas.
Not surprisingly, responses have begun to roll in to the report of the General Assembly Study Committee on the Middle East – with some critics contending that the report is biased and predicting it will ignite anew tensions between Presbyterians and Jews.
Editor’s Note: See also the NCC report on the opening of the Ecumenical Advocacy Days event elsewhere on this Web site.
The veil of the temple was rent in twain … . That gospel verse captured my imagination while worshiping in Elim Bible Institute’s Maundy Thursday chapel service in 1974. As it crossed my mind, the whole biblical narrative flashed before my eyes.
As faith communities venture into a new era, they face rethinking "membership."
Much of pop culture both astonishes and appalls me. But perhaps nothing does that more than the run-amok habit of celebrities to reveal their bad decisions, transgressions, and destructive impulses to the whole world. And worse than just revealing, they revel.
Recently, I sat in a pastor’s office and asked this question: “Why is it important to have a Presbyterian Church in this community?”
Gambling is a pervasive part of our culture in every state of the union.
LOUISVILLE. A General Assembly Middle East study group approved in January recommendations that include asking that the two years from 2010 to 2012 be “a time of Presbyterian prayer and action for the Middle East.”
Words matter. Perhaps that’s why we spend so much time arguing over them, debating them, and, at some point, attempting to concretize them.
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy worked feverishly at its late January meeting on a half-dozen reports it is preparing for the upcoming 219th General Assembly later this year in Minneapolis.
(RNS) Starbucks, Chili’s, and bars are better places than church to meet new friends, according to a new survey.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A senior Vatican official has called for “an ecumenical catechism” setting forth the common beliefs of the Catholic and major Protestant churches.
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Nearly half of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) members (43 percent) are age 65 or older and a larger percentage of pastors than ever (27 percent) are women.
The Presbytery of Santa Barbara has voted to recommend an overture to the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), asking for the formation of a non-geographic synod “to preserve the unity of the PC(USA) without violating the conscience of its members.”
(ABP) Two Baptist churches within three miles of each other burned Feb. 8, 9 and 10 in a rash of suspicious church fires in East Texas since Jan. 1.
(PNS) The Kent Church (Ohio) in Eastminster Presbytery broke ground in February on a new living and learning community to house 320 students on church property.
(ENI ) Christian leaders around the world have condemned the arrest in the Philippines of a church official and other health workers in the southeast Asian country, and say they are worried about reports of torture being inflicted on those held.
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