Vatican issues new norms to rein in supernatural phenomena
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Weeping Madonnas, bleeding hosts and saintly apparitions will have to be approved by the Vatican’s doctrinal office, according to...
Background checks are essential for kids’ ministry. No one knows how many churches do...
(RNS) — About 10 years ago, when the state of Pennsylvania passed a law requiring a background check for anyone who worked with...
Eternal polygamy? How LDS temple sealings and cancellations became a raw deal for women
(RNS) — Many tears have been shed, and much ink spilled, about gender inequalities in Mormon temple sealing rituals.
In our religion, a man...
The meaning of an Orthodox Christian deaconess’s ordination may depend on where you live
(RNS) — When the ordination of Angelic Molen of Harare, Zimbabwe, as a deaconess by Metropolitan Seraphim, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of the...
Harrison Butker’s commencement speech almost made a good point
(RNS) — Last week, a football player gave a commencement speech that made a lot of people pretty upset. I’m sure you’ve heard...
Photos of the Week: Bun Festival; Billy Graham statue
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes an annual Hong Kong Bun Festival, a new sculpture of the Rev. Billy Graham in Statuary...
Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force...
Vatican to weigh in on the supernatural, Marian apparitions
(RNS) — Every Sunday, in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York, a group of followers of Veronica Lueken, a Catholic housewife who...
Lawmakers unveil statue of Billy Graham in US Capitol
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Dozens of lawmakers and faith leaders gathered in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday (May 16) to celebrate the installation of...
A priest observed a ‘Eucharistic fast’ for racial justice. Now, he could be deposed.
(RNS) — An Episcopal priest may lose his credentials in the denomination after observing a “Eucharistic fast” in the name of racial justice....
AME official Jerome V. Harris dies under a cloud of alleged corruption
(RNS) — The Rev. Jerome V. Harris, a retired general officer of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on May...
On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state
(RNS) — The state of Israel wants you to think it’s a democracy. But the people it has oppressed for 75 years tell...
