Britain announced a new round of sanctions Thursday against Russia, targeting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church for his prominent support for the war in Ukraine as well as Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, who Britain said is responsible for…
California again seeks to pass human composting bill as Catholic bishops oppose it
Seeking to legalize the process of converting bodies into soil, a California legislator is attempting, once again, to pass a bill that would allow human composting in the Golden State.
Boise police can’t charge pastor who said LGBTQ people are ‘worthy of death’
The Boise Police Department does not plan to pursue criminal action against the local pastor of a small Baptist church who told his congregation that God wants to “put all queers to death.”
Ukrainian archbishop pushes against papal statements, says causes of war ‘lie within Russia itself’
A day after Pope Francis’s comments on the possibility of Russia being provoked by NATO into invading Ukraine were published, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said that those who think there was an external provocation are under…
Bishop punishes school over Black Lives Matter, Pride flags
he Diocese of Worcester has told a local middle school that it can no longer identify itself as a Catholic school because it disobeyed the bishop’s order to take down its Black Lives Matter and Pride flags.
Biden signs executive order to fight anti-LGBTQ state bills
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at combating a historic number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country.
How Music Saved The Oldest Anglican Church In Chile
Every Sunday the Anglican cathedral of St. Paul in Valparaíso opens its doors at noon to welcome visitors who come to listen to concerts on its organ. This routine on the century-old organ has kept the church alive for the…
The students staging a sit-in for LGBTQ+ rights at a Christian university
Sitting among rainbow flags and handmade signs declaring such things as “God made me gay” outside the Seattle Pacific University president’s office last week, Jo Scanlan described a moment from a psychobiology of women course at the private Christian university.
Saddleback remains Southern Baptist for now, after surprise appeal by Rick Warren
One of the nation’s best-known pastors made a surprise visit to the floor of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.