Many religions have a view on the afterlife that includes a dark side. Yet there are boundless misconceptions of what different religions say about hell, with sometimes wildly varying views between different denominations and belief systems. It’s rare to find…
House votes to erase ‘homosexuality’ from state crimes code
The Pennsylvania House voted unanimously on Wednesday to erase the word “homosexuality” from the definition of prohibited sexual acts in the state Crimes Code.
Invested Faith announces fourth class of fellows
A new nonprofit created to encourage social innovators has named its fourth class of fellows who will receive unrestricted grants of $5,000 and an invitation to tell their stories nationwide. Invested Faith, founded in 2019 by Baptist pastor Amy Butler,…
Tallying the dead is one thing, giving them names would take an ‘inexhaustible voice,’ as the ancient Greeks knew
The official count of Americans lost to COVID-19 has surpassed 1 million. It is the latest grim milestone that has marked the progression of deaths and infections since the virus took hold in the U.S. in March 2020.
Picture book by Sen. Raphael Warnock coming in November
U.S. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock will have a children’s book out this fall, a picture story based on his being one of 12 siblings.
Vatican bank displays financial decline, moral gains after papal reforms
Pope Francis has been clear about his vision for Catholicism as a “poor church for the poor” and the 2021 annual report of the Vatican bank shows that the pope’s wish is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
UK cinema chain cancels screenings of ‘blasphemous’ film after protests
A UK cinema chain has cancelled all screenings of a “blasphemous” film about the daughter of the prophet Muhammad after branches were picketed by Muslim activists.
Half of Americans Rule Out Pentecostal Churches
Most Americans are open to a variety of denominations of Christian churches, including many people of other faiths or no faith at all.
30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within the next month.
First transgender bishop of largest Lutheran denomination resigns
The first transgender bishop of the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States has resigned amid criticism over the decision to remove the pastor of a Latino congregation on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December.
There are historical and psychological reasons why the legal age for purchasing assault weapons does not make sense
The Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings in May 2022 had at least two things in common: The shooters were 18 years old, and they had both legally purchased their own assault rifles.
Jewish man beaten and allegedly called ‘dirty Jew’ while campaigning for his political candidate wife in France
A group of men violently assaulted a Jewish man while he was putting up campaign posters for his wife, who is running for a legislative seat in Strasbourg, France, the victim told police.