With one week to go before Brazil’s presidential election, the two front-runners are battling for the religious vote.
Orthodox church in the Hamptons calls people with autism ‘part of our community’
Dressed in the yellow robes of an altar server, Dimitri Donus dutifully held the tall, golden sacramental fan as he processed with other acolytes during the Divine Liturgy on a recent Sunday at his Greek Orthodox church in this resort…
How TikTok turned the Orthodox favorite Miami Boys Choir into pop culture phenomenon
“K-pop is over,” one Twitter user declared. “We’re listening to Orthodox Pop from now on.”
Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private confessions was in jeopardy.
LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot
When her teenage daughter came out as a lesbian several years ago, one of the first things Caroline Joyce did was to Google, “Can you be gay and be a Christian?”
Orphan Forced from Christian Home Highlights Islamic Ban on Adoption
Four years ago, Shenouda was an infant found at the door of a Coptic church. Today, renamed Yusuf, the boy is found in a state-run orphanage. In between lies the care of a priest, the devastation of a Christian family,…
Christians Love a Comeback Story. Too Often It’s Cheap Grace.
For the first time in nearly two years, Carl Lentz, former pastor of Hillsong New York, recently shared an update. “It’s been a challenging road but we are alive, we are at peace and thanks to the grace of God…
Ojibwe author Patty Krawec writes about Indigenous peoples, Christians ‘Becoming Kin’
Patty Krawec, a writer and podcaster from Lac Seul First Nation in Canada, was thinking of all “the good Christians I grew up with” as she wrote her first book, “Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and…
Multifaith Panel to Evaluate Homeland Security Church Protections
The Department of Homeland Security has announced the appointment of a new, 25-member faith-based advisory council to assist Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in finding ways to protect houses of worship.
Trans religious leaders say scripture should inspire inclusive congregations
Something as small as signs that say “men” and “women” on the bathrooms in a house of worship can shut the door to trans people.
In hometown of St. Francis of Assisi, pope touts ‘radical criticism’ of capitalism
Joining young people from more than 100 countries, Pope Francis signed a document on Saturday (Sept. 24) that lays out ideas for a new economy inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, the pope’s namesake known for his dedication to the…
For the High Holidays in 2022, synagogues are getting back to normal — whatever that means
The kids are coming back inside for Rosh Hashanah services at Temple Shir Shalom, a Reform synagogue in suburban Detroit.