The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Ill., is calling on priests there to deny Holy Communion and funeral rites to people in same-sex unions unless they show “some signs of repentance” for their relationships before death.
Montreal Catholic Church will fingerprint all priests working with children
The new rule is part of a 10-step screening process first tested in a pilot project launched last year.
Did Billy Graham’s wife shape their son Franklin more than he did?
Franklin followed his father into the pulpit and succeeded him as head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. But Franklin’s temperament and tone — more uncompromising than Billy’s in his prime and later years — are closer to his mother’s.
Maybe instead of solidarity, the Religious Left should try being indivisible
The religious left—again, such as it is— is committed to unity at all costs, including the cost of asking women, gays and lesbians to take a back seat to economic concerns and immigration reform. It has to this point been…
U.S. Catholic bishops committee dismayed over Trump’s new direction on Cuba
Disappointed with President Trump’s decision to reverse U.S. policy on Cuba, a committee of American Catholic bishops is calling on the president to keep ordinary Cubans in mind as he curtails trade and tourism.
The Rev. Henry Lyons forced out as pastor of Tampa church amid accusations of theft, misconduct
The one-time leader of the largest black Baptist organization in America — toppled by infidelities and imprisoned on fraud charges — has kept a relatively low profile while running a century-old church in Hillsborough County the last dozen years.
Ken Ham disputes reports the Ark Encounter is sinking
Answers in Genesis founder Ken Ham is disputing reports the ministry’s Noah’s Ark-themed park is taking on water.
Should churches keep their Civil War landmarks?
Churches, like local governments and universities, have to decide what to do and say about the problematic parts of their history, especially when markers call it out.
Evangelist Franklin Graham calls rounding up Iraqi Christians for deportation ‘very disturbing’
Franklin Graham, who has been supportive of Donald Trump’s travel ban, says he finds it “very disturbing” that immigration authorities have arrested many Iraqi Christians for possible deportation.
Like father, like son: Black activists tag-team preach on Father’s Day
About 15 years ago, the Rev. Otis Moss III invited his father, the Rev. Otis Moss Jr., to tag-team preach with him on Father’s Day. An interview with the on that tradition and the state of the black church in…
Church planting and the gospel of gentrification
Are we seeking the “welfare of the city,” or just our own?
Is an attack on one an attack on all?
The brutal consequences of our nation’s gun fetish.