News that a seminal figure in the decades-long abortion debate was allegedly paid to advocate against the practice is triggering mixed reactions from religious leaders.
Pandemic will alter Communion rituals for many US Christians
Holy Communion will have a different look when in-person worship services resume at the end of May in the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee: The wafers signifying the body of Christ will be placed in the hands of parishioners by…
COVID-19 delayed a United Methodist schism. But it has left LGBT members in limbo.
Rebecca Bernstein says she wants to go to a United Methodist seminary. But her dreams of becoming an ordained Methodist minister are on hold for now.
Trump declares places of worship ‘essential,’ setting up standoff with governors
President Donald Trump has unveiled new guidance classifying houses of worship as “essential services” and insisting that governors allow faith groups to worship despite the risk of furthering the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Washington Bishops Continue To Suspend Masses Out Of ‘Respect For Human Life’
All five Catholic bishops in Washington state have issued a statement in response to comments by President Donald Trump which explains that public masses were suspended “out of our deepest respect for human life and health” amid the COVID-19 crisis.
The Jornaleros: Voices of Day Laborers Facing COVID-19
Day laborers—in Spanish, jornaleros—are at once the most and least visible people in the US. In non-pandemic times, at least, you can readily find people who provide day-labor services standing by the side of the road at busy intersections. And yet…
How Americans’ ‘tell it like it is’ attitude renders us vulnerable to conspiracy theories
As we enter the third month of the coronavirus lockdown, conspiracy theories about the coronavirus, and what will or won’t cure it, abound. There are the quick fixes hawked by the president, who has repeatedly promoted the unproven hydroxychloroquine as…
Ravi Zacharias Dies of Cancer
Apologist Ravi Zacharias died Tuesday, two months after he announced he had been diagnosed with cancer. He was 74.
United Methodists would’ve met this week to consider a split. What are they doing instead?
Were 2020 going as planned, United Methodists from around the world would be wrapping up a two-week meeting in Minneapolis, where they were expected to discuss a measure to split the denomination.