(RNS) — Since July, when the Republican National Committee dropped a federal abortion ban from its national platform, several traditional religious right leaders have suggested that they have been betrayed, raising questions about whether evangelical Christians and conservative Catholics would...
(RNS) — This past Sunday, worshippers returned to Biltmore Church, a megachurch in Asheville, North Carolina, for the first time in person after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. It was bittersweet, said Bruce Frank, the church’s pastor. People were...
(RNS) — Bishop David D. Daniels III, a scholar and ecumenist who sought to build understanding of historical African and Black Pentecostal contributions to Christianity, has died at age 70. Daniels, a professor of world Christianity and church history at...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On Thursday (Oct. 17), the Hall of the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuit order’s headquarters in Rome, delegates to a worldwide Vatican summit gathered to talk about their hopes for a transformed...
(RNS) — Where does the history of Muslims in America begin? With enslaved African Muslims brought to the U.S. in the 1600s? In the 1930s, when the Nation of Islam was established by Wallace Fard Muhammad in Detroit? Is it...
(RNS) — Whether it was wearing a “True Love Waits” ring, reading “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” or awaiting a fairy-tale marriage, as a teenager Camden Morgante was all-in on what is often referred to as “purity culture,” a set of...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Although Pope Francis took it off the agenda, the appointment of bishops is still being discussed privately by members of the synod. The pope took this and a number of issues off the agenda because he...
Would you end a friendship over political disagreements? What about a romantic relationship? In this era of political extremes, few of us have gone untouched by polarization. We’ve had family fights, friendship rifts and, for some, church splits. When...
(RNS) — A couple of weeks ago, around the time of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ General Conference, I began seeing images of what purported to be a package of men’s LDS temple garment shirts—without sleeves. A...
(RNS) — A former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pleaded guilty Wednesday (Oct. 16) to lying to the FBI and creating false documents during an investigation into sexual abuse. Matt Queen, the pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in...
