New State of the Church research reveals surprising changes in church attendance and insights on engagement by demographic BOULDER, Colo. — Gloo and Barna Group announced new State of the Church research findings that explore the complexities of the role of...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Three women who claim to have suffered abuse at the hands of the Slovenian Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik joined together with their lawyer, Laura Sgrò, to ask the Vatican for justice on Wednesday (March 12), while...
DALLAS (AP) — A former pastor of a Texas megachurch who resigned after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s has been indicted in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges, that state’s attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Robert...
(The Conversation) — Picture a packed stadium of fans in extreme weather, all clad in their favorite jerseys, cheering and cursing at their favorite American football team or European soccer club. Or a crush of screaming fans, singing and dancing...
Katelyn and Roxy revisit some of the Capital T-truths of their youth group days and dare to say 'maybe I don't believe that anymore . . . To view this story, you must be logged in and a current RNS...
(RNS) — Southern Baptists have long been known as a large branch of evangelical Christianity and a dominant force in the Southern states. But an analysis of recent statistics supplied by congregations across the country revealed New England is the...
(RNS) — In a Monday night (March 10) status report on refugee resettlement, President Donald Trump’s administration acknowledged there had been a “significant deterioration of functions” due to its stop-work orders and suspension of resettlement programs. The status report was...
(RNS) — On the Jewish holiday of Purim, which falls on March 14 this year, gifts of food are exchanged, charity is generously distributed and the Book of Esther is read in synagogues. It is a singularly uninhibited Jewish day,...
(RNS) — Lawyers for the Southern Baptist Convention said Wednesday (March 12) that the U.S. Department of Justice has ended an investigation into the denomination’s response to allegations of sexual abuse committed by Southern Baptist pastors and institutional leaders. That...
(RNS) — There’s a new sin on the block, and its name is Empathy. Actually, people are painting it both as a sin and a threat. As a sin: Joe Rigney’s new book, “The Sin of Empathy,” released late last...
