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In Cleveland, a battle over unwanted churches
CLEVELAND (RNS) Shuttered churches might be the biggest challenge facing the preservation community. Shrinking congregations and migration to the suburbs have left churches empty, or with fewer members. Preservationists lobby to save them, but no one can afford to open them. By Michelle Jarboe McFee.
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Woman charged with embezzling $1 million from NY archdiocese
NEW YORK (RNS) A 67-year-old woman with a criminal record for theft has been charged with siphoning $1 million in donations while working in the finance office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. By David Gibson.
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Workers at religious institutions fear future of pensions
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (RNS) Tens of thousands of current and former employees at scores of religiously affiliated institutions across the country are worried as nonprofits increasingly seek refuge in "church" pension plans to escape onerous financial obligations. By Tom Haydon. 800. With photo.
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Atheists aim to change image of penny-pinching Scrooges
(RNS) If Dec. 10 had been an average day for Doctors Without Borders, the Swiss charity that sends medical help into crisis areas, its website would have logged 4,000 hits.
Instead, it was bombarded with more than 10 times that amount as atheists from the user-driven news...
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It’s the most wonderfully holy time of the year
(RNS) A quick glimpse at a calendar is one way to see how religiously diverse the United States has become.
This year, December, a month that encompasses the Christian and Jewish celebrations of Christmas and Hanukkah, includes spiritually significant days for Muslims, Buddhists, Paga...
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Charitable giving up slightly but still ailing
(RNS) Charitable giving is trickling back up as the economy heals, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, nonprofit leaders say.
Giving totaled $291 billion in 2010, according to the 2011 annual report by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. That's...
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COMMENTARY: All I want for Christmas
(RNS) After noticing that Lexus wants me to give a $50,000 sedan to my wife this Christmas, I joined my family in the annual "Ehrich Christmas Wish List," an online spreadsheet maintained by my youngest son.
I knew I had to list something, so I thought hard. Had to be affordable -- no...
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Was the first Thanksgiving a religious celebration?
(RNS) If you want to prepare for Thanksgiving like a real Pilgrim this year, here's what you should do: Cancel the plane reservations. Stop jotting down recipes. Leave the libations alone.
For the Pilgrims and Puritans, "thanksgiving" days were spontaneous and sober affairs.
When frie...
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Monday Godbytes
Religion majors rejoice: Nathan Schneider at Religion Dispatches explains why he thinks the world needs religious studies.
The Dalai Lama is questioning whether self-immolations should be used as a form of protest, echoing the misgivings of other Tibetan leaders.
Relevant Magazine ask...
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Law would allow marriage to Catholics for U.K. royals
(RNS) Future British kings and queens would be permitted to marry Catholics for the first time in more than three centuries under reforms proposed by British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Writing to his fellow heads of government in the British Commonwealth, in a letter published on W...
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