Faith
An old-school confessional revives saying ‘I’m sorry’
DERBY, Conn. (RNS) The Rev. Janusz Kukulka can't say for sure that his parishioners are sinning more, but they sure are lining up at the new confessional booth to tell him about it.
For years, Kukulka, was content with absolving sins in a private room marked by an exit sign to...
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Female converts to Islam facing growing scrutiny
BOSTON (RNS) When Karen Hunt Ahmed and her Muslim husband divorced four years ago, many friends asked her, "Now you can stop this Islam stuff, right?"
Some friends, she thought.
"Like it was a hobby I took up when I got married and now I'm supposed to drop it," said Hunt A...
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ANALYSIS: Have the bishops found their ‘attractive, articulate, intelligent’ spokeswoman?
NEW YORK (RNS) A former adviser to Sarah Palin and an attorney with a long record of advocating conservative causes, will become the first spokeswoman for the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the USCCB announced Monday (April 29).
The addition of Kim Daniel...
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Catholics try their hand at old-fashioned evangelism
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SHREWSBURY, Mo. (RNS) On a recent rainy Saturday, about 125 Catholics packed a basement conferen...
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Q&A with Greg Laurie about prayer in times of grief
(RNS) Pastor Greg Laurie knows a thing or two about prayer in tough times.
The honorary chairman of this year's National Day of Prayer (May 2) says prayer was the only thing that got him through his son's death five years ago. When fellow megachurch pastor Rick Warren lost his...
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Mormons say they’re OK with change in Scouts’ gay policy
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SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The compromise proposal from the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay youths -- whil...
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John Paulk, former Christian ex-gay spokesman, recants and apologizes
(RNS) John Paulk, who for years was known as the poster boy for the Christian "ex-gay" movement, has formally renounced his past and says he is "truly, truly sorry for the pain I have caused" in preaching that gays and lesbians could become straight through prayer and counseling.
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Catholic bishop returns petitions to ousted gay man
NEW YORK (RNS) The story of a Long Island Catholic ousted from his parish jobs for marrying his male partner generated headlines, outrage and an 18,000-signature petition to Bishop William Murphy to have Nicholas Coppola reinstated.
But now the tale has an odd coda: Murphy, who...
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Jerusalem court upholds women’s prayer rights at Western Wall
JERUSALEM (RNS) Women who want to wear prayer shawls while praying in the women's section of the Western Wall are not breaking the law, according to a landmark decision handed down Thursday (April 25) by the Jerusalem District Court.
Israeli police arrested five women on April...
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ANALYSIS: John Paul II, Oscar Romero and the politics of making saints
(RNS) Reports this week that the late Pope John Paul II may be on the verge of sainthood after a second miracle was credited to his intercession aren't a huge surprise: When he died eight years ago, crowds were already clamoring for his canonization, and Pope Benedict XVI quickly wa...
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