Faith
Richard Land, controversial Southern Baptist leader, gets a new job
(RNS) Richard Land, the evangelical culture warrior who was set to leave his job with the Southern Baptists after a series of controversies, will step down early to take over as head of a seminary in North Carolina that focuses on defending the faith in the modern world.
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As they turn 150, Adventists still praying for the Apocalypse
(RNS) Over the past 150 years, Seventh-day Adventists have built one of Christianity's most inventive and prosperous churches -- while praying for the world to end as soon as possible.
A small band of believers has mushroomed to more than 17 million baptized members, including...
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COMMENTARY: Change or die
(RNS) Church is being reinvented. So are technology and education. And all for the same reasons.
Facebook just started moving Google's cheese with its launch of Home. An army of upstarts in Silicon Valley is challenging the hegemony of Microsoft. Nothing is staying the same; di...
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Top Mormon leader warns against ‘tolerance trap’
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SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Just because the nation may change its laws to "tolerate legalized acts of immorality" does not make...
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Vitriol infests Rick Warren family’s grief
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(RNS) Pastor Rick Warren, the best-known name in American evangelism after Rev. Billy Graham, lost his 27-year-old son, Matthew, to suicide o...
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COMMENTARY: Pope Francis and a new vision of Catholic reform
(RNS) From the very first moment of his unexpected election as Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina has embraced a series of small departures from established tradition.
He took his papal name from a great nonconforming saint of the Middle Ages -- and one that no...
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Can Pope Francis really reform the Vatican?
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has won widespread acclaim thus far in his nascent papacy with popular gestures like washing the feet of juveniles during Holy Week and refusing many papal perks. But now comes the hard part of his new job: reforming the Vatican.
The Roman Curia,...
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Pope Francis: Church must act decisively on sex abuse
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(RNS) Pope Francis has called for strong, specific worldwide measures for the Roman Catholic Church to act "with determination" against the c...
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Desmond Tutu wins 2013 Templeton Prize for work on forgiveness
(RNS) Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his battle against apartheid, has won the 2013 Templeton Prize, which is billed as the most significant award in the field of spirituality and religion.
Tutu, who has...
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Pope Francis a huge hit with U.S. Catholics (for now)
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WASHINGTON (RNS) He has been Pope Francis for less than a month, but the keep-it-simple prelate from Argentina is a wow with American Catholi...
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