Faith
Poll: Americans love the Bible but don’t read it much
(RNS) More than half of Americans think the Bible has too little influence on a culture they see in moral decline, yet only one in five Americans read the Bible on a regular basis, according to a new survey.
More than three-quarters of Americans (77 percent) think the nation's...
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Tensions flare over women’s prayers at sacred Western Wall
JERUSALEM (RNS) The ultra-Orthodox rabbi in charge of the sacred Western Wall assured a government emissary on Thursday (April 4) that Jewish women will not be arrested if they try to recite the mourner's prayer at the holy site, despite a warning from Israeli police.
Tensions...
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Longtime gay parishioner booted from church posts
NEW YORK (RNS) As Catholic leaders try to signal a new tone of welcome for gays in the church, fresh evidence emerged Wednesday (April 3) of the hurdles that remain: a Long Island parishioner was booted from his church posts after an anonymous letter writer told the local bishop abo...
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Pope Francis says women play a ‘fundamental’ role within the church
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Wednesday (April 3) said women play a "fundamental role" in the Catholic Church as those who are mostly responsible for passing on the faith from one generation to the next.
While the new pope stopped far short of calling for women's ordinatio...
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Brigham Young and Jesus Christ would break the Mormons’ no-beard rule
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SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) If they were alive today, nearly half the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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ANALYSIS: Are Catholics shifting tone or substance on gay issues?
(RNS) When New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told national news programs on Easter Sunday that Catholic leaders need to do a better job of showing that their opposition to gay marriage is not "an attack on gay people," the nation's top Catholic bishop seemed to be signaling an importa...
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Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Church could do better on gay outreach
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(RNS) Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the top U.S. Catholic prelate, says the Roman Catholic Church has to make sure that its defense of traditional...
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Brazilian evangelist has big plans for U.S.
NEW YORK (RNS) The apostle bellowed in Portuguese to a packed crowd in a rented Astoria, Queens, church.
"Get out, spirit of death. Now you are burnt, now you are plucked out by my God!"
A blood-curdling shriek rose from one of the front pews, but Apostle Valdemiro Santiag...
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New testing dates Shroud of Turin to era of Christ
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(RNS) New scientific tests on the Shroud of Turin, which went on display Saturday (March 30) in a special TV appearance introduced by the pop...
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For many, holy days have become family ‘holidays’
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(RNS) Emily Hilliard will cook a festive brunch with friends on Easter Sunday. But none in her Washington, D.C., social circle of foodies, fo...
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