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RNS Best of 2017: Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 28, 2017
(RNS) Christian women online have found new platforms to teach, preach and connect. "God isn't trademarked," says Sarah Bessey.
Religion journalists singing country & blues in Nashville
By Thomas Reese — September 5, 2017
(RNS) — 'There are simply fewer religion writers today. They have either been laid off or jumped ship before they got pushed out.'
London attacker’s mother blames internet for son’s radicalization
By Reuters — June 6, 2017
ROME (Reuters) The mother of the Italian-Moroccan jihadi who helped carry out a deadly attack in London last week said on Tuesday she had tried to keep her son from falling under the sway of Islamic State ideology, but the internet and his London friends changed him.
Cloistered nuns on Facebook: What’s not to like?
By Josephine McKenna — May 30, 2017
ROME (RNS) At a time when vocations to Catholic religious orders are falling, the nuns see their new approach as a means to promote their work and attract newcomers.
Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 15, 2017
(RNS) For many, the internet has created new platforms to teach, preach and connect.
Joan Chittister’s ‘radical’ take on humility, fake news and social media
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 19, 2017
(RNS) For the popular activist and author, freedom comes from living out the 12 degrees of humility found in the Rule of St. Benedict, which guides her life as a Benedictine nun. And they're just as applicable today.
Author Esther Emery on her year without internet and how she reconnected with God
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 20, 2017
(RNS) Since her year without internet, Esther Emery has moved to rural Idaho, gone off grid and reconnected with her Christian faith — all things she said she’s not sure would have happened if not for the yearlong experiment.
ADL plans Silicon Valley center to fight cyberhate
By Jon Swartz — March 13, 2017
AUSTIN (USA Today) The Anti-Defamation League is opening a Silicon Valley center to combat the rapid growth in online hate speech.
France will soon have a new crime: online obstruction of abortion
By Tom Heneghan — December 14, 2016
PARIS (RNS) The bill would allow abortion rights activists to sue websites that promote alternatives to ending a pregnancy or discuss abortion's possible psychological effects.
Bridging the digital divide, company gives churches free websites
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2016
(RNS) More than 670 participating churches and nonprofits, many of them predominantly black or Hispanic, have new sites.
Bible Gateway now lets users search the Bible using emoji
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 13, 2016
(RNS) Bible Gateway has introduced a new feature that allows people to use more than 330 emoji in keyword searches.
No, St. Francis didn’t say that. Or Thomas Merton. Or Buddha. (COMMENTARY)
By Jana Riess — February 12, 2016
(RNS) The “Prayer of St. Francis” was not written by St. Francis, and many other great religious quotes can’t be traced to the famous people whose names are memed with them.
Pope Francis meets Google chief — but where’s the Doodle?
By Rosie Scammell — January 15, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Francis, a professed technology "dinosaur," met with Eric Schmidt. But the pair may have discussed more than getting the pope up to speed with the digital age.
New Vatican arts app highlights museum pieces, restoration
By Rosie Scammell — August 17, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The free English-language Patrum app showcases a selection of works at the Vatican Museums, and invites art lovers to chat with others about pieces that spark their interest.
Pope warns against being ‘too attached to the computer’
By Rosie Scammell — June 8, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has decried the “filth” of online pornography and warned people against wasting time on their computers.
