(RNS) The Orthodox Church in America announced that it forced its controversial leader, Metropolitan Jonah, to resign earlier this month chiefly because Jonah had failed to remove a priest accused of rape. By David Gibson.

You've got your iPad, your smart phone, your laptop. They're great, but how can you disengage from the pull of social media and digital life enough to enjoy a peaceful, old-fashioned Sabbath? Guest blogger MaryAnn McKibben Dana, author of the forthcoming book Sabbath in the Suburbs, describes 8 tips for taming the tech (even if you have kids whose cell phones seem to be glued to their hips).

(RNS) People of faith - including President Obama and his GOP challenger Mitt Romney - are responding to Friday's shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. 

Religious leaders respond to Colorado shooting. Muslims won't be able to pray in the new Murfreesoro mosque. President Obama supports a moment of silence. Pluralities of Asian-Americans are Christian.

(RNS) Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check "None" for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19 percent), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) Every year, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spend tens of millions of dollars to spread their takes on Christianity. They rely heavily on thousands of faithful volunteers willing to spread out across the country to share their faith. By Bob Smietana.

We in Connecticut had our own little GOP Islamo-fearmongering episode the other day, when Fifth District Congressman-wannabe Mark Greenberg called Islam "a cult in many respects." This being Connecticut, Greenberg began backing off almost immediately, and was roundly criticized for his remarks by all three of his opponents in the Republican primary.

(RNS) Assisted reproductive technology, or ART, is the fancy name for the nation's next hot-button culture war issue. Better get used to it. By A. James Rudin.

This week the Bloggernacle hills are alive with the sound of outrage about a white Mormon editor at Utah Valley magazine who claimed the handle “women of color” to describe the colorfully dressed but all-Caucasian females on her staff. What does this debacle tell us about Mormonism, race, and persecution?

(RNS) The atheist community has embraced the cause of an Indonesian man, Alexander Aan, who was beaten and jailed after denying God’s existence on Facebook and posting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. By Kimberly Winston.

JERUSALEM (RNS) Rabbi Yosef Elyashiv, considered by many the foremost rabbinic authority in the Jewish world, died in Jerusalem on Wednesday. He was 102. By Michele Chabin.

Chief Republican strategist:    Michele Bachmann "this is downright vicious and reaches the late Senator Joe McCarthy level."

Was Trayvon Martin's shooting divine providence? Backlash against Bachmann's Muslim hunt. Wheaton sues over contraception, the bishops' birth control mandate...

Was Trayvon Martin's shooting divine providence? Backlash against Bachmann's Muslim hunt. Wheaton sues over contraception, the bishops' birth control mandate...

(RNS) A new report examines the religious beliefs of Asian-Americans, and unlike past reports on this group and religion, focuses on their religious affiliations rather than their country of origin. By Lauren Markoe.