Monthly Archives: September 2015
Alan Chambers: ‘Same-sex relationships can be holy’
By Eliel Cruz — September 29, 2015
Once the leader of the nation’s most infamous ex-gay group, he now speaks out for love.
Religion Communicators Council opens DeRose-Hinkhouse Award submissions
By Religion News LLC — September 29, 2015
The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) announced that the 49th Annual DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Interchurch Center Building, 475 Riverside Drive in New York City, NY (the national headquarters of RCC). The DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards dinner is held during the RCC’s annual convention. The 2016 convention, “Faith-based Communications: […]
FEATURED VIDEO: Pope Francis’ U.S. visit in 2 minutes
By David Gibson — September 29, 2015
Watch a series of clips from the pontiff's historic time in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia.
Suffering as The Kiss of Jesus?
By Religion News LLC — September 29, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO – Few people who follow Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, popular author, radio and TV host and inspirational speaker, would have guessed that her life had been rife with so much suffering. While her story sometimes reads like a heart-pounding novel, it is, nonetheless, a true story, which Cooper O’Boyle tells in a beautiful, selfless […]
What did God think of that blood moon?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 29, 2015
Was there a religious message in that blood moon?
Taxpayers fund Christian-focused congressional prayer caucus
By Paul Singer — September 29, 2015
The caucus meets weekly in the U.S. Capitol to defend the role of (mostly) Christian faith and prayer in the U.S. government and support a conservative vision of religious liberty.
St. Junipero Serra statue vandalized; graffiti calls him ‘saint of genocide’
By Reuters — September 29, 2015
Vandals topped the statue of the saint, canonized by Pope Francis last week, at the Catholic mission in Carmel, Calif., where the controversial 18th-century Spanish friar is buried.
More than tourism: Holy Land trips advance peacemaking mission
By Heidi Thompson — September 29, 2015
A MEJDI trip might include a visit to Jesus’ birthplace of Bethlehem -- but also a meeting with an imam to talk about Jerusalem’s importance to Islam, and a Shabbat meal with an Orthodox Jewish family.
Pope Francis forever grins over Philly’s ‘Gayborhood’
By Audrey Rose McManus — September 28, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) The mural became part of the city’s lively public art scene in 2001 when it was first painted. Local artist David McShane added the pope to the mural just a few weeks before the pope's arrival.
Conversion therapies don’t work, experts say, so why do gay Mormons still seek them out?
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — September 28, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – By not providing an alternative, the LDS church unwittingly created a vacuum and conversion-aimed retreats have filled it.
Churches step in after feds drop Fugitive Safe Surrender
By Heidi Hall — September 28, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) Churches in more than 50 cities have hosted Fugitive Safe Surrender events over the past decade, some of them more than once, resulting in thousands of cleared warrants.
After winning 5 Grammy and 40 Dove Awards, Sandi Patty will call it quits
By Jonathan Merritt — September 28, 2015
Over her four-decade career, Patty became one of the most celebrated Christian musicians in the world and was almost ruined by a public scandal. At 59, she says she’s ready to hand in her microphone.
The Mormon modesty wars: No more “slut-shaming,” please
By Jana Riess — September 28, 2015
I see positive signs that we may have turned a corner in the Mormon modesty wars. Pass the root beer, people, and let's celebrate.
Francis, Apostle of Politics and Pluralism
By Mark Silk — September 28, 2015
On his trip to the U.S., the pope communicated the signature philosophy of his papacy.
Pope: Those who covered up sexual abuse ‘are guilty’
By Rosie Scammell — September 28, 2015
ROME (RNS) Francis told journalists on the papal plane home that clerical abuse is “nearly a sacrilege” and the Catholic Church must take a tough line.
