In United Methodist Church trial, a church on trial
By William B. Lawrence
(RNS) — A trial violated Wesley's dictum 'Do no harm.'
The fruit of the Spirit is not optional, despite what you might witness online
By Karen Swallow Prior
(RNS) — Before social media, I honestly never knew people who claimed to be Christians would treat one another with such cruelty.
Will Mormon service missions become a thing of the past?
By Jana Riess
(RNS) — We are going backward in forcing service missionaries to serve teaching missions.
Federal agency sues Chipotle after a Kansas manager allegedly ripped off an employee’s hijab
By Claire Rush
(AP) — The manager's “offensive and incessant requests” that she remove her hijab, and his attempt to physically take it off, were “unwelcome, intentional, severe, based on religion, and created a hostile working environment based on religion," the complaint alleged.
A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad
By Giovanna Dell'orto
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — This change means that only applications filed before January 2019 are currently being processed, giving clergy with expiring visas no option but to leave their U.S. congregations behind.
What Pope Francis’ latest round of cardinal appointments means for the church
By Joanne M. Pierce
(The Conversation) — The College of Cardinals has grown in importance, and size, over the centuries.
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