Christianity
What’s going on with the wave of GOP bills about trans teens? Utah provides clues
By Kelsy Burke and Tyler Lefevor — April 4, 2023
(The Conversation) — Faith, politics and LGBTQ rights are more complicated than it can appear at first glance.
This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.
By Yonat Shimron — April 4, 2023
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) — Chapel Hill Bible Church seemed perfectly positioned to attract a diverse membership. And for many years it did — boasting that 20% of people attending were nonwhite.
Joe Rigney, Bethlehem Seminary president, resigns due to support of Christian nationalism and infant baptism
By Bob Smietana — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — Rigney has long been considered controversial for his views on empathy and for his relationship with Idaho pastor Doug Wilson.
Church-state separationist Barry Lynn recounts his legal arguments in new memoirs
By Adelle M. Banks — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — 'It is people who are hurting, people who are outcasts, that appealed to me,' Lynn said.
Will Congress keep hanging humanity on the Pentagon’s iron cross?
By Bridget Moix — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — For 2024, President Biden requested the largest military budget in history — $886 billion.
Rebounding Pope Francis marks Palm Sunday in Vatican square
By Frances D'Emilio — April 2, 2023
"I thank you for your participation and prayers, that in the last days you intensified,'' the pontiff told the crowd in St. Peter's Square, a reference to the many wishes he received for a quick recovery during his hospitalization.
Ukrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest
By Karl Ritter and Elena Becatoros — April 2, 2023
(RNS) — Ukraine's top security agency said Metropolitan Pavel, the abbott of a famed Orthodox monastery, was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense. It was the latest move in a bitter dispute over .
Why Florida needs to keep the Bible out of public schools
By Mark Silk — March 31, 2023
(RNS) — No question, it violates the state's new norms.
In pro-life, pro-gun Tennessee, children are safer in the womb than in school
By Shane Claiborne — March 31, 2023
(RNS) — Guns are now the leading cause of death among children and teens throughout the country.
Who will take Pope Francis seriously on gender ideology?
By Charles C. Camosy — March 31, 2023
(RNS) — How to reduce the cynical atmosphere that has greeted the upcoming synod.
From Senate subcommittee to Easter sermon: Raphael Warnock on life as a pastor-politician
By Adelle M. Banks — March 31, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘My life is a sermon, that I get to preach on Sunday and embody and make come alive in my work in the Senate,’ said the Georgia senator.
Catholic nuns’ letter declares trans people ‘beloved and cherished by God’
By Jack Jenkins — March 31, 2023
(RNS) — The letter follows a recent statement from U.S. Catholic bishops discouraging Catholic health care groups from performing various gender-affirming medical procedures.
After shooting, Tennessee’s God and guns culture under fire as protests mount in Capitol
By Bob Smietana — March 30, 2023
(RNS) — Hundreds of protesters rallied at the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday, calling for red flag laws and other reforms in the wake of the state's deadliest school shooting.
Can DeSantis break Trump’s hold on the religious right?
By Jacob Lupfer — March 30, 2023
(RNS) — It’s a time for choosing.
Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine
By Nicole Winfield — March 30, 2023
(AP) — The Vatican said the papal documents had been “manipulated” for political purposes by colonial powers “to justify immoral acts against Indigenous peoples that were carried out, at times, without opposition from ecclesial authorities.”
