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Russian Orthodox head escapes EU sanctions thanks to Orban
By Samuel Petrequin — June 2, 2022
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Hungarian government said sanctioning Kirill would have been inappropriate on grounds of respect for religious freedom.
Southern Baptist abuse task force requests $3 million for reforms, ‘Ministry Check’ website
By Bob Smietana — June 1, 2022
(RNS) — Reforms would include a website to track abusers and hiring staff to respond to abuse allegations.
Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental health
By Giovanna Dell’Orto and Kathryn Post — June 1, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/RNS) — On Ivy League campuses, large public institutions and faith-based colleges, chaplains and psychologists are teaming up.
Meet the first minister of gun violence prevention
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 1, 2022
(RNS) — The Rev. Deanna Hollas urged Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations to host Guns to Gardens events at their churches, inviting — and sometimes incentivizing — gun owners to hand over their weapons to be turned into garden tools.
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy ‘stunned’ at being named cardinal by Pope Francis
By Alejandra Molina — May 31, 2022
(RNS) — News of McElroy’s appointment is being celebrated by the faithful who advocate for LGBTQ people, immigrants and labor rights as well as among those who stand against the politicization of the Eucharist.
‘Jesus Calling’ tops 40 million sold
By Bob Smietana — May 31, 2022
(RNS) — Author Sarah Young began writing the popular devotional after a difficult counseling case during the Satanic Panic of the 1990s.
Ukrainian Orthodox primate: ‘We are called to stop this evil’
By Lew Nescott Jr. — May 31, 2022
(RNS) — Epiphanius, leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, called Patriarch Kirill 'more of a state authority than a religious pastor,' and alleged that Kirill shares responsibility for war crimes with Putin.
Vatican financial trial highlights intrigue and rivalries in the papal court
By Claire Giangravé — May 31, 2022
RNS — Former financial official at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, Fabrizio Tirabassi, was critical of the interference of the Secretariat for the Economy into the finances of his office.
Asian American Christians see more work for the church to do to stop AAPI hate
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 31, 2022
(RNS) — 'In some ways, I think we have more to grieve now than we did one year ago after the March 16 Atlanta massacre,' said the Rev. Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative.
Banker says he warned Vatican about London fund investor
By Nicole Winfeld — May 30, 2022
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Enrico Crasso cited a series of emails he sent to Vatican officials expressing concern and perplexity at some of Mincione's investment choices.
San Diego Bishop McElroy named by Pope Francis as a cardinal
By David Crary — May 30, 2022
(AP) — McElroy, 68, has been one of a minority of U.S. bishops harshly criticizing the campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion.
Chicago church preaches ‘The Gospel according to Dolly Parton’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 30, 2022
(RNS) — For the past five weeks, each Sunday’s sermon at Church of the Three Crosses has focused on a different song by Parton.
Rabbi James Rudin’s memoir recounts the interfaith movement’s hits and misses
By Yonat Shimron — May 30, 2022
(RNS) — In the book, 'The People in the Room: Rabbis, Nuns, Pastors, Popes, and Presidents,' Rudin writes about his favorite collaborators, the challenges of cultivating pluralism and the future of interfaith relations.
ELCA presiding bishop requests resignation of first transgender bishop
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 28, 2022
(RNS) — Bishop Megan Rohrer’s removal of a Latino pastor on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been criticized by the Asociación de Ministerios Latinos de la ELCA as showing a ‘lack of empathy and understanding toward their Latinx siblings.’
Interfaith leaders join protest outside NRA meeting in Houston
By Katherine Keenan — May 27, 2022
HOUSTON (RNS) — Among the 500-strong crowd of activists, teachers, politicians and citizens outside the George R. Brown Conference Center were scores of interfaith leaders who sought to add the religious community’s voice to the protest of the deaths at Uvalde's Robb Elementary.
