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RNS EXCLUSIVE: Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton to preach at inaugural National Prayer Service
By Daniel Burke — January 18, 2013
(RNS) The Rev. Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor from Kansas known for his centrist views, will deliver the sermon at the National Prayer Service Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral, which concludes President Obama's inaugural ceremonies. By Daniel Burke.
40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes are winning — and losing
By David Gibson — January 17, 2013
(RNS) Four decades after the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, little has changed, and what’s really going on is a case study in the psychology of movement politics. By David Gibson.
REFLECTION: Words made flesh
By Rhonda Mawhood Lee — January 17, 2013
In the season of Epiphany, an Episcopal priest remembers a departed parishioner.
Photo Slideshow: UMC Hurricane Sandy Cleanup
By Sally Morrow — January 15, 2013
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Something to celebrate on Religious Freedom Day
By John Ragosta — January 15, 2013
(RNS) Wednesday is Religious Freedom Day. Why celebrate? Because our government does not tell us how to pray, or to whom or for whom. Because our government does not use our tax dollars to propagate religion. By John Ragosta.
Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception
By Alessandro Speciale — January 15, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception. The "One of Us'' initiative is the first of its kind in Europe and aims at the creation of a continental pro-life movement. By Alessandro Speciale.
‘Ordain a Lady.’ Does this video really help the cause?
By David Gibson — January 11, 2013
The debate over ordaining women in the Catholic Church is one of the most contentious — and that’s saying something, given that Catholics are contending over just about anything these days. (Fish on Fridays? Communion in the hand? Pro multis or pro omnia?) Now comes a new viral video from the Women’s Ordination Conference — […]
Pastor pulls out of inauguration over anti-gay sermon
By David Gibson — January 10, 2013
(RNS) The evangelical pastor that President Obama picked to deliver the benediction at his inauguration ceremonies withdrew from the high-profile assignment on Thursday following a furor over a sermon from the mid-1990s in which he denounced the gay rights movement and advocated efforts to turn gays straight. By David Gibson.
Churches, synagogues press for federal rebuilding aid after Sandy
By Solange De Santis — January 10, 2013
NEPONSIT, N.Y. (RNS) The waterlogged West End Temple and other nonprofits aren't included in the $51 billion aid package to help rebuild areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy, and civil liberties groups think that's how it should stay. Others say churches and synagogues should be eligible for federal rebuilding funds. By Solange De Santis.
Virtual vices show shift in American morality
By Daniel Burke — January 9, 2013
Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride still attract a lot of attention. But as the Internet and other media invade American life, our vices have also gone virtual, according to a new study. By Daniel Burke.
Don’t worry! Chuck Hagel is an Episcopalian, not Catholic
By David Gibson — January 9, 2013
Obama's "Military-Catholic Complex" isn't the Death Star we thought it was. Of course, there's still Hagel's pro-life record. Should pro-choicers freak?
British bishops resist move to allow monarch to marry a Catholic
By Trevor Grundy — January 9, 2013
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A royal row has broken out between Church of England bishops and Prime Minister David Cameron’s liberal-minded coalition government over a planned bill to change ancient laws governing the royal line of succession. By Trevor Grundy.
Four priests, four friends: Bishops witness historic changes in Catholic life
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 9, 2013
(RNS) Released from the Catholic cocoon of seminary in 1962, the four young priests faced a church on the brink of volcanic reform with the opening of the Second Vatican Council. After being schooled in a Vatican I church, the foursome would step down as powerful American prelates, five decades later, as quintessential Vatican II men. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
National Cathedral to marry gay couples
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) From the Dept. of Significant But Not Surprising, Washington National Cathedral announced it will allow gay and lesbian weddings inside the storied church that has been the site of presidential funerals, inaugural prayer services and other services to mark national milestones.
Is Hagel’s problem the ‘Christian lobby’?
By David Gibson — January 8, 2013
President Obama's nominee for Defense chief doesn't have problems with any real or perceived 'Jewish lobby.' It's conservative Christians who are is only real remaining opposition, says TAC's Samuel Goldman. Discuss...
