excommunication
On 30 years of Mormon belonging and not-belonging
By Jana Riess — September 11, 2023
(RNS) — I became a Mormon 30 years ago with both eyes open, and that has made all the difference.
An insular ‘Quiverfull’ church in New York’s North Country faces a reckoning
By Kathryn Post — August 25, 2022
(RNS) — Christian Fellowship Center in New York state’s North Country is described as an idyllic community — as long as you follow the rules.
Don’t impeach Trump. Shun him.
By Thomas Reese — January 12, 2021
(RNS) — Shunning — or its Catholic counterpart, excommunication — is the religious equivalent of amputation. It is an extreme measure to protect the community from infection.
How can the church punish bad bishops?
By Thomas Reese — July 30, 2018
(RNS) The church has no more power over a priest than any corporation has over an employee. A priest or bishop can refuse to accept punishment and simply walk away.
The Pope, the Mafia, and the rest of us
By Martin E. Marty — September 19, 2017
So here we have the unquestioned leader of the largest religious organization/communion in the world, the Roman Catholic Church, taking on the presumably most powerful organizational embodiment of crime, at least in the Western world. Who noticed?
Chinese bishop excommunicated by Vatican takes part in ordination
By RNS staff — December 1, 2016
(Reuters) It's a move that some experts said could complicate Pope Francis' drive to heal a decades-old rift with the communist government in Beijing.
Pope Francis says mercy demands an ‘inclusive’ church open to all
By David Gibson — November 21, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a message to wrap up the Holy Year of Mercy, the pontiff adds that all priests will continue to be able to absolve the 'grave sin' of abortion.
Who’s a heretic? Martin Luther, Pope Saint John Paul, Pope Benedict and Pope Francis
By Martin E. Marty — June 13, 2016
Popes have been interested in heresy and heretics for centuries, and language linking “papacy” and “heresy” continues to prosper down to our own day. The language root of “heresy” connects with “to choose,” and the heretic is someone who, in the eyes of someone else, makes bad choices. Those of us who are not of […]
Twice rejected, Mormon family faces painful decision about resignation
By Lorena O'Neil — December 2, 2015
(RNS) Two decades ago Paul Sautter-Walker left because he felt the church rejected him when he came out as gay. Now, at 37, with a husband and four children, he wonders whether his return to the church of his youth was ill-fated to begin with.
Same-sex guidelines come from Mormons’ feeling as ‘a people apart’
By Kimberly Winston — November 11, 2015
(RNS) The new policies make the LDS church, with about 15 million members globally, the largest Christian denomination to enact such a formal — and some say draconian — policy. Children of same-sex couples are effectively denied baptism and other ordinances of the church.
Mormon Kate Kelly ‘happier’ and ‘invigorated’ after excommunication
By Thomas Burr — April 27, 2015
NEW YORK — “The men who (excommunicated me) literally think they kicked me out of heaven,” Ordain Women founder Kate Kelly said. “Luckily, I do not think that. … Out of this experience, I’ve realized that men don’t get to control my happiness."
Mormon critic John Dehlin appeals LDS excommunication
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — March 11, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) In a letter to LDS President Thomas S. Monson, John Dehlin wrote that he "never taught my questions or doubts as Church doctrine."
Mormon critic John Dehlin will have to wait to learn his fate
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — February 9, 2015
NORTH LOGAN, Utah (RNS) John Dehlin said he knew church discipline might be a “possible, even likely outcome” of his efforts. “I am not a victim. I don’t fault the church.”
Forget priesthood — moderate Mormon feminists seek a middle way
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — August 25, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Some Mormon women in the U.S. and abroad have embraced a careful approach short of ordination.
Kate Kelly appeals her excommunication from Mormon Church
By Nate Carlisle — July 25, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) In her argument, Kelly contends her lay leaders never asked her about women holding the priesthood -- a point the leaders disputed in the letter excommunicating her.
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