sacraments
Catholic conflicts on marriage continue, even decades after Vatican II
By Joanne M. Pierce — December 6, 2022
(The Conversation) — Catholics disagree over how to adapt the church’s doctrine and practices, especially marriage, to different cultures.
When a priest gets a rite wrong
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 15, 2022
(RNS) — One little word can make a huge difference.
Vatican causes chaos by invalidating baptism formula
By Thomas Reese — September 15, 2020
(RNS) — The real problem is that the Vatican is treating the traditional words of baptism like a computer password.
Under tents and with folding chairs, Catholics resume First Communions and baptisms outdoors
By Alejandra Molina — August 28, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Across the United States, parishes’ celebrations of sacraments and rites have been greatly impacted by the coronavirus, a survey of bishops found.
Some Catholics suffer sacramental withdrawal as virtual confessions are ruled out
By Nathan Romo — April 29, 2020
(RNS) — With social distancing and a ban on cellphone confessions, some Catholics are experiencing sacramental withdrawal.
Sex scandals show why evangelicals need to recover the sacrament of confession
By Joseph D'Souza — November 14, 2019
(RNS) — Imagine a church where everyone, including the senior pastor, was required to have a person they confessed to. For one, it would help avoid some of the major crises in the failures of leadership.
California lawmakers threaten to break confidentiality of confession to find abusers
By Jack Jenkins — May 31, 2019
(RNS) — The bill extends the debate over 'clergy-penitent privilege' provoked by similar provisions passed or considered in other states since at least 2002.
Church in Congo suspends sacraments as Ebola spreads
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — June 5, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholics will not be baptized, confirmed, ordained or anointed until further notice in the country’s northwestern regions hardest hit by the outbreak.
Church of Scotland to consider online baptisms, Communion
By Yonat Shimron — May 19, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A Church of Scotland committee is pushing for "a wide-ranging review of practice and procedure which is impacted by the use of new technology in church life."
Catholic to Catholic-ish: 45 percent in US feel connected to the faith
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 2, 2015
(RNS) A new survey offers an original way of viewing the spectrum of American Catholicism that Pope Francis will encounter this month on his first U.S. visit.
Italian Catholic Church scrambles to explain its role in lavish Mafia boss funeral
By Rosie Scammell — August 23, 2015
ROME (RNS) In the days following the funeral, the church tried to distance itself from the spectacle, with Auxiliary Bishop Giuseppe Mariante stating church officials did not know the ceremony would be accompanied by “Mafia propaganda.”
Q&A: Rachel Held Evans on the ills of American Christianity, and leaving evangelicalism
By Jonathan Merritt — March 10, 2015
(RNS) "If you try to woo us back with skinny jeans and coffee shops, it may actually backfire. Millennials have finely tuned B.S. meters that can detect when someone's just trying to sell us something."
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