The Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Music for the Church, located on…
Is British monarch 'Defender of the Faith' or 'Faiths'?
LONDON (RNS) — As Britain awaits the appointment of the next archbishop of Canterbury to…
Meet John Q. Nones: A profile of the religiously unaffiliated
(RNS) — Meet John Q. Nones, a young, white male who is making a big…
Losing our religion: One in five Americans is now 'none'
BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) — The number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation…
CPH offers new book about Reformation
Inside the Reformation: The Times That Changed the World, new from Concordia Publishing House, takes…
Pope's butler sentenced to 18 months for leaking papers
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A Vatican court Oct. 6 sentenced Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler…
Oregon dentist fined for pressuring employee about Scientology
BEND, Ore. (RNS) — State labor officials have ordered a dentist to pay nearly $348,000…
Canada cuts all non-Christian prison chaplains
TORONTO (RNS) — The Canadian government is canceling the contracts of all non-Christian chaplains at…
Pope convenes bishops to confront 'tsunami' of secularism
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council revolutionized life inside the…
Senske named to national schools commission
Dr. Al H. Senske of St. Louis is providing a Lutheran education viewpoint as a…
Pope tells SSPX traditionalists they must accept Second Vatican Council
(RNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has reportedly told the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X…
Poll: Most Americans don't think Scientology is a religion
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Most Americans do not believe Scientology is a real religion, according to…
Registration opens Nov. 1 for Higher Things conferences
Online registration opens Nov. 1 at www.fromabove2013.org for three 2013 Higher Things conferences for Lutheran…
'LWML Sunday' may be celebrated anytime
Although the first Sunday in October — Oct. 7 this year — is the traditional…
ENInews suspends service, seeks further funding
(RNS/ENInews) — Ecumenical News International (ENI) announced Oct. 1 that its ENInews service is suspending…
More missionaries needed worldwide this year
By Joe Isenhower Jr. and Paula Schlueter Ross Of the 165 positions and requests for LCMS…