NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — From Maine to Arizona to southern Louisiana, Catholic churches across the…
Study says U.S. Muslims don't want Shariah either
(RNS) — North American Muslims are more than satisfied with the secular legal system and…
Middle East Christians keep wary eye on Arab Spring
CAIRO (RNS) — From her home, Samia Ramsis holds a key chain bearing the face…
Harrison opposes HHS ruling in Feb. 3 statement
By Kim Plummer Krull In a statement issued Feb. 3, Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod President Rev.…
Praying for New Orleans, one block at a time
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — Millie Campbell slipped the transmission into reverse and backed her blue…
Pope gives final approval to controversial lay group
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After a 15-year process, the Holy See on Jan. 20 gave…
Obama holds firm on contraception coverage
(RNS) — The Obama administration said Jan. 20 that it will not broaden the religious…
Big-city mayors come out for same-sex marriage
(RNS) — A bipartisan coalition of 80 U.S. mayors on Jan. 20 launched a “Freedom…
Conservative Presbyterians launch new denomination
(RNS) — Conservative Presbyterians launched a new denomination on Jan. 19, saying that the Presbyterian…
As missionary movement turns 200, questions for future
SALEM, Mass. (RNS) — When America’s first ordained missionaries sailed from here to India 200…
Americans intrigued but wary still of Mormon beliefs
(RNS) When Mormons call themselves “a peculiar people,” they mean it in the biblical sense…
Four career missionaries deployed
Four career missionaries were deployed overseas in January to begin their ministries: Anthony DiLiberto, of…
Wheat Ridge Ministries announces $263,000 in grants
Wheat Ridge Ministries of Itasca, Ill., is awarding $263,000 in grants to fund efforts of…
Think tank engages campus ministry reps, Synod leaders
By Joe Isenhower Jr. ST. LOUIS — When 21 “stakeholders” met here for a Jan. 3-4…
Mission opportunities span variety of vocations, countries
By Paula Schlueter Ross The Rev. Ken and Mildred Young of Chester, Ill., served as short-term…
Muslim men convicted of advocating death for gays
LONDON (RNS) — In the first case of its kind, a British court has convicted…
