Catholic University ends mixed-gender housing

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Catholic University of America will phase out co-ed dormitories later this…

Vatican to brief bishops, religious orders on abuse

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican will use online education and other methods to help…

Bishops open meeting to review sex abuse rules

BELLEVUE, Wash. (RNS) — The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops (USCCB) began a review of church…

Crisis pregnancy group reflects Jewish divide on abortion

SILVER SPRING, Md. (RNS) — Saraleah was 19 and a part-time student when she discovered…

For evangelicals, Bachmann 'speaks our code'

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour warned several hundred Christian conservatives gathered here June…

Wanted: volunteers for Mercy Medical Teams

More than medicine. That’s what Sharon Thomas says she shares each time she takes part…

Harrison preaches in South Korea before Japan visit

LCMS President Dr. Matthew C. Harrison celebrated Pentecost Sunday, June 12, by preaching in Seoul,…

Open Arms offers free child care webinar

The Open Arms Institute is offering a free “Pastor’s Webinar” June 16 at 12:30 p.m.…

Thrivent expands disaster program to more states

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is expanding a national disaster-response funding program it announced in May…

Egyptians want advice, not rule, of clerics

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Four months after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a new…

Muslim cabbie fights ticket over religious cap

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — Taxi driver Nabeel Langrial was chatting with another cabbie last summer…

Judge hears monks' suit over right to build caskets

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — Wearing a monk’s robe, Abbot Justin Brown climbed into the witness…

Gallup: 9 in 10 Americans believe in God

(RNS) — A new Gallup poll finds 92 percent of Americans say they believe in…

U.S. woman is world's longest-serving church organist

MOSS POINT, Miss. (RNS) — For the past 69 years, Ida Mae Cumbest has been…

Oregon couple convicted in faith-healing trial

OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) — After just an hour of deliberation, jurors on June 7…

Woman charged with taking aid for tornado victims

PALMER, Mass. (RNS) — A Massachusetts woman charged with larceny and fraud denied June 7…