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COP welcomes nine new members, assigns first calls

By James Heine ST. LOUIS — At its regular meeting Sept. 15-18, The Lutheran Church–Missouri…

Birner, Grimenstein named to new OIM positions

Two staff members in the Synod’s Office of International Mission (OIM) began serving newly created…

Taliban unrepentant after attack on Pakistani teen

KARACHI, Pakistan (RNS) — The Taliban is threatening to kill a 14-year-old Pakistani girl whom…

Billy Graham offers to 'help' Romney during meeting at home

(RNS) — Billy Graham offered to “do all I can to help” Republican Party (GOP)…

Bishops rebuke Biden over contraception mandate claims

WASHINGTON (RNS) — In a rare public rebuke, Catholic bishops chided Vice-President Joe Biden for…

More LCMS congregations return statistics report

By Linda C. Hoops The number of Missouri Synod congregations that reported their annual statistics…

'Bach at the Sem' begins 20th season of concerts

Bach at the Sem, a series of Sunday-afternoon concerts presented by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,…

Good Shepherd Institute plans conference, offers journal

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…

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…

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…