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…
LCEF announces earnings distribution to partnering districts, Synod
The Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) is distributing $1,684,407 of its earnings for the fiscal…
COP welcomes nine new members, assigns first calls
By James Heine ST. LOUIS — At its regular meeting Sept. 15-18, The Lutheran Church–Missouri…
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…
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…
