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CANADA — Asking for forgiveness: Indigenous people waited for Pope Francis during his visit to Maskwaci, the former Ermineskin residential school, on Monday in Maskwacis, Alta. Pope Francis has made a six-day 'penitential' visit to Canada…

Ohen I was a teenager, my church trained young people in door-to-door evangelism. We would knock on a door and ask the person, "How sure are you of going to heaven when you die?" Most people weren't 100% sure, and this opened up an…

Napa Valley has long been a magnet for American movers. Some of them, including two-time U.S. Attorney General William Barr, will be in the city of Napa later this week, but it won't be a random contest of vacation plans. The Napa…

Rahel Daulay, a Methodist who had traveled from Indonesia, was explaining the proper way to dance while singing a hymn she had brought from Southeast Asia - bending her knees slightly "to humble herself" and turning towards his neighbors,…

Ernest W. Borraga Jr.44, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022. Visitation is from 4:30…

If you had told an evangelical pastor in 2005 that the Book of Common Prayer might soon be trendier than church lobby cafes, he would almost certainly have laughed. Not too long ago, countless evangelical churches abandoned the use of…

Soaring cremation rates are upsetting traditional practices around death, as more people forego traditional church funerals and some ignore community experiences of grief altogether. Randy Anderson, who worked in funeral homes in Alabama…

Did the Supreme Court “impose religious orthodoxy” in its reversal of Roe v. Wade, as alleged in Saul Shapiro's recent column “Christian Nationalism Coming to America?”Contrary to Shapiro's pointed assertion, nowhere in…

Rishi Sunak Mr Sunak provoked a strong reaction from Christians after quoting 1 Corinthians 13, saying 'charity is patient, is good'. He was speaking in defense of the government's decision to temporarily scrap the 0.7% GDP funding…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church began a special series of prayers for peace in Mexico on Sunday…

Thomas Milton Skeeters of Radcliff died on Tuesday July 5, 2022.Milton was the second son of five children…

Bassem Ragy didn't need a master's degree in theology to do math. Seven years ago, when the preschoolers at his church presented their meager Sunday school offering of 7 Egyptian pounds (then the equivalent of $2), he recalled the equation…

Bob is a man forever shaped by the religious trends of the Vietnamese era. He believes that the progressive Christianity of 50 years ago is a true imitation of Christ and that its decline is a disaster for…

It was a catchy rebuke in the middle of the sermon – the kind to make you sit down in your pew. “Jesus, having become perfect, continues the preacher, has become the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. And this Jesus, of…

The number of Australians drifting away from religion is rising rapidly, with new statistics revealing that the proportion of Australians identifying as having 'no religion' has risen from just 0.7% in 1961 to nearly 40 % in 2021. The…

The Supreme Court is filled with what many politely call "conservative Christians." The need to distinguish "conservative Christians" from standard Christians is not simply because many of them are Catholic, but because they…

Michael Coren is an ordained author in the Anglican Church of Canada.Last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade was, in some ways, inevitable once the bench became so heavy with conservatives. Or, more specifically,…

Isaac "Ike" M. Boutwell, 89, of Eastview, died Monday, June 13, 2022. Interment is at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated families on Saturday and urged them to avoid “selfish” decisions that…

Oe recently celebrated the centenary of Harry Emerson Fosdick's famous sermon “Will Fundamentalists Win? Delivered on May 21, 1922, the sermon was a call to arms for progressives among Baptists, Presbyterians and Northern…

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christianity is not a set of rules and prohibitions designed to control people; it is a “life project capable of expanding every human heart,” Pope Francis told 70 young leaders…

Mary Ellen McCorkle Ray, born October 4, 1933, died Wednesday, June 15, 2022 in hospice care at Baptist…

In a recent essay for first thingsRoss Douthat, serious Catholic and conservative columnist for The New York Times, begins with this question: “How should contemporary Christians react to the decline of their churches, to the…

According to the latest Gallup poll, Christianity continues to decline in Europe, North America and other "Western" countries. Their latest poll found that only 47% of American adults were members of a church, synagogue…

At least 610 children have been documented as having been sexually abused by Catholic priests between 1945…

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An Associated Press poll last year reported that three-quarters of worshipers in the United States plan to resume regular in-person attendance as the pandemic subsides. The pastors I know stare at the empty seats with their fingers crossed,…

Queen Elizabeth II, pictured meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2014. CNS Photo/Vatican Media via Reuters The Queen's faith has been a 'constant' feature of her reign and since 2000 she has spoken about it more and more,…

Getty Images/Photos.com“Gentlemen, what must I do to be saved? This was the desperate question shouted by the Philippian jailer in Acts 16 after Paul, Silas and the other prisoners were miraculously freed by a divine earthquake. About…

REUTERS/Jim YoungWas the fight against feminism at the heart of the first century church? That's the question a Catholic nun addresses in an article for the Global Sisters Report, an "independent, nonprofit source of news and information…

Perhaps the most heartbreaking part of last week's report on the SBC's executive committee was its summary of interviews with survivors of sexual abuse. Christa Brown speaks with excruciating eloquence of the consequences not just of abuse…

In a message to Pope Francis, the leader urged him to continue to "defend oppressed peoples" across the world, particularly in Palestine and Yemen.The message was conveyed to the supreme authority of the Catholic Church on Monday through…

Reading time: 4 minutesFormer Prime Minister Tony Abbott takes questions from the audience at the launch of Christianity Matters In These Troubled Times, edited by Catholic Weekly contributor Kevin Donnelly, in Sydney on May 19. Photo:…

In the sleepy town of Uvalde, Texas, home to 16,000 people, almost everyone has a connection to the children, families and teachers shaken by the deadly shooting at an elementary school. "I was watering my flowers in the front yard when I…

Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash It was recently reported that there are now over 200 Christian denominations in the USA. Which seems like a lot, until you find out there's an amazing Over 45,000 denominations worldwide. Yet,…

COMMENT: The Church we see blends the divine with the human, and the human beings there are really very human.…

HUldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) has generally not stood up well to historians. Whether cast as Martin Luther's antagonist or John Calvin's (largely forgotten) understudy, the Zurich reformer has been widely misunderstood, often reviled and…

According to a scathing 288-page investigative report released Sunday, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, blocked and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse for nearly two decades while…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conservative Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco said Friday he would no longer…

William C. "Charlie" Burba, 95, of Hodgenville, died on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Funeral services are at 11…

Organizers surprised Bishop Gordon with two check donations – a check for $50,000 for the Oakland Diocesan Retirement Home and a check for $10,000 for the Humanitarian Aid Fund for Ukraine. | Photos courtesy of Esther Misa Chavez…

AFRICA/NIGER - "I have never regretted converting to Christianity" Tuesday, May 17, 2022 ADM Dosso (Agence Fid Rafael!-->!-->…

To Unleashed theology, Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and Hindu philosopher and broadcaster Akhandadhi Das discuss the similarities and differences between Thomistic philosophy and Vedanta philosophy. Thomistic philosophy is the…

Clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson speaks during the commencement ceremony for Hillsdale College in Michigan on May 7, 2022. | Courtesy of Emily Davis/Hillsdale College World-renowned clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson cited…

This article was adapted from Russell Moore's newsletter. Subscribe here. As leak after leak from the United States Supreme Court indicates, the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion for nearly 50 years will likely soon be over.…

The war in Ukraine poses a major crisis for “political Christianity” in the West. How else to explain the recent intervention of Pope Francis, who wields enormous influence at the head of the Roman Catholic Church, despite the fact…

In 2013, a free copy of Blessed Mother was distributed with The Tablet, the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn. The picture represented her wrapped in american flag with the lyrics of "God Bless America" ​​in the background.…

Martha Elizabeth Borders, 66, of Glendale, died Monday, May 2, 2022. Funeral services are Friday at 11 a.m.…

Yose Chaya, 77, takes part in the mass planting campaign of fruit trees in Viswema village on May 3. (Morung Photo) News Morung ExpressKohima | May 3 Presenting the…

I was a poet long before I wanted to be a preacher, but when I entered the ministry I thought poetry was a distraction, something to be set aside for serious pulpit work. What I didn't realize was that good preaching requires poetic vision,…

A Catholic Priest from Imo State, Reverend Father Bonaventure Ozoigbo, alongside other clerics, has described female genital mutilation (FGM) as a violation of fundamental tenets of Christianity. The Priest in Charge of Holy Rosary…

Marjorie Taylor Green misunderstands Christianity in her hostility to immigrants.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)By Leonard…

Robert Alexander Cooper Sr., 89, of Vine Grove, died Thursday, April 28, 2022.Bob was a founding member of…

Hundreds of Filipino Catholics followed a replica of the Jubilee Cross, along with statues of Santo Nino of Cebu and Our Lady of Manaoag, as they traveled to parishes in the Archdiocese of Newark for the celebration Year of the…

Friday, April 29, 2022 IC photo/Marie Mischel Picture 1 of 3 Among the traditional dances at the Sinulog festival held April 24 at St. Olaf Parish was one in honor of Santo Nio, an image of the Christ Child that…

Newark, NJ – The Archdiocese of Newark's celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines will conclude with a cultural procession and joyous mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark on…

Further evidence that American Christianity continues to sabotage itself emerged in the latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the American population. Further…

JERUSALEM, April 23 (Reuters) - A few steps from Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a small opening leads to an underground cistern where clerics have found the perfect spot to practice chanting ahead of the holiest day of the…

The televangelist's organ restored A pipe organ made famous by Robert H. Schuller power hour television program was restored for 3 million dollars. "Hazel," as the organ is called, was taken apart and sent to Italy for repairs in 2013.…

This country is sort of about Catholicism, Islam and Evangelical Christianity. A new poll reveals that Canadians consider several religions to be more harmful than beneficial to society. An Angus Reid poll began Monday and highlights the…

Anthony de Mello was a Jesuit priest who founded the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counseling in Pune. After working as a “retreat master and spiritual director” for Christian retreats, he published his book: Sadhana - A path to God with…

Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday, is the week of preparation for redemption through the suffering, death, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Today is Good Friday. It is the second and saddest…

Africa and Christianity Christianity is 2000 years old. All faith began when Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, gave his life as a ransom for the salvation of mankind. It was for the restoration of the relationship between…

Until the end of the 19th century, less than 0.1% of the Korean population was Christian. Today, a little over a century later, 28% of South Koreans are Christians. South Korea currently sends more missionaries…

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, Pope Francis has extended until the end of this year the possibility for Catholics to obtain a plenary…

More than 1,700 people participated in the San Gabriel Arcángel Mission's pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles.…

Catholic staff in Central Asia encourage young people to be more active in parish activities and help plan the future of nascent Church communities in the Muslim-majority region. “In recent months we have carried out a total…

ABeing someone who grew up in Silicon Valley, I sometimes forget how special this place is. There are, for example, certain cafés and brunch restaurants where you can hear entrepreneurs talking to venture capitalists any day of the week.…

Pope Francis has apologized for the role of the Catholic Church in the mistreatment of Indigenous people in…

Friday 01 April 2022 By Laura Vallejo Intermountain Catholic BOUNTIFUL – To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines, which was March 17, Filipinos in the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake…

Christian practice is drastically declining in the Western world, largely due to the impact of science on Western consciousness. The conflict between the two disciplines has reached the stage where…

VOICE In early 2019, Bill and Melinda Gates released a list of facts that had surprised them the previous year. Number four on their list: "Data can be sexist."They explained:There are huge gaps in global data on women and…

Women's social leadership Clergymen of the Islamic and Christian religions rejected the idea that both religions forbid women from holding leadership positions and that these prejudices against women and girls!-->!-->…

It's hard to believe that it's been two decades since historian Philip Jenkins published his groundbreaking essay "The Next Christianity" in The Atlantic Monthly.It contained key material from the first of three books Jenkins published…

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 as it is the day historians believe he died.Vacations weren't always the way we see them today. Once upon a time there was a solemn time in Ireland when bars remained closed.Although attributed…

Russia faces charges of war crimes amid massacres of innocent civilians and the shelling of homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure, with the resulting suffering. The contours of global Christianity could be blurred, as a result of all…

The Incarnation Church in Glendale, California is set to hold a closing ceremony to celebrate 500 years of Filipino Christianity. Photo courtesy of Josefina Solomonson On Sunday, March 27, Incarnation Church will celebrate the…

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Lent is a time of preparation in which Christians prepare to celebrate the momentous events of Christ's death, resurrection and ascension. Some use this season as an opportunity to draw closer to God through confession, fasting, and…

You've probably read the articles about foreign language words that don't have an immediate equivalent in English. As a German, I immediately think of schadenfreude, that seemingly untranslatable term for, well, schadenfreude — the guilty…