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Wendell Berry taught me to preach | TC Pastors
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,…
Female Genital Mutilation is a Violation of Christian Tenets — Clerics
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.
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 father | Christianity
Robert Alexander Cooper Sr., 89, of Vine Grove, died Thursday, April 28, 2022.Bob was a founding member of…
[EVENT] The Archdiocese of Newark Celebrates 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines —
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…
Filipinos in Utah celebrate 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines
Friday, April 29, 2022
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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…
The Archdiocese of Newark celebrates 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines
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…
In “Remnant Christianity”, the author offers solutions on how Christianity can adapt and…
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…
Easter carols echo in an ancient cistern near the birthplace of Christianity
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…
Gleanings: May 2022 | Christianity today
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.…
Here’s how many Canadians believe that Islam, Catholicism and Christianity each do more harm…
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…
Why Anthony de Mello matters to Indian Christianity
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…
The saddest day in Christianity: Good Friday
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…
CHRISTIANITY, AFRICA AND BEYOND – 9News Nigeria
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…
Korean Christianity Leads by Example | echo
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…
Vatican extends 500 years of Christian indulgence
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…
Archbishop Gomez Encourages Pilgrims Marking Jubilee of Christianity in Los Angeles | National…
More than 1,700 people participated in the San Gabriel Arcángel Mission's pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles.…
Central Asian churches look to young people to grow Christianity
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…
The gods of ‘Techtopia’ give and they take away
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 apologizes to Indigenous peoples of Canada | Christianity
Pope Francis has apologized for the role of the Catholic Church in the mistreatment of Indigenous people in…
Filipinos celebrate 500 years of Christianity
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…
Christianity is about love, not authoritarianism
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…
Gina Zurlo | Why Christianity’s future is female – and African
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…
Clergy members refute claims that Islam and Christianity are against women’s leadership
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!-->!-->…
Thinking about global Christianity, as Crux digs deep into many overlooked Catholic details —…
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…
The St. Patrick’s Day Saint Who Spread Christianity to Ireland Wasn’t Irish
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…
How could the war in Ukraine blur global Christianity? —GetReligion
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 Church of the Incarnation celebrates 500 years of closing ceremonies of Filipino Christianity…
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…
Christianity, the most widespread and complicated world religion – The Royal Gazette
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Heydon Trust Chapel in Sandys (Photograph provided)This month, we are focusing our faith article on Christianity.It's almost as if this particular religious group needs no!-->…
“This is my body”, divided into three views of communion
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…
10 Biblical terms I wish Christians had in English…
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…
Road to Kossuth Square #2 – Why is Christianity so important in Hungarian politics?
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament for the next 4 years. Every week leading up to the election, in our Road to Kossuth Square podcast, we discuss and analyze the issues…
The Mardi Gras carnival has roots in Christianity
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The Mardi Gras carnival has roots in Christianity
Friday 04 March 2022
A participant performs and Indian dances during Sydney's annual Mardi Gras Night Parade. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By DOUGLAS KIEREINIMore from…
There is nothing magical about Christianity | National Catholic Register
With the coming of Christ, we began to experience God's healing touch, the medicine of divine mercy.…
Does Christianity condemn alcohol or drunkenness?
I was at a small party in a friend's garden and was seated at the same table as a Roman Catholic priest in his cassock. A bottle of red wine was presented to our table and he took a glass of wine as we discussed various topics.
I noticed…
Theology Cannot Save Us | Christianity today
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Once, when I was a youth pastor, a woman begged me to let her rebellious son go to youth camp even though he missed the registration deadline.
"I just want him to be…
Dumping Western Civilization: The Difference Christianity Makes
Reading time: 4 minutesBritish historian Christopher Dawson
When distinguishing between his contemporary culture and those that are foreign and past, the English scholar and Catholic historian Christopher Dawson argues that the former is…
[OPINION] The Problem With Welfare Christianity
At the center of contemporary Christianity is the self. We have enough evidence to show that this is the case.
In the Philippines, fraternities and congregations echo the same mantra: “I am blessed”, “I am favored”, “I am…
TERRY MATTINGLY: Influential Catholic Cardinal: Wrong Catechism on LGBTQ Doctrine | Christianity
It is not every day that a prince of the Roman Catholic Church, and a strategic Jesuit ally of the pope,…
In Tigray, Christianity can be erased
A region of six million inhabitants, Tigray, a secessionist state in northern Ethiopia, has been ravaged since November 2020 by a bloody civil war. If the humanitarian disaster is denounced by various NGOs, they speak less of the…
Survivors remain skeptical of Diocese’s Anglican inquiry…… | News and reports
As investigations into sexual abuse and abuse of church power are ongoing in the Anglican Church of the Upper Midwest Diocese in North America, at least five people who say they have suffered sexual or spiritual abuse in the diocese say…
How Putin’s Policy Threatens the Church’s Witness
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As Vladimir Putin's Russia threatens the existence of a free Ukraine, it would be easy for American evangelicals to conclude that this is a more distant foreign…
“Politics and Christianity are not incompatible” – BusinessGhana
The Bishop of the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese of the Catholic Church in the Upper East Region, the Most Reverend Father Alfred Agyenta, posited that politics and Christianity are not incompatible and that the belief of some members…
This is Hamilton’s world. We just live in it.
SSome stories serve as parables of the period in which they are written. Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet portray the religious tensions of the Reformation in England without ever mentioning the words Protestant Where Catholic. Frankenstein…
Detaching from American Christianity | Guest Contributor
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Doesn't it always happen like this? You think you've got it all figured out in this wild ride of a lifetime, then another curve ball comes your way and you realize, "Oh woo-wee-woo, I was way off"? The good old story of repentance…
A French philosopher wonders: will Christianity end up in the dustbin of history?
The End of Christianity (The End of Christianity) By Chantal Delsol. STAG. 2021. 171 pages. In French.
Is Christianity Dead? Is it dying? Chantal Delsol, French philosopher, novelist and columnist for Le Figarotries to…
What people ask me: Isn’t Christianity based on fear and guilt?
I once had the fascinating experience of visiting some of England's cathedrals with my children. While they were too young to fully appreciate the history and images carved in stone, they could "feel" the atmosphere of a cathedral. My…
Is Christianity non-rational? | news from paradise
Science is rational and Christianity is not; such is the claim of many vehement atheists. Many go further and say that Christianity is actively at war with science, suppressing its truth. In reality, this claim is just one of the myths…
In memory of Abouna Makary, Coptic priest loved by Egyptian evangelicals
Last month, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt lost one of its most recognized and charismatic priests. Abouna ("Father") Makary Younan (1934-2022), a well-known figure in Arab Christian satellite television, died on January 11 of…
Books open windows to holiness
We cannot cook up holiness on our own, decide what it looks like without examples, or try to become holy without others. The goal is to be remade in the image of God, and we do this by imitating models of holiness.
When we read holiness…
Christianity and the conversion debate in India
Most people are familiar with the 1951 battle between India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and President Rajendra Prasad over his decision to witness the installation of Hindu idols in the newly!-->…
Governor DeSantis, let my ministry serve migrant children
In December, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an "emergency rule" blocking the issuance and renewal of state licenses for organizations that serve unaccompanied migrant children, including many faith-based organizations.
Recently,…
WEEKEND SERVICES – ELZ | Christianity
Melvin Russell "Russ" Blair, 80, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Feb. 5 at First…
How Bible scholars and treasure hunters discovered…
Modern Israeli leaders are unequivocal about the importance of Jerusalem to the State of Israel.
“It has been proven beyond doubt that Jerusalem is the main artery of our national consciousness,” former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Christianity forced man to see his newborn, his wife in Chitradurga
Chitradurga, (Karnataka), January 25 (IANS): A man has filed a complaint against his father-in-law and other relatives for forcing him to convert to Christianity at Hosadurga police station in Chitradurga district, Karnataka, police said on…
Chinese Catholic Institute celebrates 20 years of studying Christianity
A Catholic institute in Beijing, the Chinese capital, marked 20 years of academic research on Christianity and culture and the promotion of evangelization in China and beyond.The Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture of the…
Is Christianity non-rational? – Eternity News
Science is rational and Christianity is not; such is the claim of many vehement atheists. Many go further and say that Christianity is actively at war with science, suppressing its truth. In reality, this claim is just one of the myths…
10 Brilliant Things Bono Said About God | Opinion
1. Bono explains why Jesus died
"I like the idea of the sacrificial Lamb...The purpose of Christ's death is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we have extinguished shall not come back to us, and our sinful nature…
January 14 Religious Memories of Klamath County | Christianity
Aglow Community LighthouseMonthly "fireside chats" to share and listen. The January chat was canceled due…
‘Franco Mulakkal was falsely accused of defaming Christianity’: Bishop’s lawyer…
After Kottayam Sessions Court acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of all charges in the rape case of a Kerala nun, his lawyer claimed that the victim was trying to falsely accuse the Bishop, due to "the influence of certain elements".…
How “Christian” transcended the label “Protestant” …… | News…
In recent decades, American evangelism has moved away from the labels, symbols, and religious buildings that defined the church.
Many newer churches do not contain stained glass windows, crosses, or traditional sanctuary configurations.…
Theophany one of the great festivals of Eastern Christianity | News
MAIZEVILLE - The manifestation of God made Man in Jesus Christ was celebrated with an Eastern rite in…
Why Latino Christians cherish January 6
Much of the worldwide body of Christ experiences January 6 as Epiphany, the last day of Christmas in the church calendar and an occasion to remember the first recognition by the Magi of Jesus as God. In the Spanish-speaking world, this…
Venture capitalists see profit in prayer…… | News and reports
Tech investors have discovered religion, or at least religious apps.
In 2021, venture capitalists invested more than $175 million in a handful of software companies developing spirituality tools for smartphones, betting big that tech…
Wealth, Happiness and Christianity – The Irish News
Saint Francis de Sales noted: “If you are poor, you are in good company. Our Dear Lord, Our Lady, the Apostles, countless saints, men and women, were poor, and though they might have!-->!-->!-->…
Humanity A common aspect between Islam and Christianity: bishop
TEHRAN (IQNA) - A Lebanese bishop points out the similarities between Islam and Christianity, citing humanity as one of them.
Bishop Matthias Charles Georges Mrad made the remarks in an exclusive interview with the International…
Vivaldi’s opera premieres in Ferrara almost 300 years late | Christianity
ROME (AP) - The Catholic Church and the city of Ferrara in northern Italy made peace with Antonio Vivaldi on…
Evangelicals, a rising force in Argentine prisons …… | News and reports
Prisoners pray inside an evangelical cell block at the penal unit in Pinero, Santa Fe province, Argentina on Thursday, November 4, 2021. Access to evangelical cell blocks is controlled by both prison authorities and cell block leaders who…
Islam, Christianity in essence: the Iranian president – society / culture news
“The truth of the religion of Jesus Christ is no different from the truth of the religion of Islam, and the Quran mentions excellent attributes for Saint Mary and Jesus Christ,” the Iranian president said at the meeting. 'a meeting with the…
Interpreting Food According to Your Faith: Holiday Culinary Traditions of Christianity, Islam, and…
For Bethlehem chef Fadi Kattan, the Christmas holiday season is marked by two culinary traditions: the first burbara dish, a wheat sausage commemorating the flight of the 3rd century martyr Saint Barbara, and the second a fruit cake, a A…
Christianity and Islam seek to convert secular world to religious outlook: professor
TEHRAN — Noting that the Abrahamic prophets were great reformers of their time, a Christian religion philosophy professor says Christianity and Islam are trying to secularize the world towards a religious outlook.
"We have so much in…
With the retreat of Christianity and the abandonment of a lot of hope, Christmases today are not…
Like many, my best memories of Christmas come from my childhood. Endless hot summers, the river, the food and the family. And faith.I come from a large Aboriginal family. There is no Christmas like a black Christmas. There was never…
Reviews | Can politics save Christianity?
And here, I think, the analogy with the new progressivism particularly fails. The so-called “awakening” is particularly powerful among elites, yes, but the change in attitude towards, say, racism is broader than that; if a similar number…
Review: The Vanishing is a revealing introduction to Christianity in the Middle East | Canberra…
lifestyle, the disappearance, janine di giovanni, bloomsburyThe secondary title of this book is "The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East". It consists of a series of essays on Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Egypt and Syria.…
Research: Religious Americans less likely to divorce
The average American couple marries, according to the U.S. census around the age of 30. Many young adults believe that forming unions closer to this age reduces their risk of divorce and, indeed, there is to research consistent with this…
Why did Anne Rice leave Christianity? Gothic fiction writer calls his decision…
Gothic fiction author Anne Rice, famous for her novel "Interview with the Vampire", died of a stroke at the age of 80 on Saturday, December 11. Rice had a complicated, intermittent relationship with Christianity before publicly leaving…
Cardinal Burke says first post-COVID Mass | Best Stories
Having survived COVID-19, Catholic…
Does Christianity Have a Future Under Labor?
Reading time: 3 minutesKeneally said discussions over the religious discrimination bill have played an important role in raising the awareness of the work's increasingly vigorous to religious communities, of which she is a key envoy.…
Cultural Christianity and Theological Potemkinism
There is a famous philosophical thought experiment, attributed to Robert Nozick, which asks the question of the "experimenting machine". Imagine being offered the possibility of being permanently placed in a sensory deprivation reservoir,…
December 3 Klamath County Denominational Memorials | Christianity
Aglow Community LighthouseMonthly “fireside chats” to share and listen to. December 11 edition from 10 a.m.…