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'A lie from the pit of hell': Episcopal leaders push back on rumors of fatal decline
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1253+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) " The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is tired of hearing that his church is doomed. The denomination has lost about half of its baptized membership since the 1960s, declining to about 1.5 million adherents today, and still faces shrinking…...
Israeli family who buried 3 of their children after missile attack clings to faith
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (689+ words) Making her way to what was left of a window, she saw fire and destruction everywhere, she said. "I couldn't find my kids, but I was sure they would be able to rescue them from underneath the rubble," she said....
The Deepak Chopra-Jeffrey Epstein friendship tells of a spirituality industry in crisis
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (286+ words) (RNS) " "The system isn't just the abusers. It's also the ones who stay silent. If you are a leader in the industry, or just want to help, I wrote this for you." This was the conclusion of spiritual coach Scott…...
Conservative Anglican bishops seek 'disengagement' from Canterbury without naming rival leader
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (554+ words) NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) " Weeks before the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally is officially installed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury, a group of conservative Anglican prelates known as GAFCON renamed their body the Global Anglican Communion and elected a set…...
In planning family and careers, young Sikh American women say balancing act is their own
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (749+ words) (RNS) " The questions that researcher Pavita Singh asked her interview subjects were those any young woman might be pondering: Do you want kids or children? When? With whom?" But the women in Singh's study " 30 Sikh Americans between 18 to 24 years of…...
Beth Moore to end Living Proof events in 2027
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (404+ words) (RNS) " Bible teacher and bestselling author Beth Moore announced Thursday (March 5) that her ministry will stop holding large-scale Living Proof events in 2027. The decision to end Living Proof Ministries events, which feature Moore's Bible teaching and worship music, will coincide…...
In Nigeria’s protracted violence, debate over whether religion is the cause, or the casualty
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1001+ words) NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) " When gunmen stormed villages near Makurdi in Nigeria's Benue state last year, Pastor Emmanuel Ochefu said the attack felt personal. "They came at night, shouting and burning homes," said Ochefu, who leads a small Pentecostal church outside…...
The Western Wall isn’t just a public place — it’s an Orthodox synagogue
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (725+ words) (RNS) " A bill currently before Israel's legislature, the Knesset, is bringing the long-debated and divisive issue of prayer at the Western Wall to a head." Israel's parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill that would put the country's Orthodox…...
When the bombs fall on other people’s children
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (422+ words) (RNS) " In a small town in southern Iran on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli attacks (Feb. 28), more children were killed in a single strike on a girls school than all the American kids who died in the past two…...
What to know about the investigation into Catholic priests in Rhode Island and sexual abuse charges
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (567+ words) The report was released by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, whose office has been investigating the diocese since 2019. According to Neronha, the church could be doing more to address child sexual abuse. Yet diocese leaders have pushed back at…...