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(RNS) A new crisis hotline for those struggling between faith and atheism launched Friday (Feb. 27). Called “The Hotline Project,” the 24-hour free service will match volunteers with people who…
It’s been a tough winter for Boston. – “Our city has more of that going on now than in recent memory – homelessness is up, and this winter is taking…
RIO DE JANEIRO—Praying for waves? Have faith: the Catholic Church is considering a surfer for sainthood. – Read the whole story at The Wall Street Journal
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…
(RNS) Nadia Bulkin, 27, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother, spends “zero time” thinking about God. And she finds that among her friends — both guys…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — University of California President Janet Napolitano is postponing a proposed tuition increase as a good faith gesture stemming from her ongoing negotiations with Gov. Jerry Brown…
(RNS) Chances are you’ll see a bunch of folks walking around with shmutz on their foreheads this Wednesday (Feb. 18). The ‘Splainer asks what having a dirty forehead has to…
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a powerful sermon that signaled his desire to push ahead with historic reforms, Pope Francis on Sunday (Feb. 15) said the Roman Catholic Church must be…
Beliefs By MARK OPPENHEIMER On Wednesday, in an interview in London, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a potential Republican presidential candidate, sidestepped the question of whether he believed in evolution….
The DNC defines a presidential candidate as someone who “has accrued delegates in the nominating process and plans to seek the nomination, has established substantial support for his or her…
John Dehlin, a popular Mormon podcaster who has publicly expressed doubts about his faith, has been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Dehlin says he…
“I’m not one of those politicians,” Jindal said on CNN’s “New Day.” “My faith teaches me that marriage is between a man and a woman. I don’t believe in discrimination…
Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the incredible diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week….
The story was first published on Global Sisters Report. In the middle of makeshift refugee camps, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena are trying to make life work….
One of the strangest right-wing conspiracies is that Barack Obama is not really a Christian. It’s strange because the President has missed few opportunities to inject Christianity into his rhetoricto…
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis decreed Tuesday that slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero was killed out of hatred for the faith, approving a martyrdom declaration that sets the stage…
“Modesty is part of our Islamic faith,” Khan wrote in an email. “No one should be discriminated (against) for following their faith.” So Khan started World Hijab Day to build…
Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the incredible diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week….
WASHINGTON — Conservation groups are balking at several amendments offered to Senate legislation that would approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, amendments they say don’t bode well for the…
Is there room for faith in politics, even with the separation of church and state? New York-based Union Theological Seminary hosted a day-long “Congressional Orientation on Faith and Governing” in…
When Carla Miller, 23, walked into her aunt and uncle’s house in 2011 and saw her infant cousin for the first time, she began to cry. She and the rest…
Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the incredible diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week….
One of the original members of a world-renowned Christian rock band has come out as an atheist. George Perdikis, an early member of Newsboys, says he’s lost his faith in…
Republicans plot in chocolate heaven – “It does not make any sense for Congress to scuttle that deal right now, because that will put America in a bad place, not…
Groups representing French Muslims have urged authorities to step in to protect them in the same way as they have boosted security around Jewish sites. “All Muslim organizations in France…
Even as the vast majority of Muslims condemn terrorism, the frequency and cruelty of the assaults have led many people to ask sharp questions about the faith. Here are some…
Seven crew members and 155 passengers were aboardalmost one-third from the same Christian denomination. There was no single reason that members of Mawar Sharon, a Protestant faith with about 45,000…
I am a Muslim, but I wasn’t always. I converted to Islam in November 2001, two months after 9/11. I was 21 and living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was…