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Pope Francis: Helping Poor And Migrants Is ‘Equally Sacred’ As Fighting Abortion By Carol Kuruvilla Pope Francis issued a scathing rebuke of Catholics who prioritize some church laws and doctrines ― including those condemning abortion ― over fighting for the poor and the oppressed. In an apostolic exhortation released Monday, Francis lamented that some Catholics think of protecting many […]
At the Crossroads of Church and Race The Gateway Church in the Dallas-Forth Worth area is one of the largest churches in the country. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times Campbell Robertson I grew up in a little Baptist church in small-town Alabama. The Baptist part is inherited, like baldness or dimples: Both of my […]
7 Trends That Offer A Snapshot Of American Religion Today By Antonia Blumberg White Christians are now a minority 42% of US Muslims are under 30 46% of LGBTQ Americans are religiously unaffiliated White Christians continue to dominate the GOP, while the Democratic Party is increasingly diverse There are major generational divides in religious affiliation Read […]
First Advent, Now Epiphany ? What? First we celebrated Advent, the 40 day period leading up to Christmas, complete with frenzied shopping and partying. (BTW, it seems that the commercial “Christmas” season starts earlier every year. I saw Christmas in stores in early October this year!) Now we are celebrating the 12 days of Christmas, ending […]
German Evangelical Church Renounces Anti-Semitic Mission To Convert Jews MARTIN LUTHER TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS TO PRAY FOR JEWS TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY. CENTURIES LATER, THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN GERMANY IS WRESTLING WITH ITS PAST. The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) has officially renouncedits mission to evangelize and convert Jews. The EKD’s annual synod, a central […]
Pope Francis Extends Power To Forgive Abortion To All Catholic Priests Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors in most parts of the world. Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving Roman Catholic Church a characteristic […]
credit: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2016/11/1/svezia-messamalmo.html Pope Francis Says Ban on Female Priests is Likely to Endure NY times online by Laurie Goodstein Catholic teaching that women cannot be ordained as priests will probably go on forever said Pope Francis during his trip to Sweden. He referred to a letter written in 1994 by Pope John Paul II who said […]
Faith and the 2016 Campaign Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life The conventional wisdom in American politics has long been that someone who is not religious cannot be elected president of the United States. Most Americans have consistently said that it is important to them that the president have strong religious beliefs. And a […]