by Daniel Burke | Jun 17, 2011 | News
BELLEVUE, Wash. (RNS) The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to maintain current church policies on the sexual abuse of children, making only minor tweaks to guidelines that critics say contain large loopholes. The bishops voted 187-5,...
by Greg Garrison | Jun 17, 2011 | News
(BIRMINGHAM) A new Alabama law that makes it a crime to offer rides to undocumented immigrants is the “meanest” immigration law in the country, according to a United Methodist bishop and respected theologian. Bishop William Willimon of the North Alabama Conference...
by Jack Jenkins | Jun 16, 2011 | News
(RNS) Goshen College will no longer play The Star-Spangled Banner at sporting events, school leaders announced, reversing last year’s decision to allow the use of the national anthem for the first time in the Mennonite college’s history. Some Mennonites had criticized...
by Francis Rocca | Jun 16, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) For seven centuries, Eucharistic adoration—praying before an exposed consecrated Communion host—was one of the most popular forms of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church, the focus of beloved prayers and hymns and a distinctive symbol of Catholic...
by Daniel Burke | Jun 16, 2011 | News
BELLEVUE, Wash. (RNS) The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops began a review of church sex abuse policies here on Wednesday (June 15), bypassing several recent reports that raise questions about whether the rules are effective at removing abusive priests. The bishops’...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 16, 2011 | News
A resolution on immigration at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix sparked a lively debate and multiple votes over a proposal that critics called “amnesty.” Meeting in a state that has made national headlines for its harsh...
