US Catholics and Protestants agree: 500 years after Reformation, they have more in common than not
RNS A statue of Martin Luther in Erfurt, Germany. PICTURE: RNS/Emily McFarlan Miller The theological differences that led to the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago have dwindled since in both the United States and Western Europe. That’s the finding of a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday, weeks before late October’s 500th anniversary of the […]
ESSAY: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF PRINCESS DIANA’S DEATH
Twenty years after the death of Princess Diana in Paris, MAL FLETCHER looks at the impact her passing has had on Britain…
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: Breakthrough Nation’s plans for a ‘musical colony’ start with a ‘Roar’
To hear this week’s edition of The TCM Update, simply click on this link…
ON THE SCREEN: ALL SAINTS AN UPLIFTING STORY OF GOD’S PURPOSE REVEALED
DAVID ADAMS is inspired by the story of All Saints…
More than 40 million affected by flooding in South Asia as death toll tops 1,200
More than 40 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides in India, Bangladesh and Nepal as the death toll from the monsoon-related disaster tops 1,200. Oxfam staff in Bangladesh have reported that some two-thirds of the nation is underwater while in Nepal one region received a month’s worth of rain in just two […]
ESSAY: A FAITH TO WEATHER THE STORM
Against the backdrop of unprecedented flooding in southern Texas in the wake of former Hurricane Harvey, JACOB LUPFER, a contributing editor at Religion News Service, says now is the time to put aside criticism and love our neighbour…
TRENDSPOTTER: THE RISE OF THE KILLER ROBOTS?
DAVID ADAMS looks at the battle over lethal autonomous weapons…
UK: EVENSONG SEES A SURGE EVEN AS CHURCH ATTENDANCE DECLINES
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, of Religion News Service, reports on how amid generally declining church attendance, evensong services continue to draw a crowd…