Archbishop of Canterbury urges Ugandan Anglicans to reject anti-gay law
London, UKReuters The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican Church of Uganda to reject the country’s new anti-LGBT law, saying there is no justification for Anglicans anywhere to support legislation that goes against the Christian teachings of the Gospel. Under the law, approved by President Yoweri Museveni in May, gay sex is punishable by […]
Time machine: Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine, FranceAP If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand axes […]
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap 40 worshippers from church
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Gunmen abducted 40 people from a church in a remote village in northern Nigeria, a local Christian group said on Monday, in the latest attack against worshippers. Armed gangs, known locally as bandits, have been abducting people from villages, schools and highways mostly in the northwest of the country, where government security […]
Conversations: Episcopalian priest Rev Erin Jean Warde on ‘Sober Spirituality’
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, speaks to Rev Erin Jean Warde about why she’s inviting readers to consider a mindful relationship with alcohol…
“I want to go back to Ukraine”: A year into Ukraine war, older refugees running out of hope
AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA AND KACPER PEMPEL, of Reuters, report on the impact the ongoing war in Ukraine is having on elderly Ukrainian refugees…
Essay: Abrahamic Family House “changes all the rules” of interfaith understanding
In an article first published on Religion News Service, KNOX THAMES says the mosque, church and synagogue complex is a shining monument to tolerance…
More than 100 priests suspected of abuse remain active in Portugal’s Catholic Church
Lisbon, PortugalReuters More than 100 priests suspected of child sexual abuse remain active in church roles in Portugal, according to the head of a commission investigating the issue. The commission, which started its work in January 2022, said in its final report published on Monday that at least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members […]
At least one dead, several injured in machete attack at southern Spain churches
Updated: 11:45am (AEST)Madrid, SpainReuters Spanish authorities said they were investigating what they called a possible “terrorist” incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches – San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La […]
Flash flood kills nine at church gathering in South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa AP At least nine people died and eight others were missing in South Africa after a flash flood swept away members of a church congregation along the Jukskei River in Johannesburg, rescue officials said Sunday. The dead and missing were all part of the congregation, which was conducting religious rituals along the […]
Sight-Seeing: Building a more just church in a post-pandemic world
The Very Rev KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, author and dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, argues that trying to ‘get back to normal’ is both folly and a missed opportunity – in more ways than one…