Essay: Answering the refugee crisis as a matter of faith
In an article first published on Religion News Service, WASEEM AHMAD, ANNE BURGHARDT, and MARK HETFIELD say faith groups are usually the first responders when people are displaced, and the last…
Church in Norway marks name change for transgender person
Helsinki, NorwayAP A Lutheran church in Norway has held a name change ceremony for a 49-year-old transgender person in what officials said marked the first such event in a place of worship in the Nordic country. Elin Stillingen lived the first 40 years of her life as a man and legally changed her name and […]
Lifestory: From Mormon missionary to Lutheran pastor
JANA RIESS, in an article published on Religion News Service, speaks with Katie Langston about her journey from Mormonism to the Lutheran Church…
In the US state of Minnesota, Catholic, Lutheran churches to defy governor and hold services
Minneapolis, USAP Roman Catholic and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations across Minnesota plan to resume worship services in defiance of the state’s ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, their leaders said Thursday, the strongest direct challenge to Governor Tim Walz’s restrictions to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The leaders said at a […]
Two Hispanic churches and too many tears: 100 COVID-19 deaths
New York City, USAP One is a Roman Catholic church in Queens; the other, a Lutheran church in Manhattan. But the COVID-19 pandemic has united the two Hispanic congregations in grief. Between them, they have lost more than 100 members to the coronavirus, and because of lockdown rules, they lack even the ability to mourn […]
FAITH AND SPORT: THE FRIAR’S BRIAR – CANADA’S CLERGY CURLING TOURNAMENT – PUTS FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP ON ICE
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Ontario…
Kidnapped Christian student killed in north-east Nigeria
Abuja, NigeriaMorning Star News Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have executed a Christian university student kidnapped earlier this month in north-east Nigeria. In a video that Site Intelligence Group reported was released on the Islamic State’s Amaq news website, a boy of indeterminate age with a pistol shoots and kills Ropvil Daciya Dalep, a member of the […]
World Council of Churches head nominated as presiding bishop of Church of Norway
Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has been nominated as the next presiding bishop of the Church of Norway. Tveit, who has served as general secretary of the WCC for the past 10 years, is the only nomination for the position in accordance with church regulations. An ordained pastor […]
STRANGESIGHTS: VALE THE ‘LUTEFISK DINNER’; COCKROACH EATING POWER; AND, ELVIS RETURNS TO GERMANY…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
PHOTO ESSAY: IN THE SHADOWS OF PEACE – CHURCHES ACCOMPANY FRAGILE LIFE IN RURAL COLOMBIA
In a special report for Sight, ALBIN HILLERT reports on how churches in Colombia are helping former rebels transition from a life of guerrilla warfare to peaceful co-existence with local communities…