When marriages break down: How Australian churches are helping people move from “healing to hope”
PETA MCCARTNEY reports on how Australian churches are using the US created DivorceCare program to help people through marital breakdown, separation and divorce…
United Methodist bishops ask church court to review proposal to split denomination
RNS A proposed plan to split the United Methodist Church is on its way to the denomination’s top court to decide whether the legislation that would implement it is constitutional. If the Judicial Council rules the plan is constitutional, delegates could take up the proposal, called “A Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation,” at […]
US Catholic bishops end border trip by suggesting alternative to family detention
RNS A group of prominent Catholic bishops concluded a two-day fact-finding visit to the US-Mexico border on Monday, capping an emotional trip that included ministering to migrant children at a detention center who are separated from their parents. But Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said […]
US IMMIGRATION: FAITH-BASED AGENCIES OPEN DOORS TO KIDS SEPARATED AT THE BORDER
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS report for Religion News Service on how faith groups have responded to the US immigration crisis…