On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case about prayer at public governmental meetings. The Greece, N.Y. case, the first major church-state dispute to go before the Supreme Court in nearly a decade, could be a vehicle to test the current justices’ views on whether practices seen as an official “endorsement” of a religion can give rise to a valid legal claim.
Richard Burridge, Dean of King’s College London and author of the acclaimed “What Are the Gospels?” Pope Francis awarded him the prize on October 26 in Rome.
…every time All Saints Day rolls around, I can’t help but think of how the saints were spoken about, and used, in the pragmatic, popular faith of my Roman Catholic childhood. In that setting, saints were a lot like apps: mobile, easy-to-use, and applicable to all sorts of everyday situations.
A looks at the draft measure that would permit women to be ordained Bishops in the Church of England shows some issues and unanswered questions buried in the fine print.
Archbishop Justin Welby commends the Continung Indaba as a way that allows Anglicans to remain in communion “that holds together in its diversity.”
The Vatican has asked national bishops’ conferences around the world to conduct a wide-ranging poll of Catholics asking for their opinions on church teachings on contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addressed the 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches meeting in Busan, South Korea.
Founding ACNA Bishop John-David Scholfield has died.
Meditations for a night without baseball.
While the new tone coming out of the Vatican has drawn plaudits from progressives, it has also driven a wedge into the powerful political alliance between conservative Catholics and evangelical Christians.