Tag: Religion in the news

What am I hoping for with the new pope? As someone who was baptized as a Catholic and now worships in the Episcopal Church, I’m

What was the role of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina’s “Dirty War” of the 1970s? The Guardian reports that the new pope “has not escaped

New evidence that Americans are turning their backs on religion, and this is increasingly true of those who grew up in religious homes. From the

We have a pope, folks. Well, actually, of course, it’s the Roman Catholics who have a pope. White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel just

It’s tough to keep papal election proceedings secret in the information age. U.S. Cardinals have been “slapped down” for conducting daily press briefings on what’s

Dale Regan, the head of the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Florida, who was killed in her office one year ago today, was remembered at a

Are Virgin Mary crisps offensive or just in bad taste?

In a malpractice case involving a Colorado woman and her unborn twins, lawyers for a Catholic Hospital are arguing that the court “should not overturn

A study published in this month’s British Journal of Psychiatry, says spiritual but not religious people are more likely to develop mental problems and dependence

An inspiring story from the San Francisco Chronicle highlights the vital ministry of hospital chaplains: