[ad_1] (RNS) — Weekly Friday prayers at a mosque adhere to a certain rise and fall of quiet concentration, breath and the rhythm of physical and spiritual movement. It can be a challenging environment for individuals with disabilities, particularly autistic kids and adults. A few bad experiences can end a family’s attempt to be part […]

[ad_1] Father Gregory Boyle, center, greets supporters while walking from Homeboy Industries to Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, May 17, 2024, ahead of the city’s “Father Greg Boyle Day” proclamation. (Photo by Alejandra Molina) LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The city of Los Angeles has proclaimed May 19th “Father Greg Boyle Day,” honoring the beloved […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes an annual Hong Kong Bun Festival, a new sculpture of the Rev. Billy Graham in Statuary Hall and more. The post Photos of the Week: Bun Festival; Billy Graham statue appeared first on Religion News Service. [ad_2]

[ad_1] (RNS) — About 10 years ago, when the state of Pennsylvania passed a law requiring a background check for anyone who worked with children, Megan Benninger volunteered to help her church comply. At the time, Benninger and her husband were members of a small Southern Baptist Church, where the nursery was run by volunteers […]

[ad_1]  It’s easy to look around the world, with rising hate and divisions, and feel fearful, isolated, and sometimes even defeated. Yet there’s plenty of reason for hope, as people across the country mobilize to confront bigotry and achieve democracy together. This week on The State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — When the ordination of Angelic Molen of Harare, Zimbabwe, as a deaconess by Metropolitan Seraphim, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of the south African country, was announced in a press release from the St. Phoebe Center for the Deaconess, the reaction on social media was predictable: over-the-top vitriol from the usual suspects and […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — Last week, a football player gave a commencement speech that made a lot of people pretty upset. I’m sure you’ve heard about it.  Commencement speeches are pretty minor skirmishes in the grand scheme of culture wars. All of the media punditry hair-pulling about these poor college students walking out on Jerry Seinfeld […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — Many tears have been shed, and much ink spilled, about gender inequalities in Mormon temple sealing rituals. In our religion, a man and a woman can be “sealed” together in a Latter-day Saint temple for time and all eternity, meaning their marital bond will remain in effect forever. The temple sealing allows […]

[ad_1] He raised his hands and asked the 110,000 faithful packing the stadium to pray with him for the three-year-old toddler who couldn’t walk without heavy braces on his legs. Within moments his mother removed the braces and the child freely ran, laughing, up and down the aisles. It was 1954 and American preacher Tommy […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — The Rev. Jerome V. Harris, a retired general officer of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 8. At his death, Harris was involved in a lawsuit with the denomination over alleged mishandling the church’s retirement pension funds. John Thomas III, a general officer of the church and […]