[ad_1] ISTANBUL (RNS) — A tense election in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on Sunday (June 30) ended with the enthronement of Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin as the new metropolitan of Sofia and patriarch of all Bulgaria, giving the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow an apparent ally as the church and its sponsor, Vladimir Putin, look […]

[ad_1]  Happy Independence Day Weekend! In this episode of The State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly podcast and radio program, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Rev. Thomas L. Bowen, White House Senior Advisor for Faith Engagement. As the nation celebrates the Fourth of July, the conversation ranges to Juneteenth, an important holiday celebrating […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes a stampede after a religious festival in India, the enthronement of the new Bulgarian Patriarch and more. The post Photos of the Week: Stampede in India, Bulgarian Patriarch appeared first on Religion News […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — When Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was asked to defend his support for a new state law requiring public schools to display a version of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms, he made sure to touch on the bill’s obvious religious connections. “This country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and every time we […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — In the wake of major layoffs in one department of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference, concerns are being raised about whether the department, which works on aid and justice initiatives domestically and internationally, has the capacity to continue its work. The layoffs and restructuring, announced internally on June 24, to the USCCB’s […]

[ad_1] (The Conversation) — In Oklahoma, the start of the school year is just six weeks away. But one closely watched school that had planned to open in 2024 is now in limbo: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a tuition-free, online, K-12 institution. St. Isidore received a controversial go-ahead from a state school […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — As it elected Bishop Sean Rowe its new presiding bishop at last week’s General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, the Episcopal Church adopted more than 20 resolutions related to Title IV, a section of the church bylaws that governs its response to allegations against clergy of abuse or misconduct. Over the past year, […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — My firstborn son arrived in 1991, just a year after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. He was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth and needed physical therapy at just 3 months of age to make sure he would crawl.  He’s had to fight to overcome a lot as he’s grown […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — The California Southern Baptist Convention, one of 41 regional groups that make up the Southern Baptist Convention, announced this week that it had cut six staff jobs, citing an ongoing decline in giving. Donations to the state’s Cooperative Program, which funds national, international and state-specific ministries, fell short by $170,000 in the […]

[ad_1] MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday, adding he will appeal the verdict. In […]