- June 12, 2025
Vote to bar churches with women pastors fails again at SBC meeting
DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches with women pastors from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination failed.
Jennifer Lyell, SBC abuse survivor and former Lifeway executive, has died
(RNS) — Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of
The theological legacy of Walter Brueggemann
(RNS) — I first encountered Walter Brueggemann’s work nearly 25 years ago, when “The Prophetic Imagination” was assigned in a seminary course I was taking.
After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published
(RNS) — “I was the kid who never even smoked pot. I was very cautious, and a rule follower,” said Rabbi Julie Danan, spiritual leader
Hajj pilgrims leaving the US this week face an anxious homecoming
(RNS) — About two weeks to 10 days before the Eid al-Adha holiday, days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage is about to begin, the messages
After deadly shooting, Jewish organizations are again scrutinizing security
(RNS) — American Jewish communities are rushing to bolster already heightened security around their institutions and businesses after the May 21 killings of two Israeli
Everybody Can Do Something: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
June, traditionally Pride Month, is almost here, and this year, Pride will test the courage of our nation. It has been a challenging time
Peter Mayer finds meaning everywhere on earth’s Blue Boat Home
RACINE, Wis. (RNS) — In the mid-1990s, Peter Mayer, a former Jesuit novitiate turned singer-songwriter, quit his job as a music director at St. Gregory
Pope Leo XIV vows to work for unity so Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol
Will Pope Leo XIV change the Vatican’s diplomacy on Ukraine and Russia?
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Before becoming Pope Leo XIV Cardinal Robert Prevost denounced Russia’s “imperialist invasion” of Ukraine, in a 2022 interview, saying Russia was