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Embalming and Cremation: Here’s What You Need to Know
Upon the passing of a loved one, the urgency to make arrangements can often be overwhelming. The process of preserving a body after death can be extensive and perplexing for those dealing with the emotions of loss. From the decisions for viewings to setting a loved...
Good Gospel Playlist: Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome is the Princess of Loveworld
Loveworld Music and Arts Ministry (LMAM) has a brand-new star on the rise and her name is Sharon Carissa Oyakhilome. Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome, more popularly known as CSO is gospel royalty. The singing sensation who is behind the mega-hit 'Holy Spirit', has become a...
Few Good Tips on Giving Personalized Gifts
Are you thinking of giving someone a personalized gift for a certain occasion? It is certainly a great way to mark an occasion, and nowadays there are many ways in which you could personalize a gift so that it stands out. Before you go any further however, there are a...
Modern Solutions for Spreading the Word Beyond the Pulpit
As a pastor, your purpose in the church is to bring God’s people to him. To teach as many people as you can about the love, compassion, and goodwill of Christ. However, as times and people change, getting your word out to the masses can become increasingly difficult....
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Texas nuns in battle with Fort Worth bishop are dismissed from religious life
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — A group of Texas nuns engaged in a yearlong dispute with Catholic Church leadership has been dismissed from religious life and “reverted to the lay state,” according to their Vatican-appointed overseer. Mother Marie of the Incarnation, who...
Church near Pennsylvania Capitol becomes peace hub hoping to protect democracy in divisive election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Grace United Methodist Church is located just steps from the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Between the two buildings, the church recently installed a pole. It reads: “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” The timing and location of the “Peace Pole” were...
Meet the conservative, white religious women voting for Kamala Harris
(RNS) — Kellianne Clarke doesn’t really have time for an interview. An active member of her Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation in Chester County, Pennsylvania, she spoke to RNS earlier this month while preparing a lesson she planned to lead for...
Marvel’s series ‘Agatha All Along’ gets it right, say modern witches
(RNS) — Marvel Studios’ television series “Agatha All Along,” which has its finale on Disney+ on Wednesday (Oct. 30), oozes witchcraft lore, movie references and symbolism. And modern witches are there for it. “They are really doing their research,” said Opal Luna, a...
We tried Christian nationalism in America. It went badly.
NORTH MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (RNS) — The Rev. Jason Genest loves God and his church. He also loves U.S. history. Which is why he gets nervous when he hears people talk about America being founded as a Christian nation. Or wanting to make America Christian by using the...
An explosion of fireworks injures more than 150 people at a temple in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — A huge explosion of fireworks injured more than 150 people at a religious festival in a temple in southern India, a report said Tuesday. The explosion occurred Monday night when a fireworks storage facility near Veerarkavu temple caught fire, the...
Gutiérrez’s liberation theology still inspires young Latin American theologians
SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The death of the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, called the “father of liberation theology,” at age 96 on Oct. 22 has set off a reconsideration of the theological and pastoral movement spawned by the publication of the Peruvian priest’s 1971 book, “A...
Republicans seek votes among the Amish, who rarely cast them, in swing-state Pennsylvania
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn buggy navigated through a busy intersection of auto traffic in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, past a billboard proclaiming: “Pray for God’s Mercy for Our Nation.” The billboard...
The mashup holiday ‘Diwaloween’ celebrates light as the year turns dark
(RNS) — What happens when the religious festival celebrating the victory of good over evil coincides with the spookiest night of the year? Diwaloween. Or maybe Hallowali. Mashups of Diwali and Halloween occur every few years as Diwali, a day on the lunar calendar that...
Vatican commission reports gains and challenges in abuse prevention
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A report published Tuesday (Oct. 29) by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors details the steps the Catholic Church has taken in recent years to prevent sexual abuse, while recognizing the shortcomings of its current safeguards...
Swing-state priest teaches ancient techniques for surviving today’s political turmoil
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The Rev. David Peck knows first-hand how divided communities wracked by violence can be gutted by that repeated devastation. In his previous work as an Anglican church representative for international development, Peck saw on his trips to Africa...
After exiting the Christian music industry, these artists engage religion on their terms
(RNS) — When former Christian artist Michael Gungor first hosted a new spiritual community in Los Angeles this year, worship began not with an organ blast or sermon series video promo, but with blowing bubbles. Appropriately dubbed “Play,” Gungor envisioned the event...