April 28, 2022 News, Persecuted Church, World
Churches and other religious bodies in China are being forced to spout communist propaganda as the country has become “increasingly hostile to faith, said a bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. According to ...
Read More » November 4, 2021 Church & Ministry, News
Membership in the Episcopal Church continues to decline. In one report, the number of baptized members dropped from 1.798 million to approximately 1.736 million between 2019 and 2020, resulting in a reduction of about ...
Read More » September 30, 2021 Books, Entertainment, Faith, Go Deep
In 2020, the book The Devil is Afraid of Me: The Life and Works of the World’s Most Famous Exorcist (See below) hit our virtual bookshelves. While most people think of the ...
Read More » February 12, 2020 Church & Ministry, Missouri News, News
A former monk, who describes himself as a “fixer” for the Catholic Church, said his job was to clean up messes left by reports of sexual abuse in Missouri. “Every one of ...
Read More » December 26, 2019 Church & Ministry, Culture Watch, News
Many people heard a sermon for the first time in a long during the Christmas season. How long the service lasted depends upon the type of church, according to a new survey ...
Read More » September 30, 2019 Church & Ministry, Faith, News
Pope Francis will commence a three-week synod of Amazonian bishops at the Vatican on October 6 which will consider breaking the centuries-old tradition of only having single priests. It is among 146 ...
Read More » April 15, 2019 News, Sports
According to the Gospel of Matthew, “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.” This June, priests will gather in Lincoln, Neb., to “serve” their fellow brothers ...
Read More » October 19, 2018 Culture Watch, News
As I prepared to write this column, there were continuing news stories related to the devastating report about the 1,000 children whom were sexually abused by Catholic priests in some Pennsylvania dioceses. ...
Read More » August 24, 2018 Missouri News
The Catholic dioceses Kansas City-St. Joseph, of St. Louis, and Jefferson City have asked the Missouri Attorney General’s office to investigate whether their clergy members have committed sexual abuse. Attorney General Josh ...
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