Category: Religion

KOLKATA, India (RNS) — Elaborately designed bamboo pandals have serious themes, from the trafficking of women to child labor at tea shops to the plastic surgery obsession among young adults. The post India’s Durga Puja...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — First Amendment scholar, to be honored after retiring from the Freedom Forum Institute’s Religious Freedom Center, talks about the state of religious freedom and his private faith. The post Religious freedom...

CHICAGO (AP) — Three men and one woman who say they were sexually abused by priests decades ago filed a lawsuit Thursday against every diocese in Illinois for an alleged ongoing scheme to cover up sexual assault by priests. The...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The priests threatened to stop rituals and prayers in the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala state if women ages 10-50 tried to enter the shrine. The post Indian temple priests turn back women, defying court...

(RNS) — The judge dismissed the sexual assault claims, saying the state’s statute of limitations had run out. The post Judge dismisses sexual assault claims against Southern Baptist leader appeared first on Religion News...

(RNS) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia confirmed to Religion News Service that it is aware of the inquiry and is cooperating with investigators — including handing over documents. The post Federal government launches...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation to respond to Pennsylvania’s landmark grand jury report accusing hundreds of Roman Catholic priests of sexually abusing children over decades stalled on the Legislature’s final...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s soaring water pollution is threatening the religious rites of its tight-knit Mandaean community, already devastated by 15 years of war that has also affected the country’s other minority sects....

(RNS) — The drop comes despite President Trump’s pledge during his first week in office that helping persecuted Christians overseas would be a priority for his administration. The post As refugee admissions drop, fewer...

(RNS) — The doctor has dedicated his award to women all over the world harmed by conflict and suffering violence every day. The post Congolese Pentecostals see Denis Mukwege, Nobel Prize-winning doctor, as a ‘blessing’ appeared...

(RNS) — The two traditions with the highest percentages of women clergy, according to the ‘State of Clergywomen in the U.S.,’ were the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. The post Clergywomen...

CHICAGO (RNS) — New Life Community Church Pastor Mark Jobe is no stranger to Moody Bible Institute — or to helping religious institutions start over in less than ideal circumstances. The post Incoming Moody president hopes to...