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Ethics
It seemed innocent enough, a post from “Sesame Street” saying “Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who…
Catholicism
In the Church there is place for everyone, for everyone. No one is useless, no one is superfluous, there is space for everyone. Just the way…
Christianity
On May 1, by an overwhelming margin of 692-51, United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates repealed the longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. At the first meeting of…
Christianity
The Orthodox Church of Greece reacted strongly to this February’s passage of a historic bill allowing same-sex civil marriage, banning two lawmakers who voted in favor of the…
Christianity
Fourteen countries have Orthodox Christian majorities. On February 15, Greece became the first of them to legalize same-sex civil marriage. A bipartisan majority of 176 members…
Catholicism
In a move laden with caveats and provisos, but nonetheless regarded as “a real development,” according to its author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican has…
Catholicism
Vatican doctrine permits the baptism of transgender people and allows them as well to serve as witnesses at Catholic weddings, according to a recently released document. …
Christianity
“These are truly the last days,” groused worship leader and Christian music icon, Sean Feucht, on social media. The subject of his ire: the collaboration of…
Religion News
In an unusual move August 8, a Texas judge ordered three Southwest Airlines attorneys to eight hours of training with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which the…
Issues
Acknowledging an often too-hostile climate for LGBTQIA+ youth of faith, Beloved Arise, a movement dedicated to LGBTQIA+ youth of faith set aside June 30, the last…
Baptist
In the Rev. Grant Myerholtz’s congregation you’re not a bad person if you ever question your faith. Nor are you a bad person because of your…
Anglicanism
In the opening lines of the Bible, familiar to us in the classic King James as “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,”…