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Catholicism
Facebook Rolls Out Prayer Group; Churches, Organizations Pitch In To Help in Dixie Fire; Supreme Court’s Next Big One: Religion and Abortion; Infrastructure Bill Enforces Gender…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 16, 2021
Catholicism
INTRODUCTION His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the 270th Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Born in present-day Turkey in 1940, Dimitrios Archontonis, as Bartholomew…
Buddhism
Scientologist Wins Case Against Munich “Sect Filter;” Religious Restrictions Return with Rise of Delta Variant; Vatican Launches Global Compact on the Family; Problems With Biden’s Religious…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 12, 2021
Catholicism
Introduction In October 2020, when Pope Francis announced his selection of 13 new cardinals from eight countries as diverse as Rwanda, Chile, Brunei and Mexico, he…
Catholicism
INTRODUCTION When white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel March 13, 2013, heralding the selection of a new Pope, it set in motion…
Buddhism
Call to Recognize Sarna Religion, Hindu Religious Figures Raise Protest, Shinto Priests Bless Head of 60-Foot tall robot, Junipero Serra Supporters Push Back, Religious Tolerance Found…
WRN Editorial Staff
Aug 17, 2020
Catholicism
I often hear people speak in hushed and conspiratorial tones — as if they were divulging a well-guarded secret — about how the Catholic Church changed…
Buddhism
Biblical Plague, Give up Phones for Lent?, Minister Farrakhan, Thich Quang Do, SCOTUS to hear Catholic Foster Case, Boko Haram, Coronavirus and Hajj Give up Phones…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 2, 2020
Anglicanism
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch,” said Benjamin Franklin. Democracies had failed in the past, blown to pieces…
Catholicism
Coronavirus, Church and State, Romney and White Horse, 200 Years of Christianity, Baxter Black, Blessing of the Nukes, Chinese Ban Funerals Christians Help in Coronavirus Hot…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 10, 2020
Bahá'í Faith
Iran vs. Religion, Mass Wedding, Same-Sex Adoption, Religious School Funding, Christians Released, Should Churches Report Child Abuse? William Barr Warns of Militant Secularism, Catholic Schools in…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 3, 2020
Catholicism
In 2016, WRN published a story about how Kobe Bryant’s faith helped him withstand and move past difficult times personally and professionally. We reprise this story…