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Christianity
Photo stories on the Metropolitan Museum and Smithsonian websites this month pay homage to the beauty of Italy’s village churches—at least 1,000 of which are now…
WRN Editorial Staff
Apr 2, 2022
Eastern Orthodoxy
The war in Ukraine has enormous religious implications and is deeply troubling to Eastern Orthodox Catholics in the United States, according to a leading theologian, author…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 28, 2022
Christianity
Lawrence Homer Hart, whose Cheyenne name was He’amavehonevėstse or Sky Chief, died March 6 at 89. Principal peace chief of the Cheyenne, Hart was raised Mennonite…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 20, 2022
Christianity
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville graduate student Maggie DeJong received three “No Contact Orders” in February from the university, prohibiting contact and indirect communication with three…
Celebrity
Netflix has released Jeen-Yuhs, a faith-based documentary series on the career of musician Kanye West. The series covers his life and career beginning in 2002 and…
Celebrity
Dutch Football Superstar Embraces Islam; Jewish Telegraph Shares a Tale of Pride of a Ukrainian Jew Living in New York; New Denomination of United Methodist Church…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 8, 2022
Anglicanism
In a Church of England General Synod meeting this past month a proposal was debated to increase representatives of the global Anglican Communion in the Crown…
Catholicism
Mark Wahlberg has just released the trailer for his first faith-based film about the harrowing life of Father Stuart Long (Father Stu). The film depicts Father…
Catholicism
Supreme Court Religion Cases and the Future; High Court Takes up Clash between LGBTQ and Religious Rights; Religious Objection to COVID Mandate Rejected; Biden Nominates Ketanji…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 28, 2022
Christianity
Changes in Religion and Family Life; What does Religion Have to Do with College Grades? Do Americans Support Religious Freedom? Religious freedom bill gains first-round approval…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 21, 2022
Baptist
Blasphemy and Apostasy Punished; Winter Olympics — Thawing of China’s Treatment of Religious Minorities? China May Restrict Religious Expression Following Olympics; Streaming Online a Godsend for…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 7, 2022
Catholicism
Concern Over India’s Violations of Religious Freedom; Pope Denounces Misinformation on Vaccines; World Remembers Holocaust; Human Rights Concerns Persist as Winter Olympics Begin; Supreme Court Abortion…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 31, 2022