Christianity
How Does Your Congregation Grow?
The news seems ominous. Studies show Christianity on the ropes in Europe and on the decline in the United States. Church buildings going on the real…
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Catholicism
Religious News from Around the Web, Feb 9th 2020
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
Religious News from Around the Web, Feb 3rd 2020
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
How a Priest Made Kobe Bryant’s Life Better
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…
Islam
Religious News from Around the Web, Jan 27th 2020
Indian Women Unite vs CAA, Falun Gong, Holocaust Property, Rohingya Ruling, Lutherans Pack 10 Million Meals, Religious School Funding India’s CAA Unites Religions India’s Citizenship Amendment…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 28, 2020
Christianity
Religious News From Around the Web, Jan 20th 2020
Confessional Seal Breach, Sikhs Census, Vaccination Exemptions, Methodist Agree to Split, 50 Countries Suppressive to Christians, India’s CAA Turmoil, China Increases Social Control Sikhs to be…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 21, 2020
Christianity
Are Christians the Most Persecuted Religion? Pew Report on Religious Harassment By L. Arik Greenberg, Ph.D.
In the summer of 2018, the Pew Research Center released a report on the state of religious persecution, restriction and harassment in the world; it was…
Buddhism
Identity and Religion: The War Against the Spirit
Who are you? What is your identity? Are you your name, your family, your car, your bank account, the language you speak or the accent with…
Buddhism
Religious News From Around the Web, Jan 13th 2020
Giving Machines, Blaine Amendment, Religious Court Cases, Confessional Confidentiality, Taliban Destroyed now Repaired, Jewish and Muslim Women Meet, ERA is Dead Latter-day Saints Giving Machines Raise…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 13, 2020
Baptist
Top Religious Stories? Is This the Best You Can Do?
The top 10 religious stories of 2019 – as selected by members of the Religion News Association – included: The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the…
Catholicism
Movie Review: The Two Popes (two reviews)
The Two Popes – Netflix Starring: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce Director: Fernando Meirelles Review By Charlotte Odenson Inspired by true events, this beautifully shot film…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 23, 2019
Atheism
WRN News From the Web: Mosque Shelters Students, Atheists Not Church, US Sanctions China over Uighurs, Rohingyas Denied Education, Dublin’s Covert Church, Iran Suppressing Bahá’ís, SMU Minus Methodist?, African Churches Use Scientology
Wisconsin Students Shelter in Mosque During School Attack About 100 high school students sheltered in a mosque across the street from their Oshkosh West High School…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 9, 2019