Prayer for the Care of Water
This month, which begins with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Leo XIV asks the faithful to join him in praying for the stewardship and just distribution of water.
In a year which has seen record levels of drought in many regions, increased concerns about the demands for water posed by AI, and apocalyptic <. . .
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Speakers
at the Rimini Meeting highlighted persecution of Christians, violence
in Nigeria and Lebanon, and the importance of defending freedom of
belief for people of all faiths. |
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“I
am asking every parish of the diocese to include a prayer for immigrant
families and for all those affected by these events at every Mass in
the days ahead,” Bishop Frank Caggiano said. |
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The
bishops discussed the pastoral challenges facing the Church in North
America as a whole and concelebrated a Mass on Aug. 30 in the
Cuernavaca, Mexico, cathedral. |
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The
cardinal praised Pope Benedict’s 2007 decision to allow the faithful
greater access to the Latin Mass but called Pope Francis’ 2021 decision
to restrict it neither “sensible” nor “respectful.” |
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Stories of hope from congregations across the United States |
The Congregations Project is a monthly newsletter of true stories of faith, resilience or innovation in congregational life. Each story is produced by congregations or about congregations: short films, reflective essays and case studies tailored for busy faith leaders and laity. |
By Catherine Meeks |
In this excerpt from her new book, a social justice advocate writes about the need for unified collaboration among people of color for systemic change to occur. |
Q&A with Aaron Treadwell |
An ongoing project to complete the archive of The Christian Recorder newspaper and other publications shows the depth and breadth of Black writing since the 19th century, says the historian leading the effort. |
By Vincent Joseph Kopp |
A retired pediatrician and priest offers perspective on the rising incidence of vaccine hesitancy and how church leaders can serve the common good by supporting science-based public health. |
By Shari Finnell |
Report reveals nearly 7 in 10 megachurches increased attendance between 2019 and 2025, while researchers also found gains in measures of spiritual vitality. |
Q&A with Grace Duddy Pomroy |
In her book “Funding Forward,” a financial educator at Luther Seminary argues that the most successful congregations engage spiritual practices like discernment before focusing on money. |
By Christie Matherne |
At the intersection of two major trails, a small Colorado congregation has shaped a convergence of volunteers, hikers and the larger community rooted in welcome. |
We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo
What is the Evangelical Presbyterian Church?
Covenant Church at 30th & Howard is a Christian church in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation and allied with the EPC [The Evangelical Presbyterian Church] We believe the Scriptures to be the infallible Word of God and our final authority in faith and practice, and we find the historic creeds of the early church (the Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed) to be vital expressions of the most important tenets of the global church universal. When the EPC started in 1981, we determined that we would not disagree on the basic essentials of the Christian faith, but on anything that was not essential—such as the issue of ordaining women as officers or practicing charismatic gifts—we would give each other liberty. Above all, we committed ourselves to loving each other and not engaging in quarrels and strife. The result is that when we get together in our regional and national meetings, we spend most of our time in worship and fellowship and almost none in arguing with each other.
There is a particular kind of spiritual sickness the Desert Fathers knew well enough to give it its own name: kenodoxia, vainglory — the hunger not merely to be great, but to be seen as great, and to arrange the furniture of reality until the mirror agrees with the appetite. This week the country was treated to a fresh and rather garish specimen of it. The President of the United States circulated an AI-doctored chart of presidential rankings, lifted from a 1948 Life magazine poll, in which he had been inserted at the very top — above Lincoln, above Washington, above Franklin Roosevelt — while Eisenhower and Kennedy vanished from the record altogether and three Democratic presidents were shoved to the bottom to complete the illusion.
The schism in the UMC ended two years ago; but not in this Dallas church
Religion News Service: Two years after a schism led 7,600 churches to
leave the United Methodist fold, its reverberations are now being felt
in a battle between one of its most elite churches and a Texas
conference.
March on Washington renews focus on voting rights after Supreme Court gutting
Religion News
Service: “The fact that we still have to fight to maintain and renew
voting rights in this country is beyond abysmal and a truly national
disgrace,” Martin Luther King III said Friday.
Dolly Parton and the ‘pretty darn good’ Southern church*
The New York Times:
For many Americans, Parton represented an idealized style of faith: one
centered in small rural congregations that prize community over
ideology.
Sociologist Ryan Burge isn’t buying media reports that Christianity is flourishing
National Catholic
Reporter: His number crunching disputes recent anecdotes describing the
burgeoning state of American Christianity.
In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats
The Conversation:
Elected officials across Texas are increasingly treating ordinary Muslim
religious practice — prayer, dress, marriage counseling, even mosques
themselves — as evidence of a political threat and saying so openly.
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Starting
out their marriage without God at the center, the couple became
estranged and the husband left, but things began to change when their
daughter asked her mom, “Teach me to pray.” |
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As
part of a formation program, the secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for
Evangelization urged priests to take time away from ministry to sustain
their physical and mental health. |
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The pontiff said believers should speak honestly to God in moments of confusion while humbly accepting his ways. |
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A
regional government’s minister of culture highlighted the cause for
beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis
Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. |
In Exodus 20 is this list that is commonly referred to as ten commandments. But later in the book of Deuteronomy, we have this other li...
