Rwanda closes thousands of churches in bid for more control
Source: Associated Press By IGNATIUS SSUUNA KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government has closed thousands of churches and dozens of mosques as it seeks to assert more control over a […]
‘Get up, it’s Jesus day!’: Mom used Taser to make her son attend Easter service, police say
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk “Nobody writes a book on the correct way of parenting,” Sharron Dobbins explained to ABC 15 Arizona this week, shortly after her release from jail on a […]
With a new president and new apostles, Mormon General Conference is sure to make history, but will speakers touch on timely topics?
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack No doubt, this weekend’s LDS General Conference will be historic. In a ritual known as a “solemn assembly,” reserved for sacred […]
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ashamed’ of Church over abuse
Source: BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury has said how “ashamed” he is of the Church in the wake of the child sex abuse inquiry. The Most Rev Justin Welby […]
US pastor Andrew Brunson accused of using Christianity as part of a terrorist plot
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness (RNS) — A North Carolina pastor who has […]
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ashamed’ of Church over abuse
Source: BBC News The Archbishop of Canterbury has said how “ashamed” he is of the Church in the wake of the child sex abuse inquiry. The Most Rev Justin Welby told […]
Gay hospital chaplain loses discrimination appeal against C of E
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Court rules church had right to bar Jeremy Pemberton from NHS job because he had married Canon Jeremy Pemberton (right) claimed he was discriminated […]
Memphis megachurch pastor resigns following sexual abuse investigation
Source: USA Today Ron Maxey, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal MEMPHIS — A pastor accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Texas 20 years ago resigned from his ministerial post Tuesday at […]
‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe
Guardian: Europe’s march towards a post-Christian society has been starkly illustrated by research showing a majority of young people in a dozen countries do not follow a religion. The survey of 16- to 29-year-olds found the Czech Republic is the least religious country in Europe, with 91% of that age group […]
Williams: church’s old views on gay clergy led to desire not to judge sexual activities
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Former archbishop tells child sexual abuse inquiry ‘there was perhaps overcompensation’ for repressive views Rowan Williams: ‘I think there has been a sea change […]
Rwanda bans Kigali mosques from using loudspeakers
Source: BBC News Rwanda has banned mosques in the capital, Kigali, from using loudspeakers during the call to prayer. They say the calls, made five times a day, have been […]
Lightning kills 15 worshippers in Rwanda, as government cracks down on unsafe churches
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili | March 13, 2018 NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As the Rwandan government continues to shut down houses of worship it deems unsafe and dissenters charge it […]
Jerusalem tax spat pits heaven against earth
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin | March 12, 2018 Demonstrators protest outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site […]
Brazilian prosecutors sue to shut church over forced labor
Source: Associated Press By PETER PRENGAMAN, SARAH DiLORENZO and MITCH WEISS SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed suit to shut down a church and school with ties […]
Oxfordshire vicar who spiritually abused boy banned from ministry
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent A Church of England vicar has been banned from ministry for two years after being found guilty of spiritually abusing a teenage boy. The […]
Meghan Markle baptized in private ceremony
Source: CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN)Meghan Markle is now a fully fledged member of the Church of England after the American actor was reportedly baptized and confirmed in a […]
Rwanda closes ‘700 unsafe, noisy churches’
Source: BBC News About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small Pentecostal churches. […]
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopens after spat
Source: Associated Press By NEBI QENA JERUSALEM (AP) — The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reopened early on Wednesday after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes […]
Israel suspends plan to tax Jerusalem church properties
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s mayor on Tuesday suspended a plan to impose taxes on properties owned by Christian churches, backing away from a move that had enraged religious leaders and led to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/world/israel-suspends-plan-tax-jerusalem-church-properties-article-1.3844225
Churches must switch off CCTV cameras during services as prayer should be private, court rules
Source: The Telegraph Churches must switch off CCTV cameras during services because prayer is private, a Church of England court has ruled. The consistory court ruling is believed to be […]