RELIGION

With new patriarch, Bulgarian Orthodox Church turns toward Moscow
- By West virginia digital
- . July 5, 2024
ISTANBUL (RNS) — A tense election in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on Sunday (June 30) ended with the enthronement of

With National Rally showing strength in Sunday’s vote, French Muslims hold their breath
- By West virginia digital
- . July 5, 2024
PARIS (RNS) — On Wednesday (July 3), five days before the second and decisive round of parliamentary elections in France,

Labour wins UK elections in landslide, but suffers losses in heavily Muslim areas
- By West virginia digital
- . July 5, 2024
LONDON (RNS) — New British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer celebrated a massive election victory on Friday after the Labour

Mosaics by an artist accused of abusing women will stay on the Lourdes shrine, for now
- By West virginia digital
- . July 5, 2024
ROME (AP) — A French bishop has put off any decision on whether to remove mosaics by an ex-Jesuit artist

Vatican excommunicates former US ambassador Vigano, declares him guilty of schism
- By West virginia digital
- . July 5, 2024
ROME (AP) — The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, after finding him

Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters
- By West virginia digital
- . July 4, 2024
(RNS) — An El Paso, Texas, district court judge ruled Tuesday (July 2) that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had

The Episcopal Church revises clergy misconduct protocols for fairness, transparency
- By West virginia digital
- . July 3, 2024
(RNS) — As it elected Bishop Sean Rowe its new presiding bishop at last week’s General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky,

California Baptists cut staff, citing decline in Cooperative Program Giving
- By West virginia digital
- . July 3, 2024
(RNS) — The California Southern Baptist Convention, one of 41 regional groups that make up the Southern Baptist Convention, announced

The Americans with Disabilities Act is still doing its work. Churches should join in.
- By West virginia digital
- . July 3, 2024
(RNS) — My firstborn son arrived in 1991, just a year after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. He

Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
- By West virginia digital
- . July 3, 2024
(The Conversation) — Gyanendra Shah, former king of Nepal, will celebrate his 77th birthday on July 7, 2024. Twenty years