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US anti-abortion leaders join Rome’s March for Life

May 08, 2013 by Alessandro Speciale

c. 2013 Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) American anti-abortion leaders will be in Rome on Sunday (May 12) to participate in Italy’s third March for Life and lend their expertise to the nation’s small anti-abortion movement as it tries to learn from its American counterpart.

A controversial Broadway play on the Virgin Mary closes - Why?

May 07, 2013 by David Gibson

c. 2013 Religion News Service

NEW YORK (RNS) A Tony-nominated play that offered a controversial take on the Virgin Mary reflecting on her life held its final performance on Sunday (May 5), closing after only two weeks as poor ticket sales never matched high expectations.

Now the question is: Why?

Tackling stigma of mental illness

May 06, 2013 by Bob Smietana

Frank Page, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was getting ready to work in the yard in the fall of 2009 when the phone rang. His daughter was on the line.

Pope Francis welcomes Benedict XVI back to the Vatican

May 03, 2013 by Alessandro Speciale

c. 2013 Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican on Thursday (May 2), where he will live a few hundred meters from his successor, Pope Francis, in an arrangement that has no precedent in the history of the Catholic Church.

Pentagon debunks reports of anti-Christian policies

May 03, 2013 by David Gibson with Adelle M. Banks contributing

Christian conservatives became alarmed recently over reports and rumors that the Pentagon was considering new policies aimed at discriminating against Christians and disciplining or even court-martialing Christians who share their faith.