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Jesus’ wife? Questions about a Coptic fragment
In an announcement from Rome that seemed scripted by The Da Vinci Code novelist Dan Brown, a Harvard professor stated that an ancient scrap of papyrus mentions Jesus’ wife....
Leader of Nuns on the Bus calls GOP budget immoral
Sister Simone Campbell, who led the summertime Nuns on the Bus tour for social justice, called the GOP budget plan “immoral” in a spirited speech at the Democratic National Convention.
...Prominent priest blames sex victims, says first-time abusers shouldn't face jail
c. 2012 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev....
Nuns reject Rome takeover, seek dialogue with bishops
American nuns facing a Vatican takeover of their leadership organization have rejected Rome’s plans to recast the group in a more conservative mold, but declined—at least for now—to respond with an...
Nuns gather to plot response to Vatican crackdown
c. 2012 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS (RNS) As hundreds of nuns met here on Wednesday (Aug....
Do the American nuns have a future?
c. 2012 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS (RNS) Catholic sisters gathered here for their annual assembly on Thursday (Aug....
Dolan criticized for inviting Obama to Al Smith Dinner
c.2012 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) By tradition, the storied Al Smith Dinner has provided a few hours of comic relief from the angry volleys of the campaign trail -- a white-tie charity ba...
Gun control as a religious issue
Of all the controversies that have followed in the bloody wake of the July 20 shooting rampage in Aurora, Colorado, few have provided such clarifying insight into the moral tensions and contradicti...
Catholic priest convicted of shielding abusers
A Philadelphia priest was convicted June 22 of one count of child endangerment, becoming the first cleric in the Catholic Church’s long-running clergy sexual abuse scandal to be tried and found gui...