Why you might have heard Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass

 “You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.” With that powerful quote from former US Rep. Pat Schroeder, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush teed up an in-depth look at strategies for...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (RNS) — The reversals came in the wake of a schism that saw the departure of a quarter of its US churches — more than 7,600 congregations — over the past five years.  The post With a final...

(RNS) — For years, the Patriarchate of Alexandria and Africa has intensified its efforts to establish the female diaconate. The post Eastern Orthodox Church ordains Zimbabwean woman as its first deaconess appeared first...