But the links to the Catholic Church survive. Today, 40 percent of the world’s Catholics live in Latin America, and a man born in Argentina heads the Catholic Church in Rome. . ... So we have a political power with a close relationship with a church. ..…

The photo of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta in around 1902 is from Wikimedia Commons). The Church was built in the late 1860s, and replaced with its current building in 1908. . ..…

Gilets Jaunes emerged last November from French of flyover country with stunning speed, protest of middle- and working-class Frenchmen. ..…

At the core of Southern Baptist doctrine is local church autonomy, the idea that each church is independent and self-governing. ... The issue of predators in the church is not a secondary issue, on which churches should brush up merely because of the cultural moment. ..…

These, along with the minarets, churches and temples that dot the city, are small signs of the multicultural of Malaysian society, complicated weave of Malay, Chinese, Indian and other identities... ..…

The move appears to be the time any cardinal has been defrocked for sexual abuse — marking in Vatican's handling of scandal that has gripped the church for nearly two decades. ... The same is true, of course, of all the other cases that occurred at the lower levels of the Church, on..…

Palestinian evangelicals held midnight service, attended by President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Church of Nativity Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec 24, 2009.. ..…

Over 300 people died on April 21 when Islamists attacked people attending Easter church services in Sri Lanka. . ..…

Twisted ideas of power and in Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, and sometimes the positive sense of family in their own communities also made them slow to act... ... By those in in the church, The sexual abuse of children and the abuse of power and..…

'The takeaway message is that an increasing percentage of heart attacks is occurring among younger patients, even though our population is aging, and the biggest increase seems to be among young women,' said Melissa Caughey, senior author of the study and a research instructor in the Division of Cardiology at..…

Isely and other survivors were Rome to speak with the ahead of Vatican summit Feb 21-24 on child in Catholic Church.. ... The report of John Jay College of Criminal Justice on clergy abuse in Catholic Church in United States found there was no causative relationship between either..…

Former leader Ed Milliband said he deeply regretted the MPs’ decision, saying “Labour must and will continue to be a broad church as it has always been.” . ..…

Reckoning with the ways our church falls short carves out space for the possibility that we might do better. ... It's time, both for our nation and our church. Nothing about Jean Donovan's upbringing in Connecticut suburb suggested that she would be El Salvador. ..…

Cardinal Dolan acknowledged that the timing of his reaffirmation of Church's outreach coincided with the attention given to Reproductive Health Act of 2019, and the current almost pro-abortion atmosphere out there... ... Anne Nolte, director of Gianna Center for Women's Health and Fertility,..…

We have grown up with a generation of church-goers that believe it is illegal for their pastor to address candidates and elections in light of Scripture or church doctrine when there is no valid justification for believing that. . ... Three kinds of church members at Christmas ...…

The bipartisan vote for the bill was repudiation of Obama and Trump administrations support for Saudis and war that many charge includes violations of human rights. ..…

It renounced separating the Church from the State, and did not put an end to the privileges of the Catholic hierarchy in education and in the economy. ..…

By our media colleagues around the world, I think Church has been resisting change for many, many years and I think at long last Church is beginning to bow to the pressure put on by survivors, and by public opinion, he added.. The group's objectives include forcing Church to..…

At University of Virginia, it's 55 percent, at University of Georgia and UCLA it's 57 percent, at College of William and Mary, it's 58 percent, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill boasts 59 percent female campus.. ..…

Shortly after, Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople and the spiritual head of Orthodox Christianity, granted independence to Orthodox Church of Ukraine and transferred its jurisdiction from the church of Moscow to the church of Constantinople, located Istanbul.. .....…

The in which the greatest proportions of unintended pregnancies end in abortion are Central and Eastern Asia, and Eastern Europe smaller proportions of unintended pregnancies are resolved through Northern America and Oceania, and Eastern, Middle and Southern Africa . . ..…

About the author Eric Muller teaches constitutional and criminal law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ..…

Relying on the power of the Catholic Church, the regime that replaced Arbenz had prelates preach the gospel against Communism and socialism, and also against democracy, liberalism and feminism. ... Because the Church elders were sometimes too fastidious to whip up the masses, emigrés from..…