Author: Cathy Lynn Grossman
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Contraception case could limit decisions about dying
Left to right, Bill Snyder, Jared Hughes, Carla Lehn and Alexa Fraser, demonstrators from Compassion & Choices, a group that advocates for the legalization of physician-assisted dying, which is opposed by the same religious groups that oppose the contraception mandate, stand in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2016. Religion…
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Men and women divide on religion
A woman and a nun pray during an early morning mass at Regina Mundi Church in Soweto on June 30, 2013. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Kevin Coombs *Editors: This photo may only be republished with RNS-GENDER-RELIGION, originally transmitted on March 22, 2016. © Kevin Coombs / Reuters
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Muslims, Protestants and Jews share common concerns in 2016 election
Young Muslims protest U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before being escorted out during a campaign rally in the Kansas Republican Caucus at the Century II Convention and Entertainment Center in Wichita, Kansas on March 5, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Dave Kaup *Editors: This photo may only be republished with RNS-MUSLIM-VOTERS, originally transmitted on March…
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The US: One nation not quite under God
(RNS1-may11) The interior of St. Roch Church in the Staten Island borough of New York is seen between Sunday morning Masses on Nov. 2, 2014. The NY Archdiocese announced last fall that, as part of a massive consolidation and closing process involving dozens of churches, masses and sacraments will no longer available on a weekly…
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Dear Catholics: Stop Trump, says National Review appeal
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks down as he leaves a campaign event in Concord, North Carolina on March 7, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Chris Keane *Editors: This photo may only be republished with RNS-REVIEW-TRUMP, originally transmitted on March 8, 2016. © CHRIS KEANE / Reuters
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Off with his hat! Why we want to see cardinals punished in the abuse scandal (COMMENTARY)
Cardinals attend a consistory led by Pope Francis as he names 20 new cardinals at the Vatican February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN – Tags: RELIGION) ALESSANDRO BIANCHI
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Franklin Graham wants your heart, not your vote
Franklin Graham at his office at Samaritan’s Purse in Boone, N.C., on Feb. 8, 2016. Religion News Service photo by Paul Sherar Paul Sherar
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Conflict and burnout among top reasons pastors quit
Sometimes a call from God is not enough to keep a pastor in his post. Many evangelical pastors who quit before retirement age found “another calling” either off the pulpit or out of ministry altogether. But many also say they were driven away by conflict and burnout. So says a new survey of former pastors…
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Most Americans oppose LGBT discrimination
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Antonin Scalia (L) talks with Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl at the conclusion of the annual Red Mass held at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, September 30, 2012. REUTERS/Benjamin Myers (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) – RTR38ME7 © Benjamin Myers / Reuters