CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — A condemnation of homosexuality that has riven the denomination for 52 years was eliminated from the United Methodist Church’s rule book.

(RNS) — Even as some Catholics look at the synod with skepticism, others don’t know what it means or haven’t heard of it at all. Pope Francis is tasking parish priests with changing that.

(RNS) — Outsiders often look upon large Orthodox Jewish families with scorn, others with pity.

MAARAB, Lebanon (AP) — His comments came as Western diplomats try to broker a de-escalation in the border conflict amid fears of a wider war.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency arrested the 16-year-old Polish male in Warsaw on Wednesday evening.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The warrant contained several new details about the sex-trafficking investigation, including claims that some victims were sexually assaulted in a seminary swimming pool after being ordered to “skinny dip.”

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) —It features videos of survivors from around the globe reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms.

(RNS) — The ordering of time became a fight about the ecclesiastical implications of scientific discovery and societal change.

(RNS) — ‘As U.S. Catholics, we recognize our country’s contribution to the present violence and to the ongoing systemic injustices in Israel-Palestine,’ the letter reads.

Katelyn and Tyler pluck the companion (complement?) to ‘Wild At Heart’ off the shelf and compare notes on becoming the woman God wants them to be.