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Harold Camping may be facing doomsday, but not the one he intended

Adelle M. Banks | May 14, 2013

(RNS) Two years after radio evangelist Harold Camping erroneously predicted the end of the world, his California-based Family Radio has sold its prominent stations and let go of veteran staffers.

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Candida Moss debunks the ‘myth’ of Christian persecution

Lauren Markoe | May 14, 2013

(RNS) Growing up Catholic in England, Candida Moss felt secure in life, yet learned in church that Christians have been persecuted since the dawn of Christianity. As an adult and a theologian, she wants to set the record straight.

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Washington National Cathedral wins $100,000 in preservation funds

Adelle M. Banks | May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (RNS) The storied Washington National Cathedral will receive $100,000 to help pay for inspection and repair of its nave’s vaults following a rare East Coast earthquake that hit the Washington area in 2011.

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SIDEBAR: Evangelical alternatives to the Boy Scouts

Adelle M. Banks | May 13, 2013

(RNS) They have pledges. They have merit badges. And they may go camping. But they’re not the Boy Scouts.

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Ken and Lyn McGuire with a dragonfly lamp in their Draper, Utah home Thursday May 2, 2013. The couple is associated with an LDS Church affiliated support group, for people who've lost family members to suicide. They lost  their own son to suicide. Photo by Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Left behind: Families struggle to navigate life after suicide

Lisa Schencker / The Salt Lake Tribune | May 10, 2013

DRAPER, Utah (RNS) Many communities and individuals still struggle with how best to support those left behind after a loved one commits suicide. Now faith-based groups are starting to help.

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Justin Welby (center), the 57-year old former oil executive who quit the world of high finance in 1992 to become a priest, was enthroned Thursday (March 21) as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans. Photo courtesy Anglican Communion News Service/The Press Association

British church attendance stabilizes after years of decline

Trevor Grundy | May 9, 2013

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The number of people attending Sunday services at Britain’s Anglican churches is continuing to drop, but church officials say there are signs that the decline is stabilizing.

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Fiona Shaw in a scene from The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín, directed by Deborah Warner.  Photo by Paul Kolnik/courtesy The Testament of Mary production

A controversial Broadway play on the Virgin Mary closes Why?

David Gibson | May 7, 2013

NEW YORK (RNS) A Tony-nominated play with a controversial take on the Virgin Mary reflecting on her life closed far earlier than planned. Now the question is: Why? After all, biblically themed shows are all the rage on television and in the movies. Was “The Testament of Mary” too controversial – or not controversial enough?

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Army Chaplain Capt. Joseph Odell baptizes a fellow soldier on the field in Afghanistan. RNS photo courtesy Joseph Odell

Pentagon refutes reports of anti-Christian policies

David Gibson | May 2, 2013

(RNS) Christian conservatives have grown increasingly alarmed over reports that the Pentagon has adopted new policies aimed at disciplining or even court-martialing those who share their faith. But the Department of Defense on Thursday said evangelization is still permitted.

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Wide majorities of most U.K. faiths support assisted suicide

Trevor Grundy | May 2, 2013

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) More than seven in 10 members of the Church of England and 56 percent of Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom support assisted suicide for the terminally ill, according to a new poll.

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When the Republic of Ireland apologized to the wayward girls who were sent to the Magdalene laundries for hard work and no pay, Teresa Bell felt encouraged. Surely, she thought, the government of Northern Ireland would do the same. Photo by Paige Brettingen

Survivors of Magdalene laundries still waiting for an apology

Paige Brettingen | May 1, 2013

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (RNS) Teresa Bell was one of thousands of young girls who were sent to the Magdalene workhouses run by Roman Catholic nuns when she got pregnant at age 16. She worked long hours washing clothes with no pay and little rest; after giving birth, her daughter was put in an orphanage.

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