The Rev. Patrick Conroy, U.S. House chaplain, talks about conflict and his unusual congregation

Nancy Haught | May 8, 2012

PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) For nearly a year, the Rev. Patrick Conroy has been chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, which The New York Times called "one of the most reviled congregations in the country." By Nancy Haught.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 24, 2012

House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.
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Guest Commentary: The body of Christ, broken for me

Nic Arnzen | Apr 24, 2012

(RNS) Growing up as a gay man, I felt my relationship with the Catholic Church was over, for it would not love me as I loved it, or as God made me.  I left feeling that I was no longer a part of this community, that I would never experience true communion again. By Nic Arnzen.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 4, 2012

Opening Day - Mariners 2010
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Sally Morrow | Apr 4, 2012

Vanderbilt University entrance
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Vatican wants to revive church’s role in fighting the Mafia

Alessandro Speciale | Mar 30, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Vatican-sponsored event in the mother country of the mafia, Sicily, wants to revive the church's role in fighting the cultural roots of organized crime. By Alessandro Speciale.
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One Psalm, two causes, two meanings

David Van Biema | Mar 28, 2012

(RNS) For decades, Psalm 139 has been a byword of the anti-abortion movement that has used its line about being "knit together in my mother's womb." Now, its other verse about being "fearfully and wonderfully made" has been embraced by gay and lesbian Christians. By David Van Biema
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Pope meets with Fidel Castro, urges more freedom

Alessandro Speciale | Mar 28, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI called for more religious freedom for the Catholic Church on his last day in communist Cuba. Around 300,000 people turned up for a papal Mass in Revolution Square in Havana, just before an unscheduled but much-anticipated meeting with Fidel Castro. By Alessandro Speciale.
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Muslims call new religious freedom appointee a ‘puppet’ for Islam foes

Lauren Markoe | Mar 27, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Commission for Religious Freedom just got two new members, both darlings of conservatives: Princeton University philosopher Robert P. George and Zuhdi Jasser, who describes himself as an alternative voice to established Muslim civil rights groups. By Lauren Markoe.
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Pope arrives in Cuba, blasts economic ‘selfishness’

Alessandro Speciale | Mar 26, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) On his arrival in Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI renewed the Catholic church's pledge to work with the Communist government in order to help the island look at the future, and criticized the "ambition and selfishness" which engendered the global economic crisis. By Alessandro Speciale.
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