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From Rockettes to Riverside: Senior minister Adriene Thorne leads NYC church

By Adelle M. Banks — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I love bringing dancers that I know into the space,’ she said. ‘We had some at my installation.’

At installation, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry urges Episcopalians to join ‘Jesus movement’

By Adelle M. Banks — November 1, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) When church leaders, including predecessor, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, welcomed him into the cathedral, Curry declared himself a “child of God, baptized in St. Simon of Cyrene Church,” the Maywood, Ill., congregation where his father served as a priest.

Photo Gallery: Pope Francis celebrates inaugural Mass

By Sally Morrow — March 19, 2013
Today Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Vatican. Francis was slowly driven around a sun-drenched St. Peter’s Square in an open-top car, shunning the bulletproof, air-conditioned popemobile preferred by his predecessors. At one point, he asked to stop the car and got out to bless a disabled person.

How the Lord’s Prayer saved a 9/11 survivor

By Kay Campbell — September 11, 2012

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) For John Mahony, a retired U.S. Army colonel who was managing projects for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, instinct came before analysis as he fought to stay on his feet the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. By Kay Campbell. 

The right on moral wrongs

By Kevin Eckstrom — May 20, 2009
Gallup has updated its ongoing “morally acceptable” index on a host of social issues, from abortion and divorce to homosexuality and wearing fur. While most measures remain relatively steady, Gallup detected a rightward shift among Republicans, providing yet another measure of the party’s increasingly conservative bent. The “bottom line” from Gallup: “Americans’ views about what […]
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