Holly Meyer

1 month ago | bismarcktribune.com | Holly Meyer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. bishops on Friday approved new guidelines for ministering to Indigenous Catholics, a long in-the-works effort to reinvigorate the ministry and assure those communities that they don't need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You are both. Your cultural embodiment of the faith is a gift to the Church,” states the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ document.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Peter SMith |Holly Meyer

The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC — but his congregation was leaving it. Each has found new church homes, and they’re not alone. Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.

1 month ago | qctimes.com | Peter SMith |Holly Meyer

The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC — but his congregation was leaving it. Each has found new church homes, and they’re not alone. Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.

Nov 27, 2024 | pressenterpriseonline.com | Holly Meyer

Holy horror is often a hit with moviegoers By HOLLY MEYER - Associated Press Writer Published: November 28, 2024 In “Heretic,” Hugh Grant plays a diabolical religious skeptic who traps two missionaries in his house and tries to violently shake their faith. What starts as...

Nov 16, 2024 | startribune.com | HOLLY MEYERThe |Holly Meyer

''There is a part of me — probably a not very attractive part of me — that likes to smash people's idols. Anyone I feel is being a bit too smug or too pretentious, I don't like to see that. I like to just take them apart a little bit.''Horror can be challenging. It acts as a dark mirror that can reveal things people don't want to admit and fears they don't want to face, said the Rev. Ryan Duns, a Jesuit priest and theology chair at Marquette University in Milwaukee.