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Will a new pope make any difference for women?

1 day ago | religionnews.com | Paul O'Donnell |Phyllis Zagano

(RNS) — Pope Francis is dead. Will a new pope make any difference for women? Of course, we do not know who the new pope will be, but he will most certainly be chosen from the cardinals set to gather in Rome to elect the next successor to St. Peter.
The conclave's voting electorate is stacked by Pope Francis

3 days ago | religionnews.com | Jack Jenkins

(RNS) — As more than a billion Catholics mourn the death of Pope Francis, cardinals around the world are preparing to travel to Rome to begin the solemn tradition of choosing a new pontiff. And when the prelates gather at the Vatican in the coming weeks to elect a new Bishop of Rome, Francis, who died at age 88 on April 21, stands to have an outsize impact on the vote.
Erica Campbell on ‘life-changing’ Ethiopia trip, Mary Mary’s 25th year, ‘saying no’

3 days ago | religionnews.com | Adelle M. Banks

(RNS) — When she’s not singing in a concert or at her husband’s church, Erica Campbell is often thinking of where, when and what she’ll be singing next. The gospel singer, one member of the duo Mary Mary, stepped back from her music for a few days in March when she joined the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision on a trip to Ethiopia.
Religious, political leaders react to death of Pope Francis

3 days ago | religionnews.com | Adelle M. Banks

(RNS) — Leaders from across the world, religious and political, are responding to the death of Pope Francis on Monday (April 21). Here’s what they said. President Donald Trump“Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!”Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops“Pope Francis will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church and of society.
Where is the Black church's prophetic voice on our rights?

6 days ago | religionnews.com | Adelle M. Banks

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Rev. Don Abram stood outside the U.S. Capitol surrounded by a diverse group of clergy, some wearing rainbow-accented stoles and others holding signs calling for justice. He joined them in what he saw as a double-pronged act of advocacy: opposing the Trump administration’s recent executive orders on gender and calling on Christian churches to become more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Abram sees both approaches as necessary — and connected.
'The White Lotus' was more religious than you think

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Jeffrey Salkin

(RNS) — For me, and for many others, watching the third season of the acclaimed HBO/Max series “The White Lotus” was a religious experience. What drew me to the series — enough for it to have become my ritual obsession? More than the exotic locations, it was the characters — wealthy, pampered, but none of them truly understanding how their financial comfort barely conceals their emotional and psychological discomfort. There was the ubiquitous trademark plot device.
San Francisco’s Hunky Jesus Contest stirs up controversy, community and 'courage'

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Hayden Royster

SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) — The most popular Easter service in this capital of alternative living occurs not in church but on the sloping lawns of Dolores Park, where thousands show up in their Sunday best — which at the annual Hunky Jesus Contest can mean steampunk bonnets, a life-size Peep suit or, for those competing, elaborate (and usually scanty) Jesus and Mary costumes.
For Easter, a longtime iconographer is finishing a sacred painting for a Texas church

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Marissa Greene

EULESS, Texas (RNS) — Vladimir Grygorenko’s work as an iconographer has taken him to high places, literally and spiritually. Specifically, for the past four months, he’s spent long hours 65 feet above the altar in St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church’s cupola, or dome, painting an iconic representation of the ascension of Christ. His goal: complete the Euless church’s sacred painting by Pascha, or Easter.
Catholic University of America student has visa revoked by Trump administration

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Jack Jenkins

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A student at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., has had their visa revoked by the federal government, adding a Catholic school founded by U.S. bishops to the growing list of colleges where international students have had their visas revoked by President Donald Trump’s administration.
For many in Hurricane Helene's path, North Carolina Baptists provide home-repair lifeline

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Yonat Shimron

BURNSVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — A kerosene heater still sits in the middle of Mack and Lucille Thomason’s living room, a testament to the trauma they and others in their rural Yancey County North Carolina community experienced when Hurricane Helene unleashed its raging waters last fall. The Thomasons, retired in their 70s, saw 4 feet of water slosh up to the door of their doublewide trailer, destroying the floor, furnace, back porch and most of their kitchen appliances.