Congregations’ health declining
Pin ItBleak and bleaker. That’s the assessment of a new report on the state of American religious congregations. Many “Oldline Protestant” churches are showing little spiritual vitality, and their...
View ArticleBin Laden killing named top religion story of 2011
Pin ItI joined my colleagues at the Religion Newswriters Association in picking the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos as the top religion story of the year. Otherwise, my choices differed...
View ArticleTop Kentucky religion news of 2011
Pin ItYesterday we wrote about top religion stories of the year, nationally and internationally. Some of Kentucky’s biggest religion stories in no particular order — some of which appeared on the...
View ArticleMosques grew rapidly in a decade, University of Kentucky researcher says
Pin ItA new survey by a University of Kentucky professor finds 2,106 mosques throughout the United States, 74 percent more than were counted a decade ago, with an estimated 2.6 million Muslims...
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Sisters of Loretto dedicate billboard on immigration as they celebrate 200th...
Pin ItSister Maria Visse of the Sisters of Loretto leads in singing at the dedication service for the billboard. Members of the Sisters of Loretto dedicated a billboard on East Breckinridge Street in...
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President’s speech recalls Kentuckian’s appeal to Lincoln to reverse...
Pin ItCesar Kaskel. (Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati) If not for a Paducah merchant’s campaign against an egregious act of official anti-Semitism...
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Fortnight for Freedom begins with prayers, vigils in Catholic campaign tying...
Pin It Bishops, priests and other Roman Catholics who say religious liberty is under mortal threat are raising the alarm through a two-week series prayers, vigils, “patriotic rosary” recitals and...
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Recalling Bloody Monday, and the relative peace since
Pin It Aug. 6 has mainly gone down in history as the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, but it’s also a red-letter day in Louisville history. On that summer date in 1855, at least 22 people were...
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Godbeat gleanings, 9.1.2012
Pin ItAll week there was a tension between gestures of exclusion and inclusion at the Republican National Convention. Let’s start with the obvious: A major political party has nominated a Mormon for...
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UUs seek to reach the like-minded but church-wary
Pin ItUnitarian Universalists and others gather around the York statue Thursday at the Belvedere in a clean-energy rally. The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association,...
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