US bishops close National Eucharistic Congress with challenge to “change our society”
Indianapolis, US RNS As they sent more than 50,000 Catholics who attended the National Eucharistic Congress on their way, the bishops who organised the five-day event that ended Sunday may have sensed they were preaching to the proverbial choir. But that didn’t mean they wanted the faithful to be comfortable. “This great revival will have […]
Single Catholics talk struggles of dating at National Eucharistic Congress event
Indianapolis, US RNS “My standards are so high that me and Jesus go after the same men,” Mari Pablo told the crowd in a packed ballroom at the National Eucharistic Congress. No less than three men Pable had dated, she said, later discerned calls to the priesthood. The audience of more than 350, most of […]
Traditional Latin Mass at National Eucharistic Congress in US draws enthusiastic crowd
Indianapolis, US RNS A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of Holy Rosary Catholic Church as they received Communion during a Mass said in Latin, as it was before the modernising changes of the Second […]
US Catholics: Catholics pray for unity as the National Eucharistic Congress underway
ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, reports from the mass gathering of Catholics in Indianapolis…
The Southern Baptists are meeting in the US city of Indianapolis. Here’s why it matters.
Indianapolis, US RNS More than 11,000 Southern Baptist Church members, known as messengers, will gather in Indianapolis this week for one of the largest, and sometimes noisiest, religious meetings of the year. The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual gathering is part family reunion, part business meeting and part church service, mixing singing and sermons with business […]
In the US, United Church of Christ elects first woman – and first woman of African descent – to lead denomination
United States RNS The United Church of Christ elected its first female general minister and president on Monday at its 34th General Synod in the US city of Indianapolis. Rev Karen Georgia Thompson’s election also makes her the first woman of African descent to lead the mainline denomination. “Today, United Church of Christ, we created […]
In the US, Urbana missions conference that once drew 20,000 expected to fall far short
United States RNS For the first time since 2018, thousands of college students will gather a few days after Christmas to talk about God’s mission to the world and their place in it. Organisers of Urbana 2022, a missions conference run by the evangelical campus ministry InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, expect about 6,000 at the conference, […]
FBI says it interviewed FedEx mass shooter last year
Indianapolis, US AP/Report for America The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop”, the bureau said Friday. Coroners began the slow process of identifying the victims […]
Explainer – Why are US Catholic schools firing gay teachers – and how can one refuse?
RNS A pair of schools in Indiana drew national attention to the Catholic Church’s attempts to grapple with LGBTQ relationships this month, highlighting the church’s complex position in a country increasingly welcoming to different sexual identities. The controversy began when it was revealed that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis would strip Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School of its status as […]