(RNS) The Obama administration on Friday unveiled new rules on its controversial birth control insurance mandate that broaden religious exemptions and give greater flexibility to faith-based organizations that have moral objections to providing contraception insurance. The proposals do not, however, offer relief to privately-owned businesses that make conscience claims. The latest accommodation was a long-awaited […]
Read More >Washington, D.C. – Growing at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy, the nonresidential construction industry is expected to see solid, yet measured, increases in activity this year. The religious sector is expected to post a 2.6 percent increase of spending this year and 4.9 percent in 2014. High demand for hotels and retail […]
Read More >The CE Interview: A. Colette Rice, Executive Pastor, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, Clinton, MD By Ronald E. Keener Colette Rice was a civil servant for the federal government for 27 years before becoming executive pastor at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church. “Over the span of my career I have amassed skills and developed competencies in the […]
Read More >By David Gibson (RNS) Retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has been stripped of his official duties in an unusual public rebuke by his successor that followed the release of thousands of pages of internal church documents showing how Mahony and aides for years conspired to cover up the sexual abuse of children by clergy. […]
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It’s sad to say there is no shortage of stories about church leaders misusing the funds entrusted to them by donors and parishioners.
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