Religion
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How Pope Francis is recasting Catholic Church’s views on intimacy
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A recently resurfaced book by the Vatican’s doctrine czar, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, caused a stir in the Catholic world when it described orgasms as a “sublime act of worship of God.” But the book, titled “Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality” and written in the 1990s, is hardly the first time a Catholic leader — or…
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Orthodox Christian radio hosted a panel on female deacons. Then misogyny poured in.
(RNS) — Soon after the live broadcast began on Ancient Faith Radio, a media ministry aimed at Orthodox Christian listeners, the real-time commentary open to listeners on YouTube erupted with a stream of misogyny. The topic of the Jan. 30 broadcast, which included a pre-recorded radio documentary, was examining the call to restore female deacons in the Orthodox Church. Deacons make…
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Judges say lawsuit against CBN pastor Brad Jurkovich, a Mike Johnson ally, should go forward
(RNS) — A Louisiana pastor with ties to House Speaker Mike Johnson, as well as a controversial Southern Baptist movement, will be headed back to court in February. Two years ago, a group of former members of First Baptist Church of Bossier, Louisiana, sued the church and its leaders, including pastor Brad Jurkovich, claiming those leaders illegally changed the congregation’s…
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