June 11
Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican
In private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group, Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican.
June 9
Boy Scouts see little local backlash over inclusion of gay members
Boy Scouts troops in the Kansas City have yet to see a backlash locally from their new policy to include Scouts who are gay, but most don’t renew their agreements with sponsors until the end of the year.
June 9
Banquet honors a champion of inclusion on Troost Avenue
The Rev. Paisius Altschul of the St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Parish and Reconciliation Services was honored Sunday at an event to raise money for Reconciliation Services and to honor its work along Troost Avenue.
June 7
How the Antichrist reflects an era’s anxieties
Protestant Reformers picked the papacy as their Antichrist. American colonists chose King George III. Some Cold War Christians suspected the Soviet Union was satanically led. Now, amid threats of Islamic terrorism, a nuclear-armed Iran and tumult across the Middle East, a growing group of American evangelicals say the Antichrist will be Muslim.
June 7
Growing popularity of Calvinism invites discussion about predestination, gender roles
Almost 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging — this time over the teachings of 16th century reformer John Calvin — that threatens to upend the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
May 31
Olathe congregation carves time for community service from worship schedule
Pastor Lee Jost likes to preach about community service, but he also makes sure his congregation at Christ the Servant Evangelical Covenant Church has plenty of opportunities to put those sermons into practice. On the third Sunday of every month, members of the small Olathe church skip worship service and spend the time serving the community.
June 3
Remember less, but know more
“My memory of being a child is hazy. I look back in my mind and find only scenes, the continuity of my formative experiences having been lost over the years.
May 27
Efforts to address child abuse take hold in KC diocese
Jenifer Valenti and Carrie Cooper have been busy in the two years since they were tapped to lead efforts to address child abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Valenti says the diocese has made “ tremendous strides in training” people to recognize and report abuse by clergy and others associated with the church.
May 24
Pope Francis says doing good is the key
In a gust of togetherness, Pope Francis may have rattled some doors of religion when on the topic of salvation he declared that God “has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!”
May 24
Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Geza Vermes dies at 88
Geza Vermes, a religious scholar who argued that Jesus as a historical figure could be understood only through the Jewish tradition from which he emerged has died at age 88 in Oxford, England, where he taught for a quarter century.
May 24
Did Pope Francis perform an exorcism?
Pope creates a stir praying for young man in wheelchair.
May 24
How do the Nephilim fit our theology today?
One view: The Nephilim play absolutely no serious role in Jewish theology today. Another: The Nephilim were created as convenient scapegoats.
May 21
New civil suits are filed against priest, bishop and KC diocese
They allege that Bishop Robert Finn and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph aided and abetted the Rev. Shawn Ratigan as he sexually abused and engaged in “child pornographic offenses” with two young girls while Ratigan was employed as a priest. Last week the diocese settled a similar case for $600,000.
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