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Pope Francis: God redeemed everyone, ‘not just Catholics’

Pope Francis is warning Catholics not to demonize those who are not members of the church, and he specifically defended atheists, saying that building walls against non-Catholics leads to “killing in the name of God.”
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Survey shows Catholic priests don’t like Mass changes

| May 22, 2013

More than a year after the revisions to the familiar prayers and rubrics of the Catholic Mass took effect in U.S. parishes, a survey of American priests shows that they are more disturbed by the innovations than their flocks.
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Our story can enslave us; prevent spiritual growth, Christian Science speaker says

| May 22, 2013

Changing the view of ourselves away from being related to our background will be the subject of an upcoming Christian Science lecture in Wilmington on Saturday (May 25).
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Welcome to Aaron Marshall, our Christian Apologetics writer

| May 21, 2013

Aaron is the Ratio Christi Chapter Director at the University of North Carolina Wilmington as well as the Regional Director for North Carolina and will write about Christian Apologetics for Wilmington Faith & Values. 
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Said on Sunday: Pentecost at Duke Chapel

| May 19, 2013

Dr. Anathea Portier-Young spoke at the magestic Duke Chapel on Pentecost Sunday (May 19) about the way in which the Holy Spirit, which descended upon the disciples in the Book of Acts as tongues of fire, inspires and brings the gift of spreading God's word today.  Said on Sunday is a news series on Wilmington Faith & Values that chronicles worship services (on Sunday and other days of the week) across North Carolina. 
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Human Cloning Breakthrough Prompts Religious Objections

| May 17, 2013

Human cloning “treats human beings as products,” Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley said on behalf of the bishops, “manufactured to order to suit other people’s wishes. … A technical advance in human cloning is not progress for humanity but its opposite.”
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Candida Moss debunks the ‘myth’ of Christian persecution

| May 16, 2013

Too many modern Christians invoke, to lamentable effect, an ancient history of persecution that didn’t exist, Notre Dame theologian Candida Moss argues in her newly published book, “The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented A Story of Martyrdom.”
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Canadians turning away from organized religion

| May 15, 2013

Observers noted that among the survey’s most striking findings is that one in four Canadians, or 7.8 million people, reported they had no religious affiliation at all. That was up sharply from 16.5 percent from the 2001 census, and 12 percent in 1991.
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BRIEF: Pentecost Global Day of Prayer celebration set for Wilmington May 19

| May 14, 2013

Wilmington's Global Day of Prayer will be 3 p.m. on Pentecost Sunday (May 19) at the First Baptist Activity Center on Independence Boulevard.
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British church attendance stabilizes after years of decline

| May 13, 2013

The annual statistics reveal a substantial increase in attendance at the country’s storied cathedrals: Christmas churchgoing rose by 14 percent, christenings were up 4.3 percent and adult baptisms were up 5 percent. The number of weddings was down 3.6 percent, to 51,880.
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A humanist’s heart on Boston and healing a nation

| May 9, 2013

Protesting the barring of non-theists at the April Boston bombing memorials, Han Hills writes: "People without faith are no less than those who follow a deity or creed.  To lock the doors on us, only allowing stated “believers” to grieve, is a vile and sectarian act indicative of the blind prejudice behind the acts we decry and the victims we mourn."
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