Amid Nepal's shattered shrines and temples, a religious fatalism sets in

World
Apr 30, 2015

When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake roared through this Himalayan nation April 25, leaving an estimated 5,500 dead and more than 11,000 injured, shrines and temples were sent crashing to the ground, many of them centuries old and irreplaceable cultural treasures.

According to the United Nations, 600,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged, and 2 million Nepalese will need tents, water, food and medicine. Many here say they will also need God, regardless of what happened to the temples, shrines and churches.

That is, if people believe God is still around.

#blacklivesmatter in Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's 'A.D.'

Culture
Apr 4, 2015

"A.D. The Bible Continues" features a decidedly more multicultural cast, the result of honest conversations between black church leaders and the filmmakers.

Breakaway Episcopalians win Texas church property fight

Parish
Mar 4, 2015

For the second time in as many months, a state court has sided with a group of breakaway Episcopalians, ruling that they can keep their property after leaving the national church in 2008 over sharp differences on homosexuality and the authority of Scripture.

Judge John P. Chupp of the 141st District Court in Tarrant County, Texas, ruled Monday that more than 60 parishes in greater Fort Worth can retain their property and remain independent of the Episcopal Church.

Statue of controversial missionary Junipero Serra could get booted from U.S. Capitol

People
NCR Today
Feb 10, 2015

NCR Today: A California lawmaker wants to replace a bronze statue of Serra with a monument honoring the late Sally Ride, the nation's first female astronaut.