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Religion and Faith

Catholics say time to heal after divisive marriage amendment campaign

Catholics say time to heal after divisive marriage amendment campaign

More than a month after Minnesota became the first state to defeat a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, some Catholics say it's time to acknowledge the division it caused, so parishes can begin to heal. Catholic Bishops put significant financial and spiritual resources behind the amendment, alienating some parishioners. The biggest cost may be Catholics who walked away from the church and haven't returned.
by Sasha Aslanian

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LIVE coverage on Connecticut school shooting.

Coverage from WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio, on the elementary school shooting this morning. 27 people are reported to be dead, including 18 children.

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Hanukkah Lights 2012 from NPR

Hanukkah Lights 2012 from NPR

National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz present new stories commissioned for Hanukkah, which begins December 8, 2012.

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Historic Boston church considers sale of hymnal

Historic Boston church considers sale of hymnal

The first book printed in what would become the United States was a Puritan hymnal of psalms, sturdy enough that 11 copies that came off a wooden Cambridge press in 1640 still exist. Now, a copy of the Bay Psalm Book may bring millions of dollars to the Boston church that owns it -- if a divided congregation agrees in a vote Sunday to sell it.

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Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land

Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land

After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities' attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota's Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.

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2 men renew fight to preach at Duluth event

Two preachers in northern Minnesota are back in federal court, renewing allegations that the city of Duluth is violating their constitutional right by preventing them from preaching their Christian faith at an annual holiday event.

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Tiniest of stories say much about St. Ben nuns

Tiniest of stories say much about St. Ben nuns

Susan Sink wanted to tell the untold stories of the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict in St. Joseph by just using a few words. The poet offers an intimate look at the lives of the nuns from the 1920s to the 1990s by putting their oral histories to paper in her latest book, "Habits."

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Sister Joan Chittister speaks at Westminster Town Hall Forum

Sister Joan Chittister speaks at Westminster Town Hall Forum

Joan Chittister of the Benedictine Sisters speaks about equality, justice, feminism and oppression in an address titled, "American Women and the Women of the World: No Woman Left Behind." She spoke at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis Nov. 1, 2012.

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