SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday repealed rules unveiled in 2015 that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and made gay marriage a sin worthy of ...
The Vatican has rejected claims that a 19th century Puerto Rican missionary was the Virgin Mary. Cardinal Víctor Fernández clarified claims about Elenita de Jesús in an August 1 letter to the bishop ...
On May 1, the United Methodist Church’s General Conference voted to remove multiple anti-gay bans that had been on the books for more than 50 years. The rules, which were included in the church’s Book ...
The occasional updates to the online General Handbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are often routine, addressing relatively mundane policies, practices and procedures within the ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — Among the rules overturned were a ban on bishops ordaining LGBTQ candidates for ministry, a ban on funding for LGBTQ affinity groups as well as a series of mandatory penalties ...