Seeking to make itself more inclusive, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) has decided to allow non-celibate gay clergy and recognize same-sex couples.
The open-mindedness has caused a bit of a rift. What is Jesus’s love, after all, if not a tool to exclude people we may not like.
In Nebraska and Iowa, for instance, where [...]

From the Chicago Tribune:
The music director of St. James the Apostle in the western Chicago suburb Glen Ellyn, and his roommate, have been charged with possession of child pornography.
Brian Milnikel, 45, is the music director. Christopher Kontopoulos, 20, is the roommate.
According to the spokesman of the Roman Catholic diocese of Joliet, one of Milnikel’s responsibilities was leading [...]

When people say you should go to church to feel God’s love this is not what they mean:
“A policeman in Bavaria faces a possible jail term of up to three years for  disturbing a religious service by allegedly having sex in the gallery of a Catholic church.”
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