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What Will American Protestantism Look Like After The Wars Inside the ‘Seven Sisters’ Are Done?
What Will American Protestantism Look Like After The Wars Inside the ‘Seven Sisters’ Are Done?

(OPINION) A balanced coalition of leaders in the large United Methodist Church developed a treaty for mutually respectful separation that’s currently degenerating into a wasteful fight like other groups have suffered. The current maneuvers by the North American UMC establishment may well limit the number of dropouts joining the Global Methodist Church.

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North America, OpinionRichard Ostlingrichard ostling, Richard Ostling, Seven Sisters, Global Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, charismatic renewal movement, Birth RatesComment
Future of all those Roman (and American) churches? No need for anxiety, says pope
Future of all those Roman (and American) churches? No need for anxiety, says pope

(COMMENTARY) Lots of Rome’s 900-plus churches will be empty in the next generation or so.

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Europe, North America, Religion, OpinionTerry MattinglyRoman Catholic, Catholic Church, Phil Lawler, Pope Francis, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Italy, Demographics, Europe, Pope Benedict XVI, Birth Rates, Georgetown University, Roman, American Catholic, American church, Terry Mattingly, Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity
Are standard theories about the decline of religion in United States crumbling?
Are standard theories about the decline of religion in United States crumbling?

The Religion News Service column “Flunking Sainthood,” as the title indicates, expresses the outlook of liberal Latter-day Saints. But author Jana Riess, who comes armed with a Columbia University doctorate in U.S. religious history, is also interesting when writing about broader matters.

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Opinion, North AmericaRichard OstlingRichard Ostling, Jana Riess, Dean M. Kelley, Moral Majority, Donald Trump, National Council of Churches, Marriage, Birth Rates, LGBTQ, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Southern Baptists, Jack Spong, Pew Forum, Christianity
Pope Francis and Cardinal Sarah look at European Catholicism and do the math
Pope Francis and Cardinal Sarah look at European Catholicism and do the math

(COMMENTARY) Europe was once the heart of Christendom and sent waves of missionaries around the world. Now it’s is suffering from "vocational sterility," in part because of a "dictatorship of money" that is seducing the young. In a recent speech to Italy's bishops, Pope Francis offered a sobering sound bite: "How many seminaries, churches, monasteries and convents will be closed in the next few years? God only knows."

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Opinion, EuropeTerry MattinglyTerry Mattingly, Pope Francis, Cardinal Sarah, France, European Union, Birth Rates, Africa, Priest Shortage, Vatican, Catholicism, Christianity