Pope Francis’ personal phone call to an unmarried Argentinian woman living with a divorced man encouraging her to take Communion won him new legions of fans – but is driving Vatican officials batty.

The first mention of communion is in the four gospels when Jesus and the disciples take the Lord’s Supper in the upper room. This event took place during the holiday of the Passover, which traces back ...

Like other faith communities around the world, our Lutheran church is finding ways to worship apart from a physical sanctuary. What we watch online has liturgy, prayers, hymns, Scripture readings, and ...

Gluten-free croissants ($79.95 for eight?!)? Check. Gluten-free communion wafers? Who knew? Apparently, Pope Francis knew. The gluten-free craze, which has seen the rise of not only gluten-free pizza ...

My dissertation, like any, uses a lot of resources (390 footnotes, and counting) and tries to do a lot of things. But it is primarily a proposal for a radically egalitarian ecclesiology, particularly ...

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