A Vatican-issued declaration on blessing “same-sex couples” and couples in other “irregular situations” does not change the Catholic Church’s teaching that marriage is between a man and a woman, ...
(RNS) — It is shaping up to be a complicated Independence Day for the Episcopal Church. We were once the church of the Founding Fathers and presidents—34 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of ...
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independvlence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. With one voice, the 56 representatives from 13 olonies announced to the ...
Philadelphia's oldest church is restoring a bell connected to the first celebrations of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Gloria Dei Episcopal Church – also known as Old Swede's — ...
[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal." On this Independence Day, we hear some words ...
USCCB reiterates that marriage is between a man and a woman in new statement. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets for its fall plenary assembly meeting Nov. 14 in Baltimore. (photo: Joe ...