by Michael O'Malley | Sep 6, 2011 | News
CLEVELAND (RNS) They call themselves “Roamin’ Catholics,” traveling from church to church, looking for a new place to worship since Cleveland’s oldest black Catholic church was shut down more than a year ago. Initially, there were nearly 50 of them from St. Adalbert... by Michael O'Malley | Aug 26, 2011 | News
CLEVELAND (RNS) Hundreds of United Methodists are meeting in Huron, Ohio, this week in an uphill bid to make their 12 million-member denomination more gay-friendly. Activists are gearing up for next year’s General Conference meeting in Tampa, Fla., where they plan to... by Michael O'Malley | Jan 4, 2011 | News
(RNS) The recent appointment of an American archbishop to the Vatican office overseeing a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. nuns has the sisters and their supporters breathing a little easier. Archbishop Joseph Tobin has already acknowledged the “anger and hurt”... by Michael O'Malley | Dec 8, 2010 | News
CLEVELAND (RNS) Even before he was officially installed as the Roman Catholic bishop of Cleveland in 2006, Richard G. Lennon was already talking about the need to close churches. “As painful as a funeral is, it’s there that you commend your loved one to God,” Lennon... by Michael O'Malley and The Plain Dealer | Aug 25, 2010 | News
CLEVELAND (RNS) Members of the World Council of Churches, representing more than 560 million Christians in 110 countries, will gather in Cleveland to discuss how to expose and combat racism around the globe. The four-day seminar, which starts Thursday (Aug. 26) and...
