There are signs that a younger generation of church leaders are attempting to be as open as possible when a crisis comes to their diocese. Was this priest too open about his struggles? read more

Read the courageous story of a home invasion where the robber was scared away by several woman chanting Jesus' name. read more

Boy Scouts of America is discussing ending a longstanding ban on gay members and whether to allow local organizations to decide their own policy. read more

While a national debate goes on about the prevalence of guns in this country, one pastor defends his decision to pack a gun when preaching from the pulpit on Sundays. read more

A Franciscan brother killed himself at a monastery in western Pennsylvania, after a lawsuit accused him of sexually abusing 11 boys at an Ohio high school where he once worked. read more

Dollar, 50, was arrested last June after his 15-year-old daughter said he attacked her during an argument at their home. Police said a scratch on the girl's neck was evidence of a fight. read more

Eleonore Forder, co-founder of the American Christian Writers, died at home last week in Nashville after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer last month. Charisma News pays tribute to this Christian writing icon. read more

 A college corse in Toronto is aiming to help people of faith come to terms with the increasingly muscular secularism ad atheism in Western socieities. Is this the right response? read more

Lawyers filed a brief that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review a sweeping appellate court decision that mandates government hostility toward religion and risks the First Amendment rights of religious students. read more

Anti-abortion marchers are expected on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, and Pope Benedict expressed support for the demonstrators. read more