Faith

by Bob Smietana (RNS) The spokesman for a major evangelical nonprofit was fired for promoting vaccines on the MSNBC "Morning Joe" cable news show, Religion News Service has learned. Daniel Darling, senior vice president of communications for the National Religious Broadcasters, was fired Friday (Aug. 27) after refusing to admit his pro-vaccine statements were mistaken, … [Read more...] about NRB Spokesman Dan Darling Fired After Pro-Vaccine Statements on ‘Morning Joe’

(WTVF) A minister was released from the hospital after battling COVID-19 pneumonia only to find her home was destroyed following catastrophic flooding. In the Joe Street area of Waverly, there’s significant damage. It will be a long road to recovery. Cinder blocks are all that’s left on Michelle McCaleb’s property. She works at Compassion Church in Waverly. … [Read more...] about Church Leader Loses Home in TN Flood After Being Hospitalized for COVID-19

by Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) Alì Ehsani, 32, knows what life can be like for Christians under the Taliban regime. Born in Kabul in 1989, he and his brother fled when he was 8 after the murder of his parents by the Islamic extremists. “I know firsthand how difficult it is to be Christians in that country,” Ehsani told Religion News Service on Monday (Aug. 16). “I … [Read more...] about Christian Family in Afghanistan Appeals to Pope To Help Them Flee Persecution

by Bob Smietana (RNS) Tom Flynn does not believe in God. He's less willing to say the same about aliens. “Given the evidence we have now, I think it's more likely that a dispassionate observer would conclude that intelligent life elsewhere is possible,” said Flynn, a science fiction writer and editor of the humanist magazine Free Inquiry. “Now that's a very different … [Read more...] about For Atheists, the Idea of Aliens Seems Real. Religious People Doubt It.