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Mark A. Kellner

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Mark A. Kellner was a Faith & Family reporter for The Washington Times.

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In this April 19, 2019 file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

United Methodists postpone divorce-setting general conference to 2024

A convention at which the 6.3 million-member United Methodist Church was expected to finalize the terms under which so-called "traditionalist" congregations could amicably leave has been delayed again, this time to 2024, denominational officials said late Thursday.

March 3, 2022
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads the official door-opening ceremony of lower Manhattan's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Eastern Orthodox faith leader joins Pope in condemning invasion

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, on Sunday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "beyond every sense of law and morality," according to a message posted online by his office in Istanbul, Turkey.

February 27, 2022
In this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 file photo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, leads a Mass at the St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. Bartholomew has condemned Russia’s invasion in a phone call to the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the independent Orthodox Times website has reported. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)  **FILE**

Eastern Orthodox spiritual leader condemns Russian invasion

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, has condemned Russia's invasion in a phone call to the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the independent Orthodox Times website reported.

February 25, 2022