Mark A. Kellner

Jon Kent, Superman’s son, comes out as bisexual in upcoming comic

Jon Kent, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane and his father's superhero successor, came out as bisexual Monday, which also happens to be the 33rd National Coming Out Day, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

October 11, 2021

Adventist Church sees rate of growth tumble due to pandemic: Report

Membership in the Maryland-based Seventh-day Adventist Church grew in 2020 despite the global pandemic, but church officials reported the lowest annual increase in 16 years at its annual business meeting Sunday.

October 11, 2021

William Shatner’s real-life star trek delayed

Projected high winds, not the rapidly multiplying "Tribbles" of a famous "Star Trek" episode, will delay 90-year-old actor William Shatner's first real-life space flight by a day, a Sunday announcement from the firm revealed. The trip would make the legendary actor the oldest person to have flown to space, Blue Origin said.

October 10, 2021

Pelosi meets with the pope amid abortion debates

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday met with Pope Francis amid criticism from several bishops for her support for abortion which some view as at odds with her Catholic faith.

October 9, 2021

Biden taps Joseph Donnelly, former U.S. senator and congressman, as Vatican envoy

President Biden on Friday nominated Joseph Donnelly, a former one-term U.S. senator from Indiana, to be the new U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican.

October 8, 2021

No Christmas light display this year at Maryland Mormon Temple, church says

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday it has canceled the annual Christmas lights display at its landmark temple in Kensington, Maryland.

October 8, 2021

Former Atlanta fire chief, fired for views on marriage, to aid other ‘cancel culture’ victims

The Atlanta fire chief fired for expressing his views on marriage and sexuality in a book for his church's Bible study will work to aid other victims of "cancel culture," Kelvin J. Cochran said Friday.

October 8, 2021

Author Charles Spencer sees a distant mirror in forgotten medieval shipwreck

Charles Spencer won't tune in when CNN airs its multipart series on his late older sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, who would have celebrated her 60th birthday this year.

October 8, 2021

Ben Carson: Vaccination mandates have no place in free society

Ben Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon and former secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said Wednesday evening that mandated vaccinations against COVID-19 is "a bigger issue" than the public health merits of the jabs.

October 6, 2021

Minority religions see ‘rapid decline’ under Taliban control, U.S. rights official says

Minority religious communities in Afghanistan have suffered "a rapid decline" and now face "near extinction" since the Aug. 15 capture of Kabul by the hardline Islamist Taliban movement, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's chairwoman said Wednesday.

October 6, 2021

Grants to fund pastor sabbaticals go to 10 churches in D.C. region

A philanthropic organization will provide grants for 10 churches in the greater D.C. area to pay for their pastors to take sabbaticals from their congregations.

October 5, 2021

Evangelicals in danger of losing prophetic focus, David Jeremiah warns

Evangelical Christians risk letting societal divisions divert their focus from biblical prophecy, a popular evangelical pastor and broadcaster says.

October 4, 2021

Non-meat ‘pork’ is a dish too far for observant Jews, Muslims

Jewish and Muslim leaders say that, although a new plant-based product that looks and tastes like ground pork isn't really meat, it isn't really kosher or halal, either.

October 3, 2021

Evangelical broadcasting pioneer Pat Robertson, 91, steps down as ‘700 Club’ host

Pat Robertson, who started the Christian Broadcasting Network in a Tidewater Virginia storefront 60 years ago, said Friday he's hanging up his microphone as host of "The 700 Club," the network's flagship daily talk show, which he has hosted since 1966.

October 1, 2021

Most Americans support ‘bathroom bills,’ segregating sports by sex, not gender identity, poll says

An increasingly large majority of Americans support laws requiring people to use the bathroom and be on sports teams corresponding to their sex assigned at birth, not their gender identity, a new survey reveals.

September 30, 2021

Allies flock to Texas death-row inmate asking for chaplain at execution

John Henry Ramirez, awaiting execution at Texas' Huntsville Unit prison, wants the same thing Americans granted convicted Nazi war criminals facing the gallows after the Nuremberg trials: a chaplain to pray with at the hour of death.

September 28, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines are ‘from God to us,’ N.Y. governor tells Brooklyn megachurch

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told a Brooklyn megachurch that vaccines against the COVID-19 virus come "from God to us," and appealed for "apostles" to spread the word among less-smart vaccine skeptics who she said are ignoring God.

September 27, 2021

Texas official asks court to grant permanent approval for prayer before hearings

A Texas justice of the peace is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to permanently allow the voluntary prayer sessions that begin his court's proceedings, according to an appeal filed last week.

September 27, 2021

White evangelicals lag in COVID-19 vaccine uptake, survey finds

U.S. counties with high populations of White evangelical Christians have low COVID-19 vaccination rates, according to a new survey.

September 24, 2021

Free speech vs. LGBT rights: Website maker seeks Supreme Court hearing on anti-discrimination law

A Colorado website designer who fears the state will prosecute her for not creating a same-sex wedding design -- or other websites promoting messages her faith does not support -- asked the Supreme Court on Friday to hear her case.

September 24, 2021