On Oct. 8, the St. George Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem was targeted in a string of attacks on Christian Holy sites. Assailants threw stones, bottles, and garbage at the door of the church. This is the third such assault to have occurred over the course of one month.

The Taliban is threatening to kill a 14-year-old Pakistani girl whom it shot for helping other girls go to school — if she survives a wounding that has made her a hero to many Pakistanis.

In a letter to leaders of clashing political parties in Palestine, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons pushes for an end to their power struggle and calls for them to be unified representatives of the Palestinian people.

The Oct. 16 letter, addressed to leaders of Hamas and Fatah, urges the groups to “renew your efforts toward reconciliation.”

Alzheimer’s is a slick disease.

In its earliest stages, it looks just like normal aging. Many older people find themselves groping for words, forgetting names and fumbling up appointment times.

ATLANTA ― Johnson C. Smith Seminary, along with seven other seminaries (Candler, Columbia, Luther, McAfee, Princeton, Wake Forest, and Wesley), has been named by the Cousins Family Foundation of Atlanta as a partner in its new Community Engagement Fellows Program.

Most Americans do not believe Scientology is a real religion, according to a recent poll by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair.

The inscription on the Statue of Liberty reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...” The students at the University of Arkansas’ campus ministry might not be poor or yearning to breathe free, but they certainly qualify as huddled masses.

MORGANTON, N.C. ― Five years ago, the Christian Education Committee of the Presbytery of Western North Carolina welcomed Jo Gallagher as a new member. Gallagher ― a pioneer and promoter of resource center ministry who was instrumental in establishing the Ecumenical Resource Center Gathering and the National Training Center for Resource Center Directors ― had recently retired to Black Mountain, N.C.

In a rare public rebuke, Catholic bishops chided Vice President Joe Biden for saying during Thursday’s vice-presidential debate that Catholic hospitals and institutions will not be forced to provide contraception coverage to employees.

In a culture where discrimination is rampant, Presbyterian mission co-workers Al and Ellen Smith are working alongside Russian partners to proclaim a gospel of inclusion.