Of course, I answered in true clergy fashion: it is a complicated question with a complicated answer but it comes down to two main things. First of all, as clergy we are required to explain the ...

THE new Clergy Conduct Measure (CCM) received final approval from the General Synod on Wednesday afternoon to replace the much-criticised Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM). The Measure passed ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Members of the clergy would be required, by state law, to report potential cases of child abuse to authorities, under a proposal at the Washington state legislature. Currently ...

Two Democratic state lawmakers are trying again to require clergy members in Washington to report child abuse or neglect, including when it is disclosed to them by a congregant during confession ...

(RNS) — Donald Trump, the president who doesn’t go to church, was expected to have six clergymen offer prayers at his inauguration Monday (Jan. 20), which would have equaled the record he set ...

At a gathering of Catholic clergy in Rome, the trio of cardinals emphasized the unique and indispensable role of priests at this time in human history. Clergy assemble for a photo during the Third ...

THE Archbishop of York has said that it might be time “possibly [to] ask the question whether clergy should become employees” (News 10 January). Last month, the Bishop of Birkenhead, the Rt Revd Julie ...

We, as Clark County United Methodist Churches, stand with transgender people and nonbinary. You are an essential part of our communities, you are an essential part of our churches and you are an ...

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There will be at least two sets of clergy praying on this Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. One will be praying for Trump and his administration, and the other will be praying that the plans he ...

These boards could be made up of psychiatrists, social workers (from Catholic Charities offices), staff members of House of Affirmation or Guest House (which deal with troubled priests), clergy ...

Bush’s, the second Trump administration is off to a very bad start when it comes to respect for Christian clergy, at least when they aren’t leading cheers for the 47th president and his agenda.