Julia Duin

DUIN: Di Noia slated for archbishop post in Rome

An unusual person will become an archbishop Saturday afternoon at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception here in Washington; unusual, in that he's a home-grown Dominican priest soon to be second-in-command at the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Published July 9, 2009

Pope urges global action on economy

Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday released an encyclical tackling the moral dimensions of the global economic crisis, just in time for the Group of Eight industrialized nations summit that begins Wednesday in L'Aquila, Italy. Published July 8, 2009

Gay issues atop Episcopalians’ agenda

Blessings of same-sex marriage and removal of an informal ban on gay bishops are expected to be the top items at the upcoming 10-day meeting of the Episcopal General Convention, which starts Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif. Published July 7, 2009

DUIN: Magazine takes soft-sell approach

Leave it to some Canadians to come up with a magazine for the overchurched, out-churched and unchurched under-40 set. Published July 5, 2009

Rick Warren envisions coalition of faith

The Rev. Rick Warren, one of America's best-known evangelical Protestant pastors, pleaded with about 8,000 Muslim listeners on Saturday night to work together to solve the world's greatest problems by cooperating in a series of interfaith projects. Published July 5, 2009

Muslim gathering to reach out to others

The country's largest Muslim group will mount an unprecedented outreach to Christians and Jews this weekend at its annual conference, featuring an appearance by the Rev. Rick Warren, one of America's best-known evangelical Protestant pastors, at the main session Saturday night. Published July 3, 2009

DUIN: New Anglicans split on women

Last week's birth of a new Anglican province in the dusty plains of north-central Texas left the question of women's ordination dangling in the air. Published July 2, 2009

DUIN: Minorities prep to teach theology

When President Obama began appointing a host of former outsiders to serve on his faith advisory council, religion writers had to scramble to expand their Rolodex to include these new black and Hispanic voices. Published June 28, 2009

Chaplain to the Senate

These are excerpts from an interview that religion editor Julia Duin had with the Rev. Barry Black, the 62nd chaplain to the U.S. Senate at his office in the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Black, the first Seventh-day Adventist and first black man to hold the chaplain's post, discusses his role in the Senate, his workload and his understanding of prayer. Published June 25, 2009

Dissidents’ archbishop anointed

In an ornate ceremony in a Texas megachurch, the Episcopal bishop of Pittsburgh was made archbishop of the 100,000-member Anglican Church of North America on Wednesday night. Published June 25, 2009

Episcopal break called a ‘historic event’

The Rev. Rick Warren brought hundreds of former Episcopalians to their feet in applause Tuesday when he called their exodus from the denomination "a historic event" and said God was "calling you out" of the Episcopal Church. Published June 24, 2009

Episcopal defectors approve constitution for new church

Several hundred former Episcopalians, meeting in a school gym near the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, ratified a constitution Monday for the fledgling Anglican Church in North America as a direct challenge to the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada. Published June 23, 2009

Southern Baptists aim to stem decline

Thirty years ago this month, the conservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention began its battle to regain control of a denomination whose seminaries and agencies, it thought, had swung to the left. Published June 22, 2009

DUIN: Sikhs aiming to raise profile

During President Obama's inauguration, he mentioned four major religions -- Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam -- plus nonbelievers. Published June 18, 2009

New Anglican Church poses dilemma

The Anglican Church in North America will be formally founded next week, challenging the legitimacy of the U.S. Episcopal Church and posing a dilemma for the worldwide Anglican Communion over who represents Anglicanism in the United States and Canada. Published June 17, 2009

Abortion foe eyes ‘new generation’

Randall Terry, one of the best-known abortion opponents in the U.S., launched a new version of Operation Rescue this weekend, calling on activists from across the country to press on despite bad publicity over the May 31 slaying of abortion doctor George Tiller. Published June 14, 2009

DUIN: Freeing yourself with forgiveness

Not long ago, a friend treated me in a way I found quite offensive and I let her know how hurtful she had been. Instead of apologizing, she concocted a reason as to why I was at fault. Published June 14, 2009

DUIN: Ex-abortionist recalls Tiller

Soon after late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was killed, I called one of his mentors, Bernard Nathanson. The former Jewish atheist who presided over 75,000 abortions - including that of his own child - in the 1960s and 1970s left the abortion industry upon the advent of ultrasound technology. Published June 11, 2009

Jewish groups say attack is a ‘wake-up call’

Three Jewish watchdog groups say they've long had their sights set on the elderly man accused of storming the U.S. Holocaust Museum and killing a guard Wednesday afternoon. Published June 11, 2009

MLK kin decries comparison to Tiller

The Wichita, Kan., clinic of slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller will be "permanently closed," his family said Tuesday, as the niece of Martin Luther King Jr. denounced a comparison of Dr. Tiller and King made by another provider of late-term abortions. Published June 10, 2009