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Mark A. Kellner

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

Articles by Mark A. Kellner

A motivational message is shown on the sidewalk outside the Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church Sunday, May 10, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. Church services are being streamed live on the internet to help keep the congregation from spreading the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Largest U.S. Presbyterian group continues to lose members, down over 4%

The Presbyterian Church (USA) reported another massive departure of membership and congregations in 2022 as the nation's largest Protestant denomination adopted controversial positions on Israel last year and said it would count "nonbinary" and "genderqueer" members separately. Published May 3, 2023

Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Broglio of the Military Services, who oversees Catholic ministries to the U.S. armed forces, was elected Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, as the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Expanded abortion access for military, vets draws Catholic rebuke

The Catholic Church's archdiocese serving the U.S. military community has joined the protest against new Defense Department and Veterans Affairs policies offering abortion services to active-duty personnel and vets, a protest that so far has yet to draw a response from the Biden administration. Published May 2, 2023

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of an explosion in front of a school, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured over 10 others. Khalid Zadran said Tuesday the blasts occurred in the mostly-Shiite Muslim area in the west of Afghanistan's capital. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Religious freedom commission calls on Blinken to admonish China, Nicaragua, others

Religious oppression in Afghanistan, China, Nigeria, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka -- among dozens of other nations -- took center stage Monday as the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2023 Annual Report, which called on the State Department to acknowledge these human rights violations publicly. Published May 1, 2023

Bishop Lucas van Looy, foreground, attends the opening of the15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Pope Francis said Sunday, May 29, 2022 he has tapped 21 churchmen to become cardinals, most of them from continents other than Europe, which has dominated Catholic hierarchy for most of the church's history. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Next Vatican Synod to have women, lay members as voters

Lay Catholics, including women, will be permitted to vote on issues facing the 1.3 billion-member church during an upcoming general assembly of bishops known as a synod, the Vatican announced Wednesday. Published April 26, 2023