Religion
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Orthodox churches boomed during pandemic, study finds, but calls growth ‘mixed bag’
(RNS) — Most American churches navigated the patchwork of COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings by periodically closing their doors and…
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Photos of the Week: Shiite pilgrims; DNC protests
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, pro-Palestinian activists protesting the Democratic National Convention and more.…
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Carlos Whittaker spent seven weeks screen-free. Here’s how his idea of God changed.
(RNS) — It all started when Carlos Whittaker received that perky Sunday morning iPhone notification summarizing his time spent on…
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The war comes home — to a Brooklyn bookstore
(RNS) — You know how people have their happy places? For some people, it’s the corner saloon, the cigar bar…
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Vatican appeals to new generation of Catholics with Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization
(The Conversation) — The Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of a rare form of leukemia at age…
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As AME Church meets for General Conference, retirement plan questions continue
(RNS) — When the Rev. Carieta Cain-Grizzell reached age 75, she had expected to retire after a lifetime as an…
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Palestinian allies make last-ditch push for speaker on the DNC stage
(RNS) — Arab Americans, Muslim Americans and their interfaith allies spent much of Thursday (Aug. 22) pushing Democratic officials to…
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Applying the moral wages of Watergate 50 years on
(RNS) — This summer we remember a political tragedy from 50 years ago that many at the time considered the…
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A quarter of US Catholic parishes have a Spanish Mass, bishops’ survey says
(RNS) — More than a quarter of U.S. Catholic parishes have at least one Spanish Mass and another 17% have…
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The man Biden calls ‘my rabbi’ on what it’s like to offer a prayer at the DNC
(RNS) — When President Joe Biden finished his speech before the Democratic National Convention on Monday night (Aug. 19), most…
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