Religion
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Ruing past boarding-school abuses, US Catholic bishops consider new outreach to Native Americans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. bishops want to assure Native Catholics that they don’t need to feel torn between their…
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A Deaf Missions Film’ comes to theaters
(RNS) — Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a Deaf child,…
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Southern Baptists pass resolution calling for strictures to curb IVF
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting passed a resolution Wednesday (June 12) calling for more…
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The Reformed Church in America to vote on restructuring
(RNS) — In the past five years, the Reformed Church in America, one of the oldest denominations in the U.S.,…
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How faith found a place in Palestine solidarity encampments
(RNS) — At the University of Rochester’s Palestine solidarity encampment, in the quiet of a spring sunset, a large circle…
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Rev. James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice
(The Conversation) — Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., who died on June 9, 2024, at the age of 95, was…
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A trans hermit reminds us that the church once saw sex difference as a matter of degree
(RNS) — Hard on the heels of a Vatican document adamantly rejecting trans and gender fluidity and condemning gender reassignment…
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Gospel group, basking in resurgence, releases first new music in nearly 50 years
BOSTON (AP) — She made a single gospel soul record in the 1970s with her brothers, when they were all…
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Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director
NEW YORK (AP) — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at…
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On Eid al-Adha, Senegal’s star sheep are for luxury, not sacrifice
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Cheikh Moustapha Seck, a 24-year-old sheep breeder from Senegal, speaks about his animals, his face…
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