Religion
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The second coming of Doug Wilson
(RNS) — Last month, onetime Fox News host Tucker Carlson sat in his cabin-like studio and introduced a bearded, 70-year-old…
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Louisiana may soon require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana could soon become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed…
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New film depicting ‘hero’s journey’ of Swami Vivekananda comes to PBS
(RNS) — A new film by Raja Choudhury, titled “America’s First Guru,” will be released to worldwide audiences on almost…
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Would Madison have been OK with posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms?
(RNS) — This week, the Louisiana Legislature passed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public…
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Off-color LGBTQ remarks deepen mystery of a pontiff who can’t be pinned down
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — He’s been called liberal, progressive, populist, disruptive and even pop, but Pope Francis remains as slippery…
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Visionary musician and dynamic educator Brandon Straub will lead Saint Paul’s Parish and Choir School as new Director of Music
Brandon Straub, an experienced educator and esteemed choral musician, will begin his appointment as the Director of Music at Saint…
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A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings
LONDON (AP) — Even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by…
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A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war…
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France’s headscarf ban in the 2024 Summer Olympics reflects a narrow view of national identity
(The Conversation) — The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have sparked a discussion about whether female Muslim athletes who wear…
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For American Jews, interfaith weddings are a new normal – and creatively weave both traditions together
(The Conversation) — More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New York City. My friend…
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