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Muslim Democratic delegates reject party platform over aid for Israel, Iran sanctions

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 21:26:02 GMT

(RNS) — Members of the Muslim Delegates and Allies Coalition are urging all delegates to vote against approving the platform during this week’s vote.

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5 faith moments to watch for in Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:50:52 GMT

(RNS) — Spirituality has been part of Beyoncé’s journey, from singing ‘Amazing Grace’ and a gospel medley on albums with Destiny’s Child to embodying the divine feminine from a number of religious traditions in her recent visual albums and appearances.

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Lutheran World Relief and the ELCA partner to fight COVID-19 around the world

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:39:53 GMT

BALTIMORE— The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the nation’s largest Lutheran body, has worked with Lutheran World Relief to repurpose $160,000 in project funding to emergency responses to the ...

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Mental illness is hurting Black faith communities. Prayer shouldn’t be our only defense.

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:07:42 GMT

(RNS) — African Americans are more likely to go to the altar than go to a therapist. We need to acknowledge that professional help, when combined with prayer and with the comfort of a community of believers, is a gift from God.

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Catholic bishops reprimand Trump as often as they praise him

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:06:36 GMT

(RNS) — The country's bishops take social justice issues more seriously than the president does, a fact that's often overshadowed in the media by attacks on Biden for his positions on abortion.

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Seth Rogen actually has a point

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:17:40 GMT

He misspoke about Israel. About Jewish education -- he was right.

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Into a Reluctant Sunrise

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:50:44 GMT

A memoir Just published: Cascade Books and Andrea Lingle, author of Credulous and editor of the Missional Wisdom Library, announce the publication of Into a Reluctant Sunrise, a vulnerable offering ...

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Blasting lawmakers, USAID official quits over alleged 'anti-Christian sentiment'

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:06:28 GMT

(RNS) — Merritt Corrigan tweeted that she would not be ‘bullied into submission by radical anti-Christian leftists like Cory Booker.’

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Reopening schools for all the wrong reasons

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:53:09 GMT

(RNS) — Just like he turned mask-wearing into a political litmus test, Donald Trump is using our children’s futures as a political tactic to try to put the pandemic behind us, get the economy going again and help him win reelection.

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Work resumes on church destroyed on 9/11

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:50:29 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — After a three year halt due to financial problems, work resumed Monday on a Greek Orthodox church being built to replace one destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Over 100 organizations expose and condemn Washington non-profit as promoter of hate

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:50:43 GMT

SEATTLE, Wash. - On August 3, 2020, over 100 organizations in Washington state and across the country issued a public statement exposing a new group that has been masquerading as ...

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Notre Dame Cathedral's organ getting 4-year-long cleaning

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:31:44 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Pipe by precious pipe, the organ that once thundered through Notre Dame Cathedral is being taken apart after last year's devastating fire. The restoration is expected to last nearly four years.

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New York church to devote $200,000 to ‘reparations’ with housing help, anti-racism training

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:27:45 GMT

(RNS) — The Rev. Jacqueline Lewis said she is joining other clergy who have taken action on social justice in nontraditional ways.

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Retired Pope Benedict XVI ill after visit to Germany

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:19:16 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported Monday.

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Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 18:42:11 GMT

(RNS) — The 10-foot, 10-inch-tall statue of the renowned evangelist will replace a statue of Charles Aycock that both the state of North Carolina and the US House want removed.

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Harvest Crusade, a staple event at Angel Stadium, is morphing into a cinematic experience

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:54:09 GMT

(RNS) — Instead of the in-person stadium event, Harvest ministries will stream a cinematic crusade titled ’A Rush of Hope,‘ a film that will be released on Labor Day weekend.

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What good is faith when your fertility treatments aren't working?

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:40:18 GMT

(RNS) — Some of the biggest faith-based challenges of infertility may be existing in a family-centered community.

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Atheists start an international community-building project: #oneATHEIST

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:23:05 GMT

DURHAM, N.C.— On Saturday International Association of Atheists (IAA) announced their newest initiative, #oneATHEIST, an effort to build a positive, outspoken community under the label atheist and remove the stigma. ...

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Photos of the Week

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 22:01:40 GMT

(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the Eid al-Adha commemorations around the world, funeral and memorial services for John Lewis, and more.

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God is Grey's Brenda Davies receives cease and desist from Christian parenting experts

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:08:04 GMT

(RNS) — Stelle Jacobson characterized her father Matt Jacobson's corporal punishment as “110% into an abuse category” and said the abuse has resulted in her feeling unsafe around men.

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