News Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/news/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:57:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png News Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/news/ 32 32 Photos of the Week: Francis visits Asia; National Baptists meet https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/photos-of-the-week-francis-visits-asia-memorials/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/photos-of-the-week-francis-visits-asia-memorials/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:39:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165271 (RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Pope Francis visiting Asia, the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and more.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/photos-of-the-week-francis-visits-asia-memorials/feed/ 0 Trump’s abortion pivot hasn’t shaken evangelical Christian leaders’ support https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:18:28 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165198 (RNS) — 'I don’t just consider a candidate’s words, I look at their actions and what they have done,' said the Rev. Franklin Graham.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/feed/ 0 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:18:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165165 (RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/feed/ 0 At Vatican, physicists and theologians join forces to answer life’s big questions https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/physics-and-theology-join-forces-to-answer-lifes-big-questions-in-new-essay/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/physics-and-theology-join-forces-to-answer-lifes-big-questions-in-new-essay/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:24:14 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165169 (RNS) — At a conference at the Vatican, physicists and theologians made the case for cooperation between faith and science.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/physics-and-theology-join-forces-to-answer-lifes-big-questions-in-new-essay/feed/ 0 The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:06:51 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165167&preview=true&preview_id=4165167 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis compared Indonesia's human diversity to the archipelago’s 17,000 islands. He said each one contributes something specific to form “a magnificent mosaic, in which each tile is an irreplaceable element in creating a great original and precious work.”

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/feed/ 0 National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:52:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165108 (RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/feed/ 0 Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:45:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164834 (RNS) — After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/feed/ 0 Study: Pro-Israel Jewish students pay a growing social price https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:12:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165040 (RNS) — In 2024, more than half of Jewish students said they paid a social penalty for supporting Israel’s existence, up from 34% in 2022, a new report from a Tufts University researcher finds.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/feed/ 0 In Indonesia, Pope Francis broadcasts his message of fraternity to Asia https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/in-indonesia-pope-francis-broadcasts-his-message-of-fraternity-to-asia/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/in-indonesia-pope-francis-broadcasts-his-message-of-fraternity-to-asia/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:34:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164997 (RNS) — Pope Francis cemented his legacy of promoting interreligious dialogue by building a bridge with the Muslim community in Indonesia.

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