Associated Press, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:03:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Associated Press, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and bare faces in public https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/taliban-reject-un-concerns-over-laws-banning-womens-voices-and-bare-faces-in-public/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/taliban-reject-un-concerns-over-laws-banning-womens-voices-and-bare-faces-in-public/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:03:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164108&preview=true&preview_id=4164108 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Wednesday issued the country’s first set of laws to discourage vice and promote virtue. They include a requirement for a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home. They also ban images of living beings, such as photographs.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/29/taliban-reject-un-concerns-over-laws-banning-womens-voices-and-bare-faces-in-public/feed/ 0 Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-connecticut-law-that-eliminated-religious-vaccination-exemption/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-connecticut-law-that-eliminated-religious-vaccination-exemption/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:32:54 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154859&preview=true&preview_id=4154859 WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut law requires students to receive certain immunizations before enrolling in school, allowing some medical exemptions. Prior to 2021, students also could seek religious exemptions.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-connecticut-law-that-eliminated-religious-vaccination-exemption/feed/ 0 Russian region of Dagestan holds a day of mourning after attacks kill 20 people, officials say https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/russian-region-of-dagestan-holds-a-day-of-mourning-after-attacks-kill-20-people-officials-say/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/russian-region-of-dagestan-holds-a-day-of-mourning-after-attacks-kill-20-people-officials-say/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:09:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154690&preview=true&preview_id=4154690 MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s southern region of Dagestan held the first of three days of mourning Monday following an attack by Islamic militants who authorities say killed 20 people, mostly police, and attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship in assaults in two cities.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/russian-region-of-dagestan-holds-a-day-of-mourning-after-attacks-kill-20-people-officials-say/feed/ 0 Armed militants in Dagestan kill priest and police in attacks on churches, synagogue and police post https://religionnews.com/2024/06/23/more-than-15-policemen-several-civilians-killed-by-gunmen-in-russias-southern-dagestan-region/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/23/more-than-15-policemen-several-civilians-killed-by-gunmen-in-russias-southern-dagestan-region/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:31:16 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154675&preview=true&preview_id=4154675 MOSCOW (AP) — The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, according to the authorities.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/23/more-than-15-policemen-several-civilians-killed-by-gunmen-in-russias-southern-dagestan-region/feed/ 0 Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94 https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/longtime-southern-baptist-leader-paul-pressler-who-was-accused-of-sexual-abuse-dies-at-94/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/longtime-southern-baptist-leader-paul-pressler-who-was-accused-of-sexual-abuse-dies-at-94/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:21:00 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153736&preview=true&preview_id=4153736 HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/longtime-southern-baptist-leader-paul-pressler-who-was-accused-of-sexual-abuse-dies-at-94/feed/ 0 Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/oxford-university-to-return-bronze-sculpture-of-hindu-saint-to-india/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/oxford-university-to-return-bronze-sculpture-of-hindu-saint-to-india/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:53:01 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152656&preview=true&preview_id=4152656 LONDON (AP) — The planned repatriation comes amid a push by foreign governments, including Nigeria, Egypt and Greece, as well as Indigenous peoples from North America to Australia, seeking to reclaim precious antiquities looted or acquired by questionable means during the heyday of the British Empire.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/oxford-university-to-return-bronze-sculpture-of-hindu-saint-to-india/feed/ 0 India investigates attack by suspected militants in Kashmir that killed 9 on Hindu pilgrimage https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/india-investigates-attack-by-suspected-militants-in-kashmir-that-killed-9-on-hindu-pilgrimage/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/india-investigates-attack-by-suspected-militants-in-kashmir-that-killed-9-on-hindu-pilgrimage/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:50:43 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152483&preview=true&preview_id=4152483 NEW DELHI (AP) — A police officer said some of the victims had gunshot wounds and blamed the attack on Muslim militants who are fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which left 33 others injured.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/11/india-investigates-attack-by-suspected-militants-in-kashmir-that-killed-9-on-hindu-pilgrimage/feed/ 0 Pope re-creates the 2014 Mideast peace prayer in Vatican Gardens to beg for an end to Gaza conflict https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/pope-recreates-the-2014-mideast-peace-prayer-in-vatican-gardens-to-beg-for-an-end-to-gaza-conflict/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/pope-recreates-the-2014-mideast-peace-prayer-in-vatican-gardens-to-beg-for-an-end-to-gaza-conflict/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:42:00 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152301&preview=true&preview_id=4152301 ROME (AP) — Pope Francis gathered the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors to the Vatican Gardens on Friday to pray for an end to the war in Gaza, marking the 10th anniversary of a similar encounter with the Israeli and Palestinian presidents with a new appeal for peace. “Every day I pray that this war will […]

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/pope-recreates-the-2014-mideast-peace-prayer-in-vatican-gardens-to-beg-for-an-end-to-gaza-conflict/feed/ 0 Vatican cardinal urges Europeans to remember own migratory roots ahead of European elections https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/vatican-cardinal-urges-europeans-to-remember-own-migratory-roots-ahead-of-european-elections/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/vatican-cardinal-urges-europeans-to-remember-own-migratory-roots-ahead-of-european-elections/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:51:40 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151425&preview=true&preview_id=4151425 ROME (AP) — Francis has made reaching out to migrants a priority of his pontificate and has called for receiving countries, within their means, to welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/vatican-cardinal-urges-europeans-to-remember-own-migratory-roots-ahead-of-european-elections/feed/ 0 Man who attacked Muslim lawmaker in Connecticut sentenced to 5 years in prison https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/man-who-attacked-muslim-lawmaker-in-connecticut-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/man-who-attacked-muslim-lawmaker-in-connecticut-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:48:18 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151804&preview=true&preview_id=4151804 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Khan, a Democrat from the Hartford suburb of Windsor, said in a statement that the assault “highlighted serious gaps in our mental health care system and victim safety and protection.”

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