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Photos of the Week: Francis visits Asia; National Baptists meet
By Kit Doyle — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Pope Francis visiting Asia, the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and more.
Trump’s abortion pivot hasn’t shaken evangelical Christian leaders’ support
By Jack Jenkins — September 6, 2024
Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham
By Yonat Shimron — September 6, 2024
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National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president
By Adelle M. Banks — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.
At Vatican, physicists and theologians join forces to answer life’s big questions
By Claire Giangravé — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — At a conference at the Vatican, physicists and theologians made the case for cooperation between faith and science.
The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
By Edna Tarigan and Nicole Winfield — September 6, 2024
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.”
National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends
By Adelle M. Banks — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.
Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest
By Tonny Onyulo — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.
Study: Pro-Israel Jewish students pay a growing social price
By Yonat Shimron — September 5, 2024
(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.
In Indonesia, Pope Francis broadcasts his message of fraternity to Asia
By Claire Giangravé — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — Pope Francis cemented his legacy of promoting interreligious dialogue by building a bridge with the Muslim community in Indonesia.
Rutgers task force report urges university to add caste discrimination ban
By Richa Karmarkar — September 4, 2024
(RNS) — Beginning in 2020 with Brandeis University, more than 20 higher education institutions across the country have followed momentum to recognize caste discrimination in their policies. But some in Hindu advocacy circles see this as a concerted attempt to negatively label one community as 'casteist.'
7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence
By Nasir Uddin — September 4, 2024
(The Conversation) — Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.
A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders
By Mike Corder — September 4, 2024
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — “Every day you get up and leave for work in armored cars, often with sirens on, and you are always aware somewhere in the back of your mind that this could be your last day,” Geert Wilders, leader of the party that won last year's general election in the Netherlands, told the court.
The Meeting House, once one of Canada’s largest churches, shuts down after scandal
By Bob Smietana — September 4, 2024
(RNS) — Nine of the megachurch's satellite sites have relaunched as a network of churches with shared preaching and support services — while The Meeting House will continue to collect donations to support those congregations. The rebranding came after The Meeting House lost its liability insurance due to an abuse scandal involving former pastor Bruxy Cavey.
Want to write a hit worship song? Invite a few friends to church.
By Bob Smietana — September 4, 2024
(RNS) — When the CCLI Top 100 chart first appeared in 1988, most of the songs had one writer. Today, the average hit worship song has at least two writers — who often have ties to the so-called Big Four megachurches that dominated modern worship songs.
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