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At new Minnesota facility, Amazon takes small steps to welcome Muslim workers
By Kathryn Post — October 13, 2022
(RNS) — Despite the progress, the demands of some Muslim employees remain unanswered, a representative of the local Muslim community said.
Religion is shaping Brazil’s presidential election – but its evangelicals aren’t the same as America’s
By Amy Erica Smith — September 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — Trump and Bolsonaro use religion in similar ways, but there are key differences between the two countries’ evangelical communities – and politics.
You’ve seen ‘The Rings of Power,’ but have you heard of this tiny museum housing J.R.R. Tolkien’s treasures?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 2, 2022
(RNS) — The collection of letters and books has grown to become the Marion E. Wade Center, one of the foremost research centers not only on Lewis, but also Tolkien and five other British Christian authors who had influenced Lewis’ work.
Brazil’s Catholic bishops raise their voices against mining on Indigenous land
By Eduardo Campos Lima — May 16, 2022
SAO PAULO (RNS) — The damage from mining projects goes beyond deforestation, the bishops say. The effects include death from disease and higher rates of murder and sexual assault.
What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday
By Rosa Lee Harden — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — Let's reflect on not just why we give gifts but how we purchase them.
Amazon algorithm recommends Bible-emblazoned spanking paddle
By Bob Smietana — October 25, 2021
(RNS) — Online retailing giant Amazon.com has run into problems in the past because of controversial religious products.
As COVID-19 rages in Brazil, sisters in the Amazon fight hunger and isolation
By Global Sisters Report — March 8, 2021
Distributing food and aiding those afflicted by unemployment, hunger and despair, the religious women working in Brazil's Amazonas state have been a driving force in coping with the pandemic.
Working groups at the Vatican’s Amazon synod push for married clergy
By Claire Giangravé — October 18, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The groups considered everything from the ordination of women as deacons to the creation of a separate rite for the region.
Controversy mixes with consensus as bishops gather for Amazon synod
By Thomas Reese — October 3, 2019
(RNS) — While disagreements in the synod may arise over how Catholicism is interpreted in the Amazon, the bishops of the synod will be largely united on the environment and justice issues.
Gathering of German bishops tests Pope Francis’ efforts for decentralization
By Claire Giangravé — September 17, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following an attempt by the Vatican to exercise control over its upcoming and reform-driven gathering, the Catholic Church in Germany has made it clear that it has no intention of backing down, proving to be yet another wedge in the internal church wars that have plagued Pope Francis' six-year papacy.
Synod for the Amazon about more than married priests
By Thomas Reese — September 17, 2019
(RNS) — For Pope Francis, the Amazon is important because it touches on so many themes of his papacy: concern for the marginalized, evangelization and protection of the environment.
Amazon fires deepen a split between Brazil’s evangelicals and fellow Christians
By Eduardo Campos Lima — August 28, 2019
SAO PAOLO (RNS) — The apparently intentional escalation of fires in the Amazon rainforest has contributed to a growing political split between Catholics and some Protestant groups and President Jair Bolsonaro's evangelical supporters.
On Prime Day, Muslim workers and activists are organizing against Amazon
By Aysha Khan — July 16, 2019
(RNS) — With Amazon’s much-hyped Prime Day sale underway, Muslim workers and faith-based activists are leading major strikes and boycotts of the online retail giant’s biggest discount event of the year.
Synod of bishops to discuss ordaining married men
By Thomas Reese — June 19, 2019
(RNS) — Limiting ordination after marriage to 'mature men' will be portrayed as exceptional, but both traditionalists and progressives believe that it will spread to more and more situations.
The priest and the ‘Fleabag’ forge mutual faith in Amazon comedy series
By Catherine Pepinster — May 15, 2019
(RNS) — In the second season of a popular TV comedy series, a handsome, swearing, gin-swilling cleric won over a 'lying, acerbic sex addict' — not to mention the famously secular U.K. America is next.
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