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The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality
By Ryan M. Armstrong — May 1, 2024
(The Conversation) — The Book of Job and ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ both make fun of preachy know-it-alls and resist conventions of their genres.
For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond
By James L. Fitzsimmons — May 1, 2024
‘A step back in time’: America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
By Tim Sullivan — May 1, 2024
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Abducted retired Catholic bishop who mediated between cartels in Mexico is located, hospitalized
By Mark Stevenson — April 30, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Msgr. Salvador Rangel, a bishop emeritus, disappeared on Saturday and called on his captors to release him.
A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
By Associated Press — April 30, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Local media reports and a former president of Afghanistan said the mosque was targeted because it was a place of worship for the country’s Shiite Muslim minority.
Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America’s Black Church
By Darren Sands — April 29, 2024
(AP) – In the Black Church as a whole, male pastors predominate, though there’s no comprehensive gender breakdown.
Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege
By Rod Mcguirk — April 29, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last week with a range of offenses including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist act.
A Hindu festival in southwestern Pakistan brings a mountainous region to life
By Adil Jawad and Riazat Butt — April 29, 2024
HINGLAJ, Pakistan (AP) — The dramatic surroundings of Hingol National Park in Baluchistan province are the setting for Pakistan’s largest Hindu festival, Hinglaj Yatra, which started on Friday and ends on Sunday.
Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show
By Paolo Santalucia and Nicole Winfield — April 29, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) —Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See’s pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it.
Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney
By Keiran Smith — April 26, 2024
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — The boys, who are accused of following a violent extremist religious ideology, appeared in a Sydney children’s court on Thursday, with only the 14-year-old being granted bail.
Philippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities
By Jim Gomez — April 26, 2024
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Abu Sayyaf and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters are among a few small armed groups still struggling to wage a separatist uprising in the southern Philippines.
United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues
By Peter Smith — April 26, 2024
(AP) — The plan would create multiple regional conferences — one for the United States and others covering areas ranging from the Philippines to Europe to Africa.
With graduation near, colleges seek to balance safety and students’ right to protest Gaza war
By Steve Leblanc and Jocelyn Gecker — April 25, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This is commencement season 2024, punctuated by the tension and volatility that has roiled college campuses since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion
By Peter Smith — April 25, 2024
(AP) – Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference.
A Russian Orthodox priest who took part in services for Navalny is suspended by the patriarch
By The Associated Press — April 24, 2024
(AP) – Dmitry Safronov held a memorial service by Navalny’s grave in Moscow on March 26 to mark 40 days since the politician’s death, an important ritual within Russian Orthodox tradition.
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