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A group of Catholic bishops issues statement condemning bullying of LGBTQ youth

By Jack Jenkins

(RNS) — The signers also directed part of their comments directly to LGBTQ people, saying, ‘know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.’

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For many schools, the Master of Divinity degree is moving online for good

By Yonat Shimron

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, left, and the Rev. Jacques DeGraff. Courtesy photos

Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Using the Black church to get the word out’

By Julie Schonfeld

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Catholic LGBTQ nuns are speaking up again, and this time they have no intention of going away

By Claire Giangravé

Opinion

I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together?

By Chris Davis

(RNS) — The fractures in old friendships are forcing us to ask some difficult questions. For starters, does our Christian faith truly transcend our political opinions? Should it?

The Catholic Church’s moral reckoning on Jews and the Holocaust

By Ken Jacobson

(RNS) — The evolution of church teaching has been transformative in Christian (not just Catholic) attitudes toward Jews.

Think US evangelicals are dying out? Well, define evangelicalism …

By Ryan Burge

(RNS) — The term “evangelical” may be in disfavor, there's no sign that people are less willing to take on the label.

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Study reveals half of pastors say they’re hearing conspiracy theories in their churches

In this July 7, 2018, file photo, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side, speaks to protesters before marching on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. In a letter written to the St. Sabina community, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich announced Jan. 5, 2021, that he has asked Pfleger to step aside from his ministry after receipt of a sexual abuse allegation of a minor by Pfleger more than 40 years earlier. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)

Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuse

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RNS Valentine’s Day gift guide 2021: Sweet and silly ideas for February’s semireligious gift-giving occasions

The Rev. Raphael Warnock preaches at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Jan. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. Video screengrab

In Sunday sermon, Warnock, now senator and pastor, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearings-in

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President Joe Biden waits to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally. It would also codify provisions wiping out some of President Donald Trump's signature hard-line policies, including trying to end existing, protected legal status for many immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and crackdowns on asylum rules. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s first 100 days: What’s not for evangelicals to like?

President Joe Biden departs after attending mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP

Supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

Capitol attack may complicate Biden’s plans for Middle East peace

Author J.R.R. Tolkien lived in this Oxford home from 1930-1947. Tolkien wrote many of his most famous works while living at 20 Northmoor Road. Photo courtesy of Breckon and Breckon

Tolkien fans hope to turn his house into a ‘Rivendell’ for writers and filmmakers

German volunteer Leo Ebe, 18, left, poses with a resident at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran in southern Israel. Photo courtesy of ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran

German teens go to Israel to atone for their families’ Holocaust history

An exterior view of the offices of the Vatican bank in Vatican City, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Vatican convicts ex-bank chief in property embezzlement scam

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Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, left, and Imam Mohamed Magid. Courtesy photo, left. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks, right.

Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Muslims were among the first to believe in vaccines’

“The Ritual Life Planner” created by Casper ter Kuile. Photo by Julieanne Marie Photography

2021 might be unpredictable, but don’t ditch your datebook. Planning can be a spiritual exercise

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Houston woman faces historic indictment over female genital cutting

Jake Angeli, center, better known as the “QAnon Shaman,” and other supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Conspiracy theories and the ‘American Madness’ that gripped the Capitol

The souls of musician Joe Gardner, right, and 22, left, in the Disney/Pixar animated film “Soul.” Image courtesy Disney/Pixar

Pixar adviser and theologian Suzan Johnson Cook on how they came to define ‘soul’ in the film

Actor Matt Lanter stars in the film “Chasing the Rain.” Photo courtesy of Night Muse Productions

New film ‘Chasing the Rain’ wrestles with suffering and other unanswerable questions

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In ‘Can Robots Be Jewish?’ rabbis weigh in on a Jewish pastime: disagreement

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

With vaccines on the horizon, faith leaders could play a crucial role in promoting their use

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Do you see what I see? Planetary alignment to create a ‘Christmas star’

Goldziher Prize Expanding for 2019

Luther Bible in the Lutherhaus in Wittenberg, Germany. Photo courtesy of Michael Turtle/German National Tourist Office

Germany’s ‘LutherCountry’ gears up for Reformation 500th anniversary

Dr. Georgia Dunston, Professor of Microbiology and Founding Director, National Human Genome Center, Howard University College of Medicine with Fourth Line Films crew at Howard University College of Medicine.
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Film series helps seminary students understand scientific thinking

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I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together?

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For many schools, the Master of Divinity degree is moving online for good

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Study reveals half of pastors say they’re hearing conspiracy theories in their churches

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, left, and the Rev. Jacques DeGraff. Courtesy photos

Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Using the Black church to get the word out’

The Vatican City flag, left, and a pride flag. Images courtesy of Creative Commons

Catholic LGBTQ nuns are speaking up again, and this time they have no intention of going away

People attend a ceremony at the monument Levenslicht, or Light of Life, by artist Daan Roosegaarde, consisting of 104,000 light-emitting stones for the number of Dutch Holocaust victims, during the unveiling in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Jan. 16, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Catholic Church’s moral reckoning on Jews and the Holocaust

Debbie Friedman is still singing

In this July 7, 2018, file photo, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side, speaks to protesters before marching on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. In a letter written to the St. Sabina community, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich announced Jan. 5, 2021, that he has asked Pfleger to step aside from his ministry after receipt of a sexual abuse allegation of a minor by Pfleger more than 40 years earlier. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)

Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuse

Not flagging, merely changing stripes. (Photo by Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Think US evangelicals are dying out? Well, define evangelicalism …

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RNS Valentine’s Day gift guide 2021: Sweet and silly ideas for February’s semireligious gift-giving occasions

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