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In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, members of the Austrian Greens party protest against the punishment for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in front of the KAICIID headquarters in Vienna. (AP Photo/Hans Punz, File)

KAICIID quits Vienna, unable to shake off negative Saudi image

By Tom Heneghan

(RNS) — The glaring divide between KAICIID’s ideals and Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations increasingly bothered its Austrian hosts.

The Rev. Kip Rush delivers his sermon in a sanctuary filled with mostly empty pews March 15, 2020, during a streamed service at Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Survey: Churchgoers say they plan to return to in-person services

By Yonat Shimron

A gust of wind blows Pope Francis’ mantle as he stands by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi upon the pope’s arrival at Baghdad’s international airport on March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s wind-whipped mantle drives Vatican tailors to consider Velcro

By Claire Giangravé

Chris Hogan as host of his own popular show on the Ramsey Solutions platform. Video screengrab

Chris Hogan, retirement expert and Dave Ramsey protégé, departs Ramsey Solutions

By Bob Smietana

Opinion

Religious freedom protects our right to worship. It doesn’t protect discrimination.

By David W. Key Sr.

(RNS) — People of faith look the other way while legislators codify discrimination against LGBTQ Americans in the name of ‘religious liberty.’

As a pastor I pray my flock comes back. As a religion demographer I’m more realistic.

By Ryan Burge

(RNS) — Secularization is like globalization. Before we were aware of either, they had become impossible to stop.

Time for some good news for the poor

By Jim Wallis

(RNS) — The American Recovery Plan is 'good news for the poor' in the midst of a global pandemic — which should cheer Christians in both parties.

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Intention can turn any lockdown walk into pilgrimage, urges British Pilgrimage Trust

Several defaced ads that support a Swiss facial covering ban. Image via Egerkinger Komitee

Swiss narrowly back proposal to ban face coverings in public

An unidentified woman carries her belongings on her head after crossing the Mbomou river back into Bangassou, Central African Republic, from Ndu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where she had taken refuge, Sunday Feb. 14, 2021. An estimated 240,000 people have been displaced in Central African Republic since mid-December, according to U.N. relief workers, when rebels calling themselves the Coalition of Patriots for Change launched attacks, causing a humanitarian crisis in the already unstable nation. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)

The Central African Republic’s faith leaders are the country’s best hope for peace

Members of the Uyghur community living in Turkey hold banners while protesting against China, in Istanbul, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. More than a million Uyghurs and other largely Muslim minorities have been swept into prisons and detention camps in China, in what China calls an anti-terrorism measure. Uyghurs, a Turkic group native to China's far west Xinjiang region, have sought refuge in Turkey for decades because of their shared cultural ties with the country. (AP Photo/Omer Kuscu)

As genocide designation becomes a political football, Uyghur activists push for action

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Jacob Chansley, 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)

‘Q Shaman’ denied request to leave jail for faith-related reasons until insurrection trial

A gay pride flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of a church in Prairie Village, Kansas, April 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

LGBTQ rights bill ignites debate over religious liberty

What group is least likely to get a vaccine? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Black Protestants aren’t least likely to get a vaccine; white evangelicals are

Sr. Maria Odete Pereira, center, of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, gives thanks before the distribution of food baskets to residents of the Our Lady of Fatima community just outside of Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. (Photo courtesy of Sr. Roselei Bertoldo)

As COVID-19 rages in Brazil, sisters in the Amazon fight hunger and isolation

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, left, meets with Pope Francis in Najaf, Iraq, on March 6, 2021. Photo courtesy of Office of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

Pope Francis dismisses ‘heresy’ charges for his commitment to Christian-Muslim dialogue

In this July 10, 2018, file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, from left, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry stand on a balcony to watch a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft pass over Buckingham Palace in London. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, March 7, 2021, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey was broadcast. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Why I empathize with Harry and Meghan

Health & Lifestyle

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Being ‘godless’ might be good for your health, new study finds

Rosaleen Norton is played by actress Kate Elizabeth Laxton in “The Witch of Kings Cross.” (Photo by Edward Gill ©Black Jelly Films)

‘The Witch of Kings Cross’ finds the woman behind the scandal

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Workers deserve a living wage, not just a minimum wage

Waya Brown, who is Apache and Pomo, dances in a circle at Oak Flat campground on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, near Superior, Arizona. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina

Why Oak Flat in Arizona is a sacred space for the Apache and other Native Americans

Actor Tahar Rahim, center, in

MPAC Hollywood Awards to feature ‘The Mauritanian’

Stephen Colbert, left, interviews the Rev. James Martin, Feb. 3, 2021, on “A Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on CBS. Video screengrab via CBS

On late-night TV and bestseller lists, new books on prayer resonating with readers

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In ‘The Salvage Crew,’ a Buddhist AI poet seeks aliens and enlightenment

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Celebrating Ash Wednesday in a pandemic? There’s an app for that

ImamConnect is the first online platform of its kind for Muslim services. Courtesy image

‘Uber for imams’ app offers Muslims virtual khutbahs — and community

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

The Rev. Kip Rush delivers his sermon in a sanctuary filled with mostly empty pews March 15, 2020, during a streamed service at Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Survey: Churchgoers say they plan to return to in-person services

Anti-Racism as a Spiritual Practice

Omid Safi, “Anti-Racism as a Spiritual Practice”

A gust of wind blows Pope Francis’ mantle as he stands by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi upon the pope’s arrival at Baghdad’s international airport on March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s wind-whipped mantle drives Vatican tailors to consider Velcro

In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, members of the Austrian Greens party protest against the punishment for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in front of the KAICIID headquarters in Vienna. (AP Photo/Hans Punz, File)

KAICIID quits Vienna, unable to shake off negative Saudi image

Chris Hogan as host of his own popular show on the Ramsey Solutions platform. Video screengrab

Chris Hogan, retirement expert and Dave Ramsey protégé, departs Ramsey Solutions

Presidential biographer Jon Meacham speaks during the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral, Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Scholar and Biden adviser Jon Meacham joins National Cathedral as canon historian

Prisoners from Sacramento County await processing after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California, on Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Prison Fellowship joins campaign to reform cocaine sentencing guidelines

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Intention can turn any lockdown walk into pilgrimage, urges British Pilgrimage Trust

A gay pride flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of a church in Prairie Village, Kansas, April 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Religious freedom protects our right to worship. It doesn’t protect discrimination.

Author and speaker Beth Moore speaks during a panel on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 10, 2019. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, ‘I am no longer a Southern Baptist’

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