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After last year’s COVID closures, pilgrimages resume to honor Virgin of Guadalupe

By Alejandra Molina

(RNS) — This year, with more people vaccinated against COVID-19, Catholics across the country are once again gathering for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who has been a source of hope for many Latinos throughout the pandemic.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone reveals he is not vaccinated against COVID-19

By Alejandra Molina

Atheists find community on YouTube — and in person

By Nidhi Upadhyaya

Plumber reportedly finds cash and checks in walls of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church

By Emily McFarlan Miller

Five years after his death, Leonard Cohen is more than ever a man for our times

By Marcia Pally

(RNS) — In dark times, Cohen helps us answer: How did we get here?

Advent, race and the intimacy of Incarnation

By Robert P. Jones

(RNS) — If we take the Incarnation seriously, we have a responsibility to build a theology where all of humanity is assumed in the body of Jesus.

Pope Francis is asking the US bishops to listen to the people. Will they?

By Phyllis Zagano

(RNS) — Only half of the US bishops appear interested in what the people of God think.

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DuVernay’s ‘Colin in Black & White’ on Netflix traces the seeds of Kaepernick’s activism

RNS holiday gift guide 2021: Treat yourself to cozy socks or a self-care box

As COP26 conference gathers, faith-based environmentalists fight ‘eco-grief’

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Dr. Mehmet Oz announced his intention to run for Senate in Pennsylvania. Photo via DoctorOz.com

Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US Senate

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro exits a convention center in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, after attending a ceremony where he officially joined the centrist Liberal Party. (AP Photo/Raul Spinasse)

Brazil’s senate OKs evangelical Bolsonaro ally to top court

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., second from right, lights the menorah in the East Room of the White House in Washington, during an event to celebrate Hanukkah, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Others watching are, from left, Jewish community leader Susan Stern, Dr. Rabbi Aaron Glatt, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bidens, Harris, Emhoff celebrate Hanukkah at White House

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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, center, walks in procession in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Patriarch of Jerusalem’s edict puts unity on Holy Land’s Christmas in doubt

Michael Bublé, Kris Jenner part of $40M investment in Christian meditation app Glorify

Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit prior to bless the city of Paris during the Holy Thursday celebration in front of the Sacre Coeur basilica, on April 9, 2020 in Paris. The archbishop of Paris said Thursday Dec.2, 2021 that Pope Francis has accepted his resignation after he admitted to an 'ambiguous' relationship with a woman in 2012. Archbishop Michel Aupetit said in a statement he offered to step down

Paris archbishop who had ‘ambiguous’ relationship resigns

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‘Sinning in the Rain’: New study finds crimes go up when it rains on Sundays

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It’s back: Purity Culture 2.0, Gen Z style

People visit a giant Hanukkah menorah during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Tel Aviv, Nov. 28, 2021. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

‘To those who celebrate.’ What’s up with that?

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Indigenous video game streamers advocate for representation and education

Holocaust survivors dance during a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Holocaust survivors marked the third night of Hanukkah on Tuesday with a menorah-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall that paid tribute to them and the 6 million other Jews who were killed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at Jerusalem Western Wall

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There’s fanfiction for everything — even the Bible

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Donald Dardar, left, and Russell Dardar look toward the eroding shoreline of Bayou Pointe-au-Chien in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. The brothers have lived along the bayou all their lives as shrimpers and fishermen. They now also work to preserve the coastal land from further erosion by refilling canals and developing living shorelines. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Faith groups increasingly join fight against climate change

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Digitizing sacred spaces: How COVID-19 fueled innovation of Hindu ritual websites

Foundations for Farming trainees practice digging planting stations during a workshop at the Zimbabwe Stewardship Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, in October 2020. Photo courtesy of Foundations for Farming

Zimbabwean nonprofit promotes ‘God’s way’ of farming

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Five tech innovations used as weapons against people of faith

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Why the Senate must fast-track Biden’s nominee on religious freedom

In this Aug. 19, 2021, file photo, Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, China has seen the realization of long-held hopes for a reduction of the influence of a geopolitical rival in what it considers its backyard. Yet, it is also deeply concerned that the very withdrawal could bring instability to that backyard — Central Asia — and possibly even spill over the border into China itself in its heavily Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

China is quietly using Afghanistan to strengthen its authoritarian agenda

Five years after his death, Leonard Cohen is more than ever a man for our times

Photos of the Week: Abortion at the Supreme Court; Hanukkah commemorations

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone reveals he is not vaccinated against COVID-19

Advent, race and the intimacy of Incarnation

Pope Francis is asking the US bishops to listen to the people. Will they?

Atheists find community on YouTube — and in person

Plumber reportedly finds cash and checks in walls of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church

After last year’s COVID closures, pilgrimages resume to honor Virgin of Guadalupe

‘The Giving Manger’ launches new Christmas tradition — and 5 million acts of kindness

Pope Francis to take migrants and refugees in Cyprus to the Vatican

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At five-years, financial transparency report shows progress, but improvement needed

Grants will help theological schools prepare pastors for the future

IFYC receives $1M to support Black Interfaith Project from the Henry Luce Foundation