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NEWS STORY RNS-Coronovirus-Business: Under the Vatican dome shops risk closure due to coronavirus VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As fears of the coronavirus spread, shop owners near the Vatican weigh their options. Some try to lower working hours and inventory while others are left with no alternative but laying people off or closing shop entirely. By […]

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RNS-Coronovirus-Business: Under the Vatican dome shops risk closure due to coronavirus
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As fears of the coronavirus spread, shop owners near the Vatican weigh their options. Some try to lower working hours and inventory while others are left with no alternative but laying people off or closing shop entirely. By Claire Giangravè. 1124 words. (category: i)

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RNS-Stewart-Book: Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism’s push to undermine democratic norms
(RNS) — In her new book on Christian nationalism, investigative reporter Katherine Stewart argues that large segments of the religious right are not simply fighting culture war issues, such as abortion or same-sex marriage. They are, in fact, plotting to replace democratic institutions and the American system of government with a kind of theocratic rule. By Yonat Shimron. 1,150 words. (category: a)