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RNS Opening Budget—Friday, March 5, 2021

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RNS-Biden-Uighurs: Biden Builds On Trump’s Response to Uyghur Repression
(RNS) — Though the Biden administration has broken with many of the foreign policy priorities of President Trump, there is at least one exception. Though he has not used the term himself, the Biden administration has not backed down from President Trump’s designation of China’s harsh treatment of minority groups in China’s Xinjiang province as a genocide. By Joseph Hammond. 750 words. (category: a)

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RNS-Catholic-Conspiracies: How Catholicism became a breeding ground for conspiracy theories
(RNS) — A perfect storm of institutional crises, the polarization of perceived winners and losers under Pope Francis’ pontificate and the migration of evangelicals into the church has created a fertile ground for conspiracy theories, especially about papal authority. By Claire Giangravé. 1,100 words. (category: i)

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IRAQ-MARTYRS: On first day in Iraq, Pope Francis pays tribute to Christian martyrs
(RNS) – Standing at the site where 50 worshippers, clergy and policemen were killed in a 2010 terrorist attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Pope Francis on Friday made an appeal for “forgiveness, reconciliation and rebirth” in the struggling Middle Eastern nation. By Claire Giangravè. 900 words. (category: i)


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RNS-Muslim-DA: Muslim candidate for Manhattan DA runs to give victims of system a ‘seat at the table’
NEW YORK (RNS) — Tahanie Aboushi describes herself as “35, going on 50.” But friends disagree, calling the Palestinian American from Brooklyn “bold” and “hilarious.” To survive the next four months, the civil rights attorney likely will need answer both those descriptions, and then some: Aboushi is one of eight candidates running to be the next district attorney of Manhattan. By Zainab Iqbal. 1,200 words. (category: a)

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RNS-Price-Viewing: The late Frederick K.C. Price, televangelist who built LA’s FaithDome, honored with public viewing
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A steady stream of people on Thursday (March 4) visited the FaithDome at Crenshaw Christian Center to attend a public viewing in honor of the late Rev. Frederick Price, who died February after a bout with COVID-19. By Alejandra Molina. 625 words. (category: a) 

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