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From friendships to slogans, the Vatican makes its mark at the Tokyo Olympics

By Claire Giangravé

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican wants to promote its message of fraternity and friendship at the Olympic Games by reminding athletes to keep an eye on the real prize.

His parish was the poor: The Rev. Tom Lumpkin spent 40 years ministering to Detroit’s homeless

By Renée Roden

Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination, hosts biennial convening in Orlando

By Alejandra Molina

Romance Writers of America rescinds award for Christian novel as publisher defends it

By Emily McFarlan Miller

With this much rot, there’s no choice but to deconstruct

By Karen Swallow Prior

(RNS) — Church leaders, I’m talking to you.

COVID-19, global warming and diminishing Catholic guilt

By Thomas Reese

(RNS) — Would that the pope could declare vaccine skeptics and climate-change deniers heretics and put their books, articles, Facebook pages and tweets on the Index of Forbidden Books.

Understanding evangelicalism in America today

By Terry Shoemaker

(The Conversation) — Evangelicalism in the US is not a monolith. It includes a a variety of churches, theologies and practices.

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After award win, Christian romance novel draws criticism for ‘romanticized genocide’ of Native Americans

The untidiness of Marie Kondo’s eclectic spirituality

So you’ve been asked to officiate a wedding? Five pieces of advice from the pros

‘The last time we had a communication shift this drastic was the printing press’

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People participate in a Poor People's Campaign demonstration in Washington, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins

Hundreds arrested at Capitol while protesting for voting rights, minimum wage

Images from the “Run” graphic novel, cover and John Lewis. Courtesy image

John Lewis’ co-author talks faith, voting rights and their new graphic novel, ‘Run’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits and talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Modi’s visit to the U.S. this week. Photo courtesy of Blinken’s twitter

Human rights is on Blinken’s agenda in India. Can he make it stick?

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A justice symbol monument is seen in front of towering grain silos that were gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. A year after the deadly blast, families of the victims are consumed with winning justice for their loved ones and punishing Lebanon's political elite, blamed for causing the disaster through their corruption and neglect. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Mired in crises, Lebanon marks 1 year since horrific blast

Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Aug. 4, 2021. It was Francis’ first general audience since undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope resumes public audiences a month after major surgery

Deera Square is a public space in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in which public executions occur, usually by beheading. It is sometimes known as Justice Square or Chop Chop Square. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Saudi man executed in Shiite-populated east for rebellion

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Christian baker appeals ruling on gender transition cake

RNS illustration by Kit Doyle

Charismatic TikTok divided over praying in tongues

This old church, high above the old highway known as the Ossipee Trail, near Limington, Maine, is abandoned and unmarked. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/LOC/Creative Commons

Court declines to hear church’s attack on COVID restrictions

Arts & Culture

Lonely no more: Questioning Christians find belonging on TikTok

Krista Tippett at the Brookings Institution. Photo by Ghz89med/Wikimedia/Creative Commons

Krista Tippett on why it’s past time to ‘humanize digital spaces’

RNS illustration by Mari Fouz

Mary, mother of Jesus, returns as an icon for pop stars and social justice warriors

Science & Tech

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The Pegasus Project surfaces a new era of oppression for people of faith. Here’s what should be done.

Leonardo Cabaña cries in the arms of his friend Raphael Benevides beside the casket of his father, Héctor Miguel Cabaña, who died of COVID-19, before the funeral home service led by the Rev. Fabian Arias, on May 11, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In hard-hit New York City, the coronavirus outbreak has taken a particularly heavy toll on Hispanic communities. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CDC researcher Susan Hillis on how people of faith can support COVID orphans

Wally Funk, right, describes their flight experience as Mark Bezos, left, and Jeff Bezos, left, center, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, applaud from the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

RNS News Quiz: Ben & Jerry’s and Wally Funk

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A Hindu priest performs rituals at the Sangam, confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on the eve of the Maghi Purnima, or the full-moon day, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India can still turn the tide back toward democracy

An Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A hard-line stance on Iran endangers Christians. There’s a better way.

In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

President Trump failed to challenge India on religious freedom. Will Biden follow suit?

His parish was the poor: The Rev. Tom Lumpkin spent 40 years ministering to Detroit’s homeless

Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination, hosts biennial convening in Orlando

Romance Writers of America rescinds award for Christian novel as publisher defends it

One Eye Squinted

With this much rot, there’s no choice but to deconstruct

From friendships to slogans, the Vatican makes its mark at the Tokyo Olympics

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COVID-19, global warming and diminishing Catholic guilt

Mired in crises, Lebanon marks 1 year since horrific blast

Understanding evangelicalism in America today

Pope resumes public audiences a month after major surgery

Christian baker appeals ruling on gender transition cake

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Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) to partner with HBCU campuses to address HIV/AIDS crisis in the South

Soularize announces a global hybrid learning parties for spiritual thought leaders