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Thousands of Syrian refugees walk in order to cross into Turkey on June 14, 2015, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, in southeastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Biden reverses course on refugee cap after faith groups express outrage

By Jack Jenkins, Emily McFarlan Miller

WASHINGTON (RNS) — “As a Christian, I’m reminded I should never have, as the psalmist said, put my ‘trust in princes,’” said Matthew Soerens, U.S. director of church mobilization and advocacy at the evangelical Christian refugee resettlement agency World Relief.

People gather outside Windsor Castle during the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip in Windsor, England, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Philip died April 9 at the age of 99 after 73 years of marriage to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Coronavirus restrictions mean there will be only 30 mourners for the service, including the widowed queen, her four children and her eight grandchildren. (AP Photo/Stefan Cottrell)

Somber, deeply Anglican funeral honors Prince Philip for his service and devotion

By Paul O'Donnell

Lecrae performs at a Hope Event at a correctional facility outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Photo courtesy of Prison Fellowship

Lecrae, Bieber appear at prison events as ministries return to correctional facilities

By Emily McFarlan Miller, Maina Mwaura, Adelle M. Banks

Photo by Diana Simumpande/Unsplash/Creative Commons

African Americans attend church, Bible study more than others, but Black ‘nones’ increasing

By Adelle M. Banks

Opinion

Moving from pain to action: an address to the Sikh community after Indianapolis

By Simran Jeet Singh

(RNS) — What have we done to fulfill our promise to make the world a better and safer place?

Christians should change how they talk about people with a criminal record

By James Ackerman

(RNS) — Words should affirm their whole identity, including their capacity to change and grow.

Interfaith campus partnerships are building bridges to overcome our divisions

By Shirley Hoogstra, Eboo Patel

(RNS) — When we listen to those who believe differently, we grow in our own faith.

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Magic fascinated and troubled early Christians as much as it does some people today. Photo courtesy Marvel Studios

Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity

“Satan Shoes” are a collaboration between the company MSCHF and the rapper Lil Nas X. Photo courtesy of MSCHF

Satanic panic is back, thanks to ‘Satan Shoes’ and Lil Nas X

A former employee of the Panera Bread in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, is suing the company on grounds of religious discrimination. Screenshot from Google Maps

Pagan sues Panera Bread Company alleging religious discrimination

Photo by Arno Smit/Unsplash/Creative Commons

End-of-pandemic hopes rise, just in time for pagan holiday Ostara

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Pope Francis delivers a prerecorded talk that was streamed on Oct. 10, 2020. Video screengrab

Pope Francis criticizes ‘paternalism’ of populist politicians

Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh have bolstered the conservative wing of the Supreme Court. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

How the Supreme Court found its faith and put ‘religious liberty’ on a winning streak

The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington on Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

High court halts Calif. virus rules limiting home worship

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Alexei Navalny's lawyer Mikhailova said Navalny was taken to a hospital outside prison on Wednesday, March 24, for magnetic resonance tomography but wasn't given the results. She said Navalny has received pills and ointment for his pain, but prison authorities refused to accept medicines that lawyers brought to him. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny denied access to a Quran in prison

Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Rev. James Coates preaches at GraceLife church, near Edmonton, Alberta. Video screengrab

Protesters rally to cause of ‘jailed’ Canadian church as pastor awaits trial

Health & Lifestyle

Muslims pray as they practice social distancing during an evening prayer called tarawih, marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Chicago's Muslim Community Center on April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

Ramadan fasting isn’t about hunger. It’s about living mindfully.

Ramadan lanterns are displayed for sale. Photo by Rawan Yasser/Unsplash/Creative Commons

For interfaith couples, Ramadan can deepen ties to faith and each other

Devotees stand behind barricades as they wait for Naga Sadhu or Naked Hindu holy men to arrive for Shahi snan or a Royal bath during Kumbh mela, in Haridwar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam)

Huge gatherings at India’s Hindu festival as virus surges

DMX performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta on Oct. 1, 2011. The rapper died April 9, 2021, at a hospital in White Plains, New York, after having a heart attack the week before. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

DMX was my John the Forerunner

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, followers of the Hasidic sect of Shomrei Emunim, wearing protective face masks to combat the coronavirus outbreak, attend the funeral of Rabbi Refael Aharon Roth, 72, who died from the virus, in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

I love all Jews — even the ones I don’t like

Instagram posts by the Good Publishing Co. highlight their limited edition, art-inspired NIV Bible. Screengrab

Marketing ploy or sacred art? Bible publishers appeal to millennials with focus on design

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

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

Photo by Ahna Ziegler/Unsplash/Creative Commons

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

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.
Photo courtesy of AAAS/Christine A. Scheller

Film series helps seminary students understand scientific thinking

People gather outside Windsor Castle during the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip in Windsor, England, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Philip died April 9 at the age of 99 after 73 years of marriage to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Coronavirus restrictions mean there will be only 30 mourners for the service, including the widowed queen, her four children and her eight grandchildren. (AP Photo/Stefan Cottrell)

Somber, deeply Anglican funeral honors Prince Philip for his service and devotion

A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Moving from pain to action: an address to the Sikh community after Indianapolis

Lecrae performs at a Hope Event at a correctional facility outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Photo courtesy of Prison Fellowship

Lecrae, Bieber appear at prison events as ministries return to correctional facilities

Two men read and discuss the Bible together. Photo courtesy of Prison Fellowship

Christians should change how they talk about people with a criminal record

Muslim women pose for a selfie as they wait to break their fast at sundown, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan along the seaside promenade in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, where they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Photos of the Week: Ramadan begins, Notre Dame fire anniversary

Thousands of Syrian refugees walk in order to cross into Turkey on June 14, 2015, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, in southeastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Biden reverses course on refugee cap after faith groups express outrage

Photo by Diana Simumpande/Unsplash/Creative Commons

African Americans attend church, Bible study more than others, but Black ‘nones’ increasing

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Alexei Navalny's lawyer Mikhailova said Navalny was taken to a hospital outside prison on Wednesday, March 24, for magnetic resonance tomography but wasn't given the results. She said Navalny has received pills and ointment for his pain, but prison authorities refused to accept medicines that lawyers brought to him. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny denied access to a Quran in prison

Rev. Liz Theoharis, center at microphone, co-director of The Poor People's Campaign, speak outside National City Christian Church in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2021. A coalition of interfaith leaders and activists met in Washington and online to demand an end to the filibuster, calling it an arcane and racist tactic that blocks the passing of moral policies. Rev. Graylan Hagler, is to her right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

From the filibuster to DC statehood, clergy rally around a growing voting rights agenda

Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque

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