Minnesota churches caught in standoffs between protesters and police

By Jack Jenkins — Apr 20

(RNS) — At least two congregations have found themselves at the center of standoffs between police and racial justice demonstrators over the past week, both in Brooklyn Center.

Likes and prayers: Facebook tests new ‘prayer post’ feature

By Emily McFarlan Miller — Apr 21

US Sikh community traumatized by yet another mass shooting

By Casey Smith, Luis Andres Henao — Apr 21

Russia, China, Myanmar recommended for State Department list of religious freedom violators

By Adelle M. Banks — Apr 21

Opinion

Parent like your religion depends on it

By Jana Riess

(RNS) — ‘Successful religious parents don’t just drop their kid off at church and then expect someone there will take care of everything,’ says researcher Amy Adamczyk. Instead, they lead by example.

The Chauvin verdict is an island of justice in a river of Black pain

By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

(RNS) — We need to begin to heal from all the horrors of our histories and heritages.

Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict might be an exodus for America

By Charlie Dates

(RNS) — Chauvin's verdict is an opportunity for the liberation of all Americans.

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People react outside Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s house on April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

At scene of LA’s 2020 protests, faith leaders gather to praise Chauvin verdict

People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Faith leaders praise Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdicts, acknowledge work ahead

Dates are a popular food for breaking fast during Ramadan. Photo by Omar Chatriwala/Creative Commons

California date farmers lean into Ramadan season’s spike in sales

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

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

By Paul O'Donnell — Apr 17

(RNS) — Hewing closely to the traditional Anglican funeral liturgy, the service’s hymns and readings reflected Philip’s service in the Royal Navy and his environmental work, with only a nod to his Greek Orthodox beginnings.

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

By Daoud Kuttab — Apr 16

AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — The move reportedly came after the agency that oversees Jerusalem’s holy sites refused to voluntarily turn off loudspeakers for a ceremony at the Western Wall.

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Seattle Pacific University faculty vote no confidence in board over LGBTQ exclusion

By Yonat Shimron — Apr 20

(RNS) — Approved by 72% of the faculty, the April 20 vote was the latest in a series of escalating clashes between faculty, students and the school’s governing board over its refusal to hire LGBTQ people.

In wake of Chauvin trial, what can faith leaders learn from the Rodney King LA riots?

By Najuma Smith-Pollard — Apr 20

(RNS) — As we anticipate reactions to the the Derek Chauvin verdict, we only have to look back to Los Angeles in 1992 to know what to do and what not to do. The Rev. Cecil L. Murray wrote the playbook for this situation.

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Sikh Coalition urges Biden to appoint Sikh American liaison in wake of Indianapolis FedEx shooting

By Alejandra Molina — Apr 19

(RNS) — The Sikh Coalition said the Biden administration should appoint a Sikh American liaison in the White House Office of Public Engagement to ensure a ‘wide range of the community’s voices are heard and acted upon.’

Joe Biden may unify the country. Don’t ask him to unify Catholics.

By Kenneth L. Woodward — Apr 19

(RNS) — Faggioli’s book pits Pope Francis’ ‘global left’ and Biden’s ‘liberal America’ against conservative Catholics.

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Scuba diving rabbi adopts the ocean as his part of the world to repair

By Christine Luby — Apr 20

(RNS) — Scubi Jew, a marine conservation group inspired by the Jewish concept of repairing the world, turns saving the oceans into a religious experience.

The American Rescue Plan is welcome relief for faith communities

By Diane Randall — Apr 20

(RNS) — Just as communities of faith have been called on the last 13 months to serve others — with emotional, material and advocacy support — we continue to be called on to support the common good to defeat the pandemic and to defeat poverty.

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