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White supremacist found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre

By guest — December 15, 2016

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) The jury deliberated for less than two hours.

A rabbi’s case for Keith Ellison to head the DNC

By guest — December 15, 2016

(RNS) 'I know Keith quite well and I know the anti-Semitism charge against him is totally wrong,' writes Rabbi Steve Gutow.

In quest for equal rights, Muslim women win right to enter sacred Indian tomb

By guest — December 13, 2016

MUMBAI, India (RNS) In August, Bombay’s highest court agreed that nothing in Islam forbids their entry and that safety concerns were unsubstantiated.

10 things to know about the Virgin of Guadalupe

By guest — December 9, 2016

(RNS) While other manifestations of Mary only claim a region or country at best, Guadalupe is the only one to reign over two continents.

Charleston shooting witness: ‘I was just waiting my turn’

By guest — December 8, 2016

Felicia Sanders testified Wednesday that her son asked Dylann Roof, “Why are you doing this?” He answered: “I have to do this. You are taking our women and you are taking over the world.”

At Advent, grass-roots organizers prepare to fight for the least of these

By guest — December 5, 2016

(RNS) Since his installation, Pope Francis has called not only for fundamental structural changes in the economy and society, but for people to organize from below to create change.

Accused Ohio State attacker reportedly posted rant online

By guest — November 29, 2016

An Ohio State University student who may have been upset about treatment of Muslims in the world has been identified as the suspect behind the gruesome attack Monday (Nov. 28) on the school’s campus. Abdul Razak Ali Artan was killed by police, but not before driving a car into a group of people and then […]

How Hispanics helped put Trump in the White House

By guest — November 22, 2016

(RNS) Politicians must respect Hispanics' wide-ranging differences and speak to each community with distinction. Anything less is ignorance, and it might even be racism.

Church in northern Iraq reopened after two years under ISIS control

By guest — November 20, 2016

Women trilled to celebrate the moment when a new crucifix was erected on the church, replacing one that was broken by the Islamic State militants.

I am a heartland Muslim and I don’t think all Trump supporters are racist

By guest — November 17, 2016

(RNS) To infer that all of Trump’s supporters are rabid racists, or even motivated by such base impulses, would be as ironically absurd as those who contend that all Muslims are terrorists.

Centuries-old Ten Commandments tablet auctioned off for $850,000

By guest — November 17, 2016

The seller stipulated that the buyer of the 1,500-year-old tablet must put it on public display.

Minnesota archdiocese offers $132 million to settle sex abuse claims

By guest — November 16, 2016

The archdiocese, one of 15 U.S. Catholic districts and religious orders driven to seek Chapter 11 protection by the church's sex abuse scandal, said its plan would mark the second-largest such bankruptcy settlement of pedophile priest claims in America.

Immigration hard-liner says Trump team preparing for wall, mulling Muslim registry

By guest — November 16, 2016

To implement Donald Trump's call for 'extreme vetting' of some Muslim immigrants, adviser Kris Kobach raised the possibility of reinstating a national registry of people who enter the U.S. on visas from countries where extremist organizations are active.

Cuba grants pardons to 787 convicts after pope’s clemency call

By guest — November 15, 2016

Among those freed: women, youth and the ill.

Conservative cardinals challenge pope over teachings on family