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List Afghanistan as religious liberty violator, report urges State Department
By Adelle M. Banks — April 25, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Religious minorities faced harassment, detention, and even death due to their faith or beliefs,’ religious freedom commission says about Afghanistan.
Movement to build affordable housing on church land reaches Florida
By Alejandra Molina — April 23, 2022
(RNS) — 'Religious organizations, in aggregate, are some of the largest owners of land in Miami-Dade County.'
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow on reclaiming faith from those using it as ‘a weapon to hate people’
By Jack Jenkins — April 23, 2022
(RNS) — 'That's been the overwhelming response: that faith isn't hateful,' she said.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: Easter around the World, Ramadan
By Jessi Dodge — April 22, 2022
‘All war is anachronistic’: Pope Francis struggles to gain traction for peaceful vision
By Claire Giangravé — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — Pope Francis' refusal to condemn Putin by name disguises his 'severe moral judgment' of the war, experts say.
A Calvin professor officiated a same-sex wedding. It likely cost him his job.
By Bob Smietana — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — Calvin’s Professional Status Committee decided not to renew the professor's two-year appointment due to his ongoing conflict with school leaders over the issue of LGBT inclusion.
Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy after police killing of Patrick Lyoya
By Kathryn Post — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — 'We were created in the image of God,' Sharpton said. 'And what God put together, you don’t have the right to violate.'
The climate crisis is increasingly a refugee crisis, faith resettlement groups say
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — For more than 80 years, LIRS has helped resettle refugees — increasingly those refugees have been displaced due to climate disasters.
Raskin says he’s worked with cult ‘deprogrammers’ to better talk to some GOP members
By Jack Jenkins — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — Raskin described some Republican House colleagues as acting like “members of a religious cult."
Bringing the Torah’s ‘Sabbath of the land’ to Jewish American farmers
By Sara Badilini — April 22, 2022
(RNS) — The tradition of shmita, a Jewish answer to how to fight climate change, is spreading beyond Israel.
The Vineyard was built on friendship and shared values. Then a leading pastor split.
By Bob Smietana — April 21, 2022
(RNS) — The abrupt departure of the Vineyard Anaheim, once pastored by legendary preacher John Wimber, has sent shock waves through the Vineyard – an international movement known for its music and charismatic practices.
Benedict XVI turns 95 as book focuses on anomaly of 2 popes
By Nicole Winfield — April 21, 2022
(AP) — Benedict’s residence has turned into the symbolic headquarters of the Francis opposition, a new book says.
Biden’s Uniting for Ukraine program is a start, faith-based refugee agencies say
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 21, 2022
(RNS) — The program, which the president announced Thursday (April 21), streamlines the process to provide Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country with opportunities to come to the United States.
Michigan lawmaker’s forceful speech rebuts ‘grooming’ attack
By David Eggert — April 21, 2022
(AP) — 'I am a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom' who wants 'every kid to feel seen, heard and supported — not marginalized and targeted because they are not straight, white and Christian', she said.
Tensions over race, religion in France’s presidential race
By Arno Pedram — April 21, 2022
PARIS (AP) — Experts have seen this election as unusually dominated by discriminatory discourse and proposals targeting immigration and Islam.
