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Michigan attorney is first Muslim Arab American woman to stand before Supreme Court
By Joseph Hammond — October 8, 2021
(RNS) — Fadwa Hammoud’s appearance at the Supreme Court is one of several important firsts for Muslims in the American legal system in recent months.
Thomas Jefferson’s Quran to visit Dubai Expo 2020
By Joseph Hammond — October 8, 2021
(RNS) — The historic English-language Quran has never traveled outside the United States.
Biden to nominate Joseph Donnelly as Vatican ambassador
By Jack Jenkins — October 8, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Donnelly, a Catholic lawyer and anti-abortion Democrat, served as one of Indiana’s U.S. senators from 2013 to 2019 and as a House member from 2007 to 2013.
In new book, Sarah Young of ‘Jesus Calling’ hopes Jesus is listening
By Bob Smietana — October 8, 2021
(RNS) — A former missionary who shuns the spotlight, Young has sold 35 million devotional books since 2004. A million copies of her new book drop this week.
The relaxing and tingly world of Christian ASMR
By Jessica Mundie — October 8, 2021
(RNS) — In the expansive world of ASMR, one small group of Christian creators have dedicated themselves to bringing their viewers closer to God through relaxation and brain tingles.
Photos of the Week: Desmond Tutu turns 90; French church sex abuse scandal
By Kit Doyle — October 8, 2021
(RNS) - This week’s photo gallery includes Desmond Tutu's 90th birthday, Catholic church sex abuse in France and more.
Colorado woman who won’t get vaccinated denied transplant
By Patty Nieberg, Thomas Peipert, and Colleen Slevin — October 8, 2021
Even though she has stage 5 kidney disease that puts her at risk of dying without a new kidney, Lutali, 56, said she could not agree to be vaccinated because of the role that fetal cell lines have played in the development of vaccines.
Newsom launches council to focus on teaching California students about the Holocaust
By Alejandra Molina — October 8, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — 'We are offering an antidote to the cynicism that this is how things are, and responding to that hate the best way we know how — with education and empathy,' California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
How one Chicago church is stepping up to help Afghan evacuees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 8, 2021
WARRENVILLE, Ill. (RNS) — Across the country, churches like Immanuel Presbyterian Church are finding practical ways to partner with refugee resettlement agencies as they assist Afghan evacuees now settling into their new homes.
Biden restores Bears Ears, other monuments cut by Trump
By Matthew Daly — October 8, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and other development hundreds of thousands of acres of rugged lands sacred to Native Americans and home to ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs. The Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante […]
IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban
By Tameem Akhgar and Samya Kullab — October 8, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens in the latest security challenge to the Taliban as they transition from insurgency to governance. In its claim of responsibility, the region’s IS affiliate […]
Young people make their mark at Religions for Peace conference
By Eric J. Lyman — October 7, 2021
(RNS) — Nearly a quarter of those who came to this year’s conference, held in Lindau, Germany, were age 35 or younger.
Survey: Despite partisan divides, pope retains high marks among US Catholics
By Jack Jenkins — October 7, 2021
(RNS) — Catholic Republicans are far more likely than Democrats of the faith to say the pope is ‘too liberal.'
Merkel meets pope and receives farewell tribute from Draghi
By Associated Press — October 7, 2021
Merkel herself has called this her farewell bilateral trip to Italy as chancellor, and her unusually long 45-minute papal audience and glowing tribute from Draghi indicated her Roman counterparts wanted to pay their respects, too.
Mural of South Africa’s Desmond Tutu is fixed for his 90th
By Andrew Meldrum — October 7, 2021
The mural enlivens a wall of the Rainbow Academy which offers training to young artists from disadvantaged communities.
