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Survey: White evangelicals most likely to say they’ve been harassed online for their faith
By Roxanne Stone — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The study shows there are some groups who are more likely to attribute their harassment to their religious beliefs than others,’ according to the Pew report.
Joe Kennedy III joins Poor People’s Campaign
By Jack Jenkins — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I’ve been an admirer of the Poor People's Campaign for years,’ Kennedy told Religion News Service on Monday.
Pope Francis tells Catholic journalists he has hope for ‘courageous’ US church
By Claire Giangravé — February 2, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The news media is plagued by four sins, the pope told reporters: disinformation, calumny, defamation and ‘coprophilia,’ by which he apparently meant love of scandal.
Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘The scientific community has a storytelling problem’
By Julie Schonfeld — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi, a Buddhist monk ordained by the Dalai Lama, on the impact and challenges of the pandemic.
Obama speechwriter’s memoir ‘Grace’ to come out in 2022
By Hillel Italie — February 2, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Cody Keenan's memoir is set around the time a white supremacist murdered nine Black parishioners in South Carolina.
New VR game lets kids, adults face-off against Goliath
By Bob Smietana — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — In a new VR game, the Philistine giant is tougher to beat than Darth Vader.
SBC report calls never-Trumper Russell Moore’s agency a ‘significant distraction’
By Bob Smietana — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — A new report claims a decline in giving is linked to controversial statements — including criticism of Trump — by a leading Baptist ethicist.
Pastor Rick Warren apologizes for children’s Sunday school video loaded with Asian culture stereotypes
By Alejandra Molina — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described the video as using Asian culture 'as a prop for slapstick humor.'
Imbolc’s celebration of hearth and home resonates with Pagans in a pandemic year
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — Many Imbolc traditions revolve around the Celtic goddess Brigid, who shares the sabbat's associations with transformation, inspiration, wisdom, fertility and the hearth fire, among other things.
Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook’s Black women in ministry program gains $1 million grant
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — Cook called the grant-funded program a ‘game changer’ for Black women ministers and future generations.
Duke Divinity School dean tapped as Belmont University president
By Yonat Shimron — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — L. Gregory Jones, longtime dean of Duke Divinity School, will become the new president of Nashville's booming, nondenominational Belmont University.
German bishops’ summit considers women and lay roles as answer to abuse crisis
By Claire Giangravé — February 1, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — While the summit officially affects only Germany, the bishops' discussions will likely have consequences for the global church.
Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France
By Elaine Ganley — February 1, 2021
PARIS (AP) — Critics say the bill covers ground already addressed in current laws, while far-right leader Marine Le Pen says the bill doesn't go far enough.
Ousted Myanmar leader warned of possible army obstruction
By Associated Press — February 1, 2021
(AP) — On Monday, those warnings proved prescient. The military detained Suu Kyi and other senior politicians and announced it was seizing control of the country for one year under a state of emergency.
By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque
By Ilan Ben Zion — January 30, 2021
TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The mosque's foundations, excavated just south of the Sea of Galilee, point to its construction roughly a generation after the death of the Prophet Mohammad.
