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A cease-fire is not enough

By Kelly Brown Douglas — March 25, 2024

(RNS) — Divine justice does not settle for temporary cease-fires. Rather, it advocates without ceasing for a lasting peace.

In suburban Washington, a new ISKCON temple marks a new beginning for devotees

By Richa Karmarkar — March 25, 2024

POTOMAC, Maryland (RNS) — Growing from a small ashram in the 1970s, the D.C. branch of the movement formerly known as Hare Krishnas opened an 11,000-square-foot house of worship on Saturday (March 23).

Mohler and the abortion abolitionists don’t take sin seriously enough

By Karen Swallow Prior — March 25, 2024

(RNS) — Abortion is a failure not just of individuals but also of the village.

When Stephen Colbert and Paul Simon talked about faith

By Jeffrey Salkin — March 25, 2024

(RNS) — Two amazing personalities open their souls on national television. What a gift!

UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage

By Amr Nabil — March 25, 2024

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — He spoke a day after the U.N. Security Council failed to reach consensus on the wording of a U.S.-sponsored resolution supporting “an immediate and sustained cease-fire.”

Thousands of Christians attend Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem against a backdrop of war

By Associated Press — March 25, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) —The annual celebration came as the Israel-Hamas war rages on in Gaza. However, the conflict appeared to have had little effect on the procession, which swelled to a similar size as last year.

Lebanon’s displaced celebrate Ramadan amid fears that border conflict might become the ‘new normal’

By Abby Sewell — March 25, 2024

MARWANIEH, Lebanon (AP) — Those living at the Hotel Montana, which went out of business in 2005, are among an estimated 90,000 people from southern Lebanon who have been displaced by the near-daily clashes between the militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces.

Polling places inside synagogues are being moved for Pennsylvania’s April primary during Passover

By Mark Scolforo — March 25, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, election officials relocated 16 polling places from six locations — synagogues as well as a Jewish community center

Surviving God with Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw

By Ray Kirstein — March 23, 2024

State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Rev. Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Rev. Susan M. Shaw, authors of the new book “Surviving God: A New Vision of God through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors”

Kirtland and Nauvoo: What happens next week, when tours begin under new LDS management?

By Jana Riess — March 22, 2024

The managing director of the Church History Department answers questions about changes to the tours and the buildings in the recently acquired historic sites.

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