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For Jews, pandemic-era online worship has an enduring upside
(RNS) — The embrace of videoconferencing and livestreaming is actually helping Jews engage more fully with their faith.
Drag queen, Christian artist Flamy Grant joins lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag act
(RNS) — She joins LGBTQ nonprofit Blount Pride in suing a Tennessee district attorney who threatened to prosecute them over a pride event where Grant is scheduled to headline.
Lisa Doi: Pilgrims sustain the memory of Japanese American detainment
(RNS) — A descendant of prisoners at World War II camps dedicated her doctoral research to how the Japanese American community commemorates its forebears' experience.
Ex-Catholic Cardinal McCarrick, age 93, found unfit to stand trial on teen sex abuse charges
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — McCarrick, the ex-archbishop of Washington, D.C., was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after an internal Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults as well as children.
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Sixty years later, King’s dream still calls
(RNS) — Six decades after King proclaimed his dream that we would all be ‘free at last’ from racism and violence, Black lives are still threatened every day by race-based killings.
Catholic educators need to take a lesson from public school battles
(RNS) — The ‘wokeism’ crisis in public education is a historic opportunity for Catholic schools.
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BYU officially restores honor code ban on ‘same-sex romantic behavior’
(RNS) — The change, which adds language prohibiting ‘same-sex romantic behavior’ to the honor code, was already an unwritten rule on campus.
Young Hindu professionals get a crash course in keeping the faith
(RNS) — In the heart of Flushing, Queens, a group of young Hindus came together on a recent weekend to discuss the modern implications of ancient sacred texts.
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