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State lawmakers push for priests to report abuse learned about in confessional
(RNS) — Catholic bishops are pushing back, arguing the statutes would infringe on the First Amendment rights of priests.
Muslim holidays find welcome from mainstream retailers with new Ramadan goods
(RNS) — Two new children’s books from Muslim authors hit Target’s shelves as part of the retailer’s new Ramadan and Eid holiday collection.
Orthodox Jewish parents sue California for ban on special ed funds to religious schools
(RNS) — ‘It takes a special kind of chutzpah to deny Jewish kids with disabilities equal access to special education benefits,’ said Eric Rassbach, an attorney representing the parents.
Trump vs. DeSantis: Florida pastors mull conservative issues
(AP) — “The evangelical vote in Florida is too diverse to be a big force in politics,” said one political scientist, but many faithful across denominations like seeing DeSantis take charge of issues like sexually explicit materials available to children. “That resonates.”
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A reading list for seminarians and other Catholic conservatives
(RNS) — Books changed my life. They can change yours too.
Georgia may be turning purple. It’s definitely turning green.
(RNS) — Georgia’s clean energy transition is doing what some may deem a miracle — getting Republicans and Democrats to agree.
Five charts that explain the desperate turn to MAGA among conservative white Christians
(RNS) — White Christians’ attempt to halt their demographic slide has fostered two narratives of American life.
The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
(The Conversation) — From family to grassroots activists, these are some of the women who shaped MLK’s vision and campaigns.
How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement
(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
What is a pogrom? Israeli mob attack has put a century-old word in the spotlight
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Jewish history explains how the term ‘pogrom’ lives in Jewish collective memory and why its use can be highly contentious.
Nazi orders for Jews to wear a star were hateful, but far from unique – a historian traces the long history of antisemitic badges
(The Conversation) — Badges and other wearable markings had a long history of being used to target Jewish people in Europe.
Remembering Chaim Topol — and how ‘Fiddler’ reflected American Judaism
(RNS) — The inside story of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ reveals some deep truths about American Judaism.
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How a little-known editor made God a bestseller by helping Americans let go of religion
(RNS) — A chance encounter at a party led religion professor Stephen Prothero to rediscover the story of Eugene Exman, a longtime book publisher who helped transform American religion.
10 years on, Pope Francis faces challenges from the right and the left
In an ideologically divided Roman Catholic Church, the right has accused him of going too far and the left of not going far enough.
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