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Palestinians clash with Israeli forces after a rally to mark the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call their Nakba, or catastrophe, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on May 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Need to know: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Embassy move, Gaza crisis make for somber start to Palestinians’ Ramadan
The start of the Ramadan fast, usually a celebratory time, is also a time of mourning for the lives of 60 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces at the Israel-Gaza border.
Tony Perkins appointed to US panel on international religious freedom
The leader of the Christian lobbying group the Family Research Council was appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on the recommendation of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Rhode Island Council of Churches director takes leave for gender transition
The Rev. Donald Anderson will take a three-month leave beginning June 1 to complete a transition from male to female.
Indian women breaking down barriers to religious leadership
As gender equality grows in India, young urban Indians are warming to the idea of women in the priesthood.
Is Jerusalem embassy part of God’s grand plan? Why some evangelicals love Israel
Dispensationalists, writes John Fea, believe "the return of the Jews to their homeland will be a sign that the end of the world is near."
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Amid conflict, Jews and Muslims in US seek solidarity
(AP) — As turmoil spreads through the Middle East, American Jews and Muslims have been forming alliances to build trust and seek solidarity in more ambitious ways than in the past, a sharp contrast to the violence engulfing their homelands this week.
Pope says he’s thought about when it’s time to ‘take leave’
(AP) — Pope Francis says he has thought about when it might be time to 'take leave' of his flock.
For 40 days in 30 US cities, King’s Poor People’s Campaign lives again
Reviving a campaign that foundered after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, activists will call attention to government neglect of the country’s poor.
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