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Hikers follow the Luther Adventure Trail up to the Wartburg Castle. RNS photo by Emily McFarlan Miller
Need to know: Friday, October 6, 2017
Pope condemns technologies that make gender transition easier
Such advances in biomedical technology "risk dismantling the source of energy that fuels the alliance between men and women and renders them fertile," Francis said.
Here he stood: Lutheran pilgrims travel to Germany on Reformation anniversary
“For all of Luther’s vehemence against the veneration of relics, that’s exactly what we’re doing,” said the Rev. Patrick Shebeck, leading a group organized by his Minnesota church on a pilgrimage through Germany's Luther Country.
Back from Puerto Rico, the Rev. Gabriel Salguero shares ways to help
The president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition traveled to the island to deliver water and generators, in hopes of buoying at least some of the millions deprived of life’s basics.
Is India neglecting the Taj Mahal because it was built by Muslims?
Some accuse the Hindu nationalist officials of starving the world-famous site of funds because, as it sees it, the mausoleum was built by Muslim invaders. (May require subscription)
Ancient tomb of Santa Claus discovered beneath Turkish church
Archaeologists in Turkey may be on the cusp of solving a mystery thousands of years in the making after they stumbled on a tomb they believe contains the remains of Saint Nicholas.
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North Carolina imam urges Congress to ‘celebrate’ difference
Abdullah Antepli, of Duke University, holds the distinction of being only imam to have opened proceedings of the House of Representatives twice.
Fall religion reading: Heavy-duty edition
Here’s your book list for autumn religion reading — full of engaging offerings that take on the most serious of questions.
Terrorism, race, religion: Defining the Las Vegas shooting
(AP) — The mass shooting in Las Vegas is the deadliest in modern U.S. history, but is it terrorism?
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Preaching about guns? Get political!
Preachers can talk about the real world. Or, they can be irrelevant. You choose what kind of religion you want.
Christians and Yazidis in Iraq stand on the brink of extinction
(RNS) — U.S. Rep Chris Smith, R-N.J., blames 'U.S. government bureaucrats' for the failure to provide promised aid to persecuted religious minorities in Iraq.
The Dead Sea Scrolls discovery — still riveting after 70 years
(RNS) — 'Biblical Manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC, are for sale,' read a small ad in The Wall Street Journal, seven years after the discovery of the scrolls.
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