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By Eduardo Campos Lima

Missionaries gain access to Amazon’s Indigenous peoples, despite pandemic

SAO PAULO (RNS) — Indigenous rights groups now worry that the new law will prompt missionaries to enter their reservations, and spread coronavirus.

August 13, 2020
By Jack Jenkins

Democrats plan interfaith service to kick off convention

(RNS) — The virtual service is scheduled to convene on Aug. 16, the day before the Democratic National Convention officially begins in Milwaukee.

August 13, 2020
By Elizabeth Dalziel

Pandemic reshapes worship across the UK's many faiths

(AP) — Rites that have been the bedrock of beliefs for centuries have evolved swiftly during the pandemic lockdown.

August 13, 2020
By Kathryn Post, Adelle M. Banks

Evangelical Christian colleges take steps to address racial justice after criticism

(RNS) — Christian colleges have been challenged to ‘become a school that no longer has students who are guests and hosts,’ one leader said.

August 13, 2020
By Adelle M. Banks

Church conflict during COVID-19 growing worry for pastors, says LifeWay Research

(RNS) — ‘My people are in very different places regarding the virus,’ wrote one pastor.

August 12, 2020

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By Yonat Shimron

Kamala Harris is more than her gender and race. She is also the future of American religion.

(RNS) — ‘The Biden-Harris ticket looks a lot more like America’s future,’ said one demographer, ‘and the Trump-Pence ticket looks a lot more like America’s past.’

August 12, 2020
By Lorenzo Bagnoli

For Italy’s Muslims, few places to pray and fewer places to bury COVID-19 dead

(RNS) — As the pandemic proceeded, the building of Islamic cemeteries became a front in a populist culture war.

August 12, 2020
By Emily McFarlan Miller

5 faith facts about Biden VP contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren — a former Methodist Sunday School teacher

(RNS) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is no stranger to the campaign trail. Warren ran for Democratic presidential nominee before throwing her support behind the presumptive nominee and former Vice ...

August 11, 2020
By Aysha Khan

How interfaith activism helped Saadia Faruqi change the face of children’s books

(RNS) – Saadia Faruqi’s writing draws on her two decades as a Muslim interfaith activist in Texas — and as the mother of two children.

August 11, 2020
By Elizabeth E. Evans

Nuns' advice on coping with pandemic: Eat, pray for Dr. Fauci, love your neighbor

(Global Sisters Report) — Like the rest of us, Catholic nuns are stuck at home and missing sports, but are keeping busy with prayers, baking and friends.

August 11, 2020
By Associated Press

Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Scripture quite literally came to life for several Catholic churches in North Carolina as a rare earthquake rattled portions of the state over the weekend.

August 11, 2020
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By Mark Silk

Trump’s 2020 religious attack on Biden harks back to 1800

(RNS) — Then too, a Democrat was charged with being godless.

August 11, 2020
By Sarah Rankin, Elana Schor

With Falwell on leave, Liberty board names Jerry Prevo acting president

The chair of Liberty University's board of trustees will serve as acting president with Jerry Falwell Jr. on leave.

August 10, 2020
By Kathryn Post

LGBT Christians push to overturn Young Life's 'sexual conduct' policy

 (RNS) — #DoBetterYoungLife, a movement advocating for broader LGBT inclusion, has shared hundreds of stories of exclusion, and its petition has garnered over 6,700 signatures.

August 10, 2020