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Is religious kitsch offensive? The answer is in the eye of the beholder
By Menachem Wecker — May 10, 2019
(RNS) — The line between well-intentioned kitsch and bad taste, experts in religious artwork say, can be blurry.
Eyeing Amazon synod, Brazil accuses church of ‘leftist agenda’
By Eduardo Campos Lima — February 25, 2019
SAO PAOLO, Brazil (RNS) — The Brazilian president's security chief was quoted in a recent news story about the synod, saying, 'We are worried about it and want to neutralize it.'
Pope downplays expectations for sexual abuse meeting in Rome
By Thomas Reese — January 30, 2019
(RNS) — The meeting could be a disappointment for Americans who have been dealing with abuse for decades while still being a success for the universal church.
Amazon pulls offensive bathmats with Quranic text
By Aysha Khan — January 10, 2019
(RNS) — After complaints from Muslim customers, Amazon has removed over 20 product listings that included doormats, bathmats and toilet covers featuring verses from the Quran.
Pope to indigenous: Amazon is ‘heart of the church’
By Yonat Shimron — January 19, 2018
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (AP) — Francis said it was "essential" for governments and other institutions to consider tribes as legitimate partners whose rights, cultures, languages and traditions must be respected and recovered.
Can Israel be any more ‘Transparent’?
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 20, 2017
"Transparent" goes to Israel. But, which Israel does it portray?
Amazon ad features Muslim cleric
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 21, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) The most surprising thing about Amazon’s latest ad for its Prime service is that it appears to be the first time a Muslim cleric has been featured in a television ad shown in the United States.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as Lord Vishnu? Magazine apologizes for deity depiction
By David Gibson — January 13, 2016
(RNS) The founder of the online giant has done remarkable things, but showing him as Lord Vishnu -- and in an article about the "conquest" of India -- was too much for some Hindus.
Amazon takes dark, unsettling turn into religion with ‘Hand of God’
By Reuters — September 5, 2015
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) "Hand of God," a new Amazon series, was conceived as an exploration of zealotry and evolved into a study of religious extremism focused on a born-again Christian cult group.
Sister Dorothy Stang died fighting for Brazil’s landless; 10 years later, not much has changed
By Alexandra Ellerbeck — February 12, 2015
PARA, Brazil (RNS) Ten years ago, Stang was killed advocating for land rights in the Amazon. The government promised an end to impunity from punishment. A decade later, violence and impunity persist.
Brazilian bishop urges ordination of married community elders as priest shortage grows
By Benjamin Soloway — November 24, 2014
BELEM, Brazil (RNS) Brazil's National Conference of Bishops is considering a proposal to ordain married community elders as a way to ease the shortage of Catholic priests in rural areas.
Book on apostasy in Islam earns writer the moniker ‘Somalia’s Salman Rushdie’
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 7, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Somali Islamic militants, clerics and other extremist groups in Muslim majority countries are applying apostasy as a political tool, branding those with contrary opinions as apostates who need to be killed, said the writer.
As Brazilians drift away from Catholicism, Virgin Mary procession as popular as ever
By Benjamin Soloway — October 17, 2014
BELEM, Brazil (RNS) An arduous public display of devotion to the Virgin Mary has persisted and thrived even as Catholicism loses ground to evangelical faiths in a dramatic transformation of Brazilian society.
Washington gay marriage fight has money, ‘daunting’ odds
By Jeff Mapes / The Oregonian — October 11, 2012
SEATTLE (RNS) With its relatively low churchgoing population and social libertarianism, Washington may be the state where voters are most likely to approve gay marriage next month. But opponents say the early polls are deceptive. By Jeff Mapes.
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