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60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders
By Adelle M. Banks — April 28, 2023
(RNS) — King’s response to white clergy critics endures as a ‘road map’ for those working on justice and equal rights.
ELCA Lutherans mark 35th anniversary amid calls to expand beyond European roots
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 29, 2022
(RNS) — The denomination, born on April 30, 1987, remains one of the whitest in the country.
How to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Sign the nuclear weapons treaty
By Diane Randall — August 20, 2021
(RNS) — I look forward to celebrating the complete abolishment of nuclear weapons.
Day by day: Musical ‘Godspell’ celebrates 50th anniversary
By Mark Kennedy — May 10, 2021
(AP) — "Godspell" was an off-Broadway hit in 1971. It was made into a 1973 movie and jumped to Broadway in 1976, nominated for best score at the Tony Awards and a Grammy winner.
On the anniversary of his birth, a reflection on the life of Guru Nanak
By Simran Jeet Singh — November 30, 2020
(RNS) — Sikhs around the world celebrate the birth anniversary of their founder-prophet, Guru Nanak, every autumn.
Auschwitz at 75: From sorrow to song
By Joshua Hammerman — January 27, 2020
(RNS) — As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the time has come to turn our sorrow into song — in a sense, to embrace Auschwitz.
Birmingham church, 56 years later, to recall bombing with messages of love, action
By Adelle M. Banks — September 12, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — ‘Our hope is that people will leave inspired, become agents of change as a result of what happened here,’ said the Rev. Arthur Price Jr.
Pope Francis at 5: Paradigm shift on mercy, migrants and marriage
By Nicole Winfield — March 13, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Francis' first five years have been a dizzying introduction to a new kind of pope, one who prizes straight talk over theology and mercy over morals — all for the sake of making the church a more welcoming place for those who have felt excluded.
On the anniversary of Sandy Hook, a mother’s gratitude for her child’s faith
By Sophfronia Scott — December 13, 2017
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) — He has few words for the magnitude of what happened but I knew he had to work his own grief, and the way he did so would determine the way in which he walked through the world — whether he could live in faith and not fear.
Pope, at Fatima shrine, urges end to wars tearing world apart
By Yonat Shimron — May 12, 2017
FATIMA, Portugal (Reuters) At the start of a trip that will see him on Portuguese soil for less than 24 hours, Francis arrived at the Shrine of Fatima, where the Catholic Church teaches that the Madonna appeared to three Portuguese children 100 years ago.
Unlike previous popes, Francis is in no rush to visit his homeland
By Veronica Engler — March 8, 2017
TIGRE, Argentina (RNS) As the first Argentine pontiff approaches the fourth anniversary of his papacy, he still hasn't come back to visit his country of birth. Many of his compatriots appreciate that.
Two years after slayings, these Muslims show hate cannot overpower love
By Yonat Shimron — February 9, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Across the Research Triangle region, the shootings, which killed three Muslim students two years ago today, Friday (Feb. 10), have spurred a wave of good deeds by Muslim youth.
10 years after Amish schoolhouse killing, the work of grieving remains
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2016
BART TOWNSHIP, Pa. (RNS) The shooting 10 years ago in a placid Lancaster County hamlet made headlines across the world as the Amish rushed to forgive the shooter. But the grief and pain live on.
Churches pray for refugees on fifth anniversary of Syrian civil war
By Timothy C. Morgan — March 14, 2016
(RNS) The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board and a dozen other Christian groups will raise awareness in American churches through the #PrayForRefugees campaign.
Three years on, Pope Francis leaves conservatives feeling marginalized
By Reuters — March 12, 2016
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) They worry that behind the gentle facade lies a dangerous reformer who is diluting Catholic teaching on moral issues like homosexuality and divorce while focusing on social problems such as climate change and economic inequality.
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