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Nigeria marks one year since Boko Haram kidnapped schoolgirls
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 14, 2015
(RNS) In Chibok, there were high expectations as the military started combing the Sambisa forest, where the militants are believed to have hidden the children.
Pope Francis: ‘All I want is to go out for a pizza!’
By David Gibson — March 13, 2015
(RNS) Pope Francis isn't a fan of being cooped up inside the Vatican, and he may not be for very long. That and other juicy tidbits from his two-year anniversary interview.
Auschwitz was about the Jews (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 27, 2015
(RNS) Some question whether American Judaism is still overly focused on the morbidity of the Holocaust. I have often raised that question myself, but not now. Not when a new, groundbreaking documentary about the Holocaust can barely say the word “Jew.”
British churches to celebrate Magna Carta’s 800th birthday by reasserting its Christian heritage
By Trevor Grundy — January 16, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Throughout 2015, churches, schools, colleges, universities and libraries will hold exhibitions, lectures and other events about the Magna Carta, emphasizing the way 13th-century Christians influenced its contents.
Thousands seek inspiration at a monumental rabbi’s grave
By Lauren Markoe — July 2, 2014
(RNS) "Why are the lines to visit Rabbi Menachem Schneerson's grave so long?" Words and pictures tell a story.
70 years after Nazi occupation, anti-Semitism still a problem in Hungary
By Trevor Grundy — March 19, 2014
BUDAPEST, Hungary (RNS) On the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Hungary, many Jews are wondering whether the passage of time has done much to quell this nation’s troubling history of anti-Semitism.
At 77, Pope Francis keeps a busy pace, and aides keep their fingers crossed
By David Gibson — March 6, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Church leaders welcome the reforms and fresh air that Pope Francis is bringing to an often dysfunctional institution. But at 77, they just want him to have the stamina to keep it up.
Egypt’s young Coptic Christians energized to fight for civil rights
By Monique El-Faizy — March 5, 2014
CAIRO (RNS) The Maspero Youth Union, formed to fight for civil rights, rejects the mostly passive role Copts played before the revolution, when the church’s patriarch served as proxy for the Coptic community in all matters political.
On anniversary of resignation, Benedict XVI has no regrets
By Eric J. Lyman — February 11, 2014
ROME (RNS) Archbishop Georg Ganswein -- who works with Benedict XVI -- said one year after his resignation on Feb. 11, 2013, the former pope is at peace in his new role.
Memories of the March: 10 voices recall 1963 March on Washington
By Adelle M. Banks and Corrie Mitchell — August 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religion News Service asked participants in the 1963 March on Washington to reflect on their lasting memories of the event, whether the Rev. Martin Luther King's dream has been achieved and how the 1963 march shaped their faith.
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