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Reproductive Rights on Trial with Skye Perryman
By Ray Kirstein — April 20, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward about the mifepristone and EMTALA cases before the Supreme Court and the challenges to reproductive and religious freedom they pose. Paul also gets details on the Freedom Rising Conference from organizer Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis.
What the church can do to help opioid addicts: A Q&A with Raymond Barfield
By Yonat Shimron — May 18, 2018
(RNS) — A conference on opioid addiction will bring together clinicians, clergy and educators to the tip of southern Appalachia to begin a yearlong conversation on ways churches can help heal and support those caught in the epidemic’s grip.
In ‘turbulent times,’ 500 rabbis look for ways to resist and cope
By Lauren Markoe — March 20, 2017
(RNS) In his first few weeks in office, President Trump administration has given progressive-minded rabbis much to resist and counter, and it's exhausting, said one rabbi attending the Central Council of American Rabbis meeting in Atlanta.
Sanders delivers his campaign pitch, wrapped in praise for the pope
By Rosie Scammell — April 15, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In the end, the Democratic candidate got something almost as good as a pope picture: blanket news coverage and a chance to deliver his stump speech wrapped in the words of the popular pontiff.
Israeli-American LGBT reception disrupted by anti-Israel protesters
By Lauren Markoe — January 25, 2016
(RNS) In Chicago, pro-Palestinian protesters say Israeli and American gay Jews should be ashamed to support Israel.
To fight Ebola, African religious leaders draw safe practices road map
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 26, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The road map includes actions to fight stigma, discrimination and misinformation and a retooling of burial practices to ensure religious communities burying their dead are using safe practices to avoid infection.
Shroud of Turin conference draws believers to St. Louis
By Lilly Fowler — October 9, 2014
ST. LOUIS (RNS) To some, the puzzle surrounding the Shroud of Turin was solved when laboratories in the U.S., England and Switzerland determined through carbon dating that it originated around 1260 to 1390. To others, it remains a mystery.
Barney Frank: Why I didn’t talk about my atheism while serving in Congress
By Chris Stedman — June 6, 2014
Former Congressman Barney Frank tells RNS how anti-Semitism impacted his decision not to talk about his nontheism sooner, shares his advice for atheists who want to run for public office, and explains how responses to his nontheism have differed from responses to his sexual orientation.
Pope Francis: Human trafficking is ‘a crime against humanity’
By Josephine McKenna — April 10, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, ” the pope said at an international conference.
Being a pastor is hard, and failure is easy
By Bob Smietana — March 7, 2011
A half-joking blog post turned into a conference where pastors could be honest about their struggles.
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