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Alliance Defending Freedom International Steps up to Defend Religious Freedom in Nepal
The conviction of Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya in Nepal for "outraging religious feelings" and "proselytizing" has prompted Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF) to take action. On January 23rd, Nepal's Supreme Court declined Pastor Keshab's appeal and upheld a...
Regina A. Johnson- Putting Her Talents To Use In Multiple Fields
Every person from their birth is gifted a special skill set, something they excel it. And for every person, it is different. While some people’s expertise lies in teaching, others are good at playing sports. For some people, painting is where they perform par...
Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
Coronavirus Will Affect 68% of Easter Observers’ Spending Plans this Year – WalletHub
Around 68 percent of Americans who observe Easter say their Easter spending will be affected by the coronavirus this year, according to WalletHub’s new Coronavirus Easter Survey, released today. This survey, which follows WalletHub’s report on the State Economies Most...
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Johnnie Moore says embattled aid group ‘unbelievably effective,’ blames UN, Hamas for not helping Gazans
(RNS) — The Rev. Johnnie Moore, the evangelical Christian minister who chairs the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, defended the workings of his deeply contentious food distribution system to a friendly audience in a Zoom appearance Tuesday (July 22), presented by the...
Pope Leo XIV renews his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to protect civilians. “I once again call for an immediate end to the barbarity...
Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of man’s arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo and a call to astronaut Buzz Aldrin. After praying the Sunday Angelus at his summer retreat in Castel...
Chip and Joanna Gaines tried to build a big tent. Conservative Christians aren’t having it.
(RNS) — Celebrities are routinely judged for everything from their fashion choices to the way they cook their eggs. But for those who are both famous and publicly Christian, that scrutiny often broadens to encompass their religious beliefs — even if they’re implicit....
Catholic archbishop of Miami leads motorcycle rosary session at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
(RNS) — On Sunday (July 20), a group of more than two dozen motorcyclists, including Miami’s Catholic Archbishop Thomas Wenski, rode to “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Florida state immigration detention center in the wetlands of the Everglades, to pray the rosary. The...
Catholic moms plead with their bishops to speak out on migrant detention
(RNS) — Katie Holler has watched with horror as migrants in the United States have been violently detained, some separated from their families and children. The case of a Cuban mother deported without her still-nursing baby especially anguished Holler, a Catholic and...
Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The release involves...
National teacher’s union board rejects member vote to boycott the Anti-Defamation League
(RNS) — The executive committee and board of the largest teachers’ union in the country announced late last week that it would not cut its ties to the Anti-Defamation League, despite a resolution by its members to do so. The National Education Association assembly in...
Are AI sermons ethical? Clergy consider where to draw the line.
(RNS and NPR) — On any given Sunday, churchgoers settle into pews as a clergy person takes an ancient holy text and figures out what it has to say about our lives today. But how would worshippers feel if they found out that sermon was written by Artificial...
Prosecutor resigns, calls ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch trial ‘irreparably tainted’
(RNS) — The long-awaited church trial of Bishop Stewart Ruch, a leader in the Anglican Church in North America, is facing a crisis in the wake of the sudden resignation of a lawyer who represented the denomination in the proceedings. In a resignation letter dated July...
For the young and Buddhist-curious, a moment of modern mindfulness
NEW YORK (RNS) — New York Zendo Shobo-ji was quiet on a Saturday morning in late June, far removed from the muted hum and chatter that lingers in Lenox Hill, in Upper Manhattan, even on rainy summer days. Inside, a small group of young adults sat zazen as an ordained...
Disputed vote for Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church pastor is tested in court
NEW YORK (RNS) — More than two dozen members of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, dressed as if for a Sunday service, filled a lower Manhattan courtroom Thursday morning (July 17) to attend the first hearing in a lawsuit seeking to remove the Rev. Kevin Johnson as...