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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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ERLC reverses course, now says Brent Leatherwood was not fired
(RNS) — In a head-scratching turn of events, the executive board of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm now says its leader has not been fired.On Monday evening (July 22), the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced Brent Leatherwood, the...
Brent Leatherwood, ERLC president, fired a day after praising Biden
(RNS) — The leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics and public policy entity was fired Monday (July 22), a day after he praised President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection bid.“In accordance with our bylaws, the executive committee has removed...
In small-town Illinois, a little church says goodbye
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (RNS) — First Baptist Church survived a tornado, church schisms and a pair of worldwide pandemics in its more than a century and a half of ministry in this small Southern Illinois town, about an hour east of St. Louis.For 156 years, church members...
Bishops close National Eucharistic Congress with challenge to ‘change our society’
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — As they sent more than 50,000 Catholics who attended the National Eucharistic Congress on their way, the bishops who organized the five-day event that ended Sunday (July 21) may have sensed they were preaching to the proverbial choir. But that...
Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future
(RNS) — President Joe Biden made history on Sunday (July 21) by withdrawing his candidacy for a second term. The reconfigured Democratic presidential ticket he endorsed, with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top, would be historic in itself, but would also be a map...
Mosque with ties to Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali receives historic preservation funds
(RNS) — A historic mosque in Washington, D.C., will receive a grant to help preserve its structure, one of 30 Black heritage sites supported by a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.Masjid Muhammad, also known as The Nation’s Mosque, is the first...
Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping...
Appeals court hears Christian homeless shelter’s challenge to Washington anti-discrimination law
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers for a Christian homeless shelter were in a federal appeals court Friday to challenge a Washington state anti-discrimination law that would require the charity to hire LGBTQ+ people and others who do not share its religious beliefs,...
Single Catholics talk struggles of dating at National Eucharistic Congress event
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — “My standards are so high that me and Jesus go after the same men,” Mari Pablo told the crowd in a packed ballroom at the National Eucharistic Congress. No less than three men Pable had dated, she said, later discerned calls to the priesthood. The...
A fire severely damages the historic First Baptist Dallas church sanctuary
A fire all but destroyed the historic church sanctuary at First Baptist Dallas, sending smoke billowing over the city but causing no deaths or injuries, Dallas firefighters said.The fire in the Texas Historic Landmark, a Victorian-style red brick church built in 1890,...
Traditional Latin Mass at National Eucharistic Congress draws enthusiastic crowd
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of Holy Rosary Catholic Church as they received Communion during a Mass...
Activists, religious leaders say Democrats pressing Biden to bow out should respect ‘process’
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Wading into a furious debate over the future of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, a group of activists and religious leaders has published a letter saying Democrats should respect the “democratic process” and suggesting that if Biden...