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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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Will Pope Leo XIV change the Vatican’s diplomacy on Ukraine and Russia?
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Before becoming Pope Leo XIV Cardinal Robert Prevost denounced Russia’s “imperialist invasion” of Ukraine, in a 2022 interview, saying Russia was seeking to conquer a territory for its own advantage. “It’s already been proven that crimes against...
As fighting continues in Gaza, more US Jews are recognizing the Nakba
(RNS) — Every year on May 15, Palestinians around the world pause to memorialize what they call the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” that displaced a majority of Palestinians during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. As Israel’s 19-month-old military campaign...
No charges filed as police close Daystar abuse allegation investigation
(RNS) — A Texas police department has declined to file charges and closed its investigation into allegations of abuse involving the founding family of a major Christian television network. Last fall, Jonathan Lamb, son of Daystar Television Network founders Marcus and...
South African bishop thanks Episcopal leader for declining to resettle white Afrikaners
(RNS) — The leader of Anglican churches in South Africa thanked the American head of the Episcopal Church for refusing to resettle white Afrikaners in the United States who have been deemed refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing the government’s...
Calvin Robinson, dismissed for Nazi-like salute, has priestly license rescinded, again
(RNS) — The Rev. Calvin Robinson, a priest and British transplant living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, whose Nazi-like salute cost him his license in January, is once again unable to serve as priest after an Anglican bishop granted, then rescinded, Robinson a temporary...
Poll: American Jews overwhelmingly reject Trump and his antisemitism policies
(RNS) — Shortly before the November elections, President Donald Trump promised American Jews, “I will be the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House.” As president, he has moved to deport pro-Palestinian activists on college campuses and cut...
New York Narratives tour centers Muslim experiences, history in the city
NEW YORK (RNS) — Participants are often surprised when Asad Dandia’s Muslim Harlem tour stops at JC Barbershop in Spanish Harlem — only until he explains it was the headquarters of the country’s first Puerto Rican Muslim organization, the Alianza Islámica (the Islamic...
What Oct. 7 and its fallout cost a high school in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — The assignment for Keziah Ridgeway’s class at Northeast High School in December 2023 didn’t mention Israel or Palestinians. After discussing Black spirituals in a section on American slavery, Ridgeway’s AP African American history students were...
Photos of the Week: First American pope, Buddha’s birthday
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Can the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission survive Trump 2.0?
(RNS) — During their annual meeting in Dallas next month, Southern Baptists will sing, bless missionaries, pass a budget, listen to sermons and engage in lively debate about a host of issues. Among those issues: what to do with the denomination’s Ethics and Religious...
Netanyahu says there is ‘no way’ Israel halts the war in Gaza until Hamas is defeated
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza — where airstrikes on two hospitals Tuesday killed at least eight and wounded dozens — even if a deal is reached to release more hostages....
Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the first words he said to the world as pope: “Peace be with you all!” The @Pontifex – Pope Leo XIV post featured some of the...