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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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As some praise Texas’ proposed ‘Judeo-Christian’ curriculum, rabbis say it dismisses Judaism
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — During a Texas State Board of Education hearing on Monday (June 22), supporters of a proposal to require Texas public school students to read Bible stories argued doing so would acknowledge that the nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values. ...
Feeling alienated from queer and Sephardic spaces, LGBTQ Jews build their own communities
NEW YORK (RNS) — For years, Daniel Cayre felt conflicted about his place in Jewish communal and spiritual life. On holidays like Yom Kippur, he’d go the first evening to a Reconstructionist synagogue that felt welcoming of his gay identity. On Yom Kippur day, he...
Who belongs in America? Five faith leaders on immigration, identity and America’s 250th
(RNS) — As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, debates over national identity, religion and immigration have intensified. Was America founded as a Christian nation? A pluralistic democracy? A nation of immigrants? Who belongs, and who gets to decide? In...
Pastor Saeed Abedini, former political prisoner in Iran, accused of abducting daughter
(RNS) — Evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini was once an international symbol of a Christian being persecuted for his faith. Now, he’s been accused in a lawsuit of abducting his 5-year-old daughter from her mother in Turkey and fleeing the country. A federal judge in the...
As Ebola spreads in war-torn eastern Congo, faith leaders adapt
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — For nearly two years, evangelical preacher Francis Mbombo traveled from house to house and through displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, praying with families uprooted by conflict and comforting those grieving loved...
Vatican blocks women’s homilies, testing Leo’s view of women in church
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Early on, Pope Leo XIV signaled support for women’s leadership in the Catholic Church, but a new Vatican decision released on Tuesday (June 23) barring laypeople, including women, from preaching the homily at Mass is testing how far that openness...
Photos of the Week: Muharram, mud festival
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes Muharram observances, an annual mud festival in the Philippines and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Pope Leo XIV warns wars are ‘fed’ faster than people as aid money dries up
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Monday that wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed, urging governments to strengthen resources to combat hunger after a severe funding shortfall by the United States and other countries. Addressing the governing body of...
How women pastors became public enemy No. 1 in the SBC
ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS) — In the first summer of this century, more than 11,000 Southern Baptists gathered in Florida to update their convention’s statement of faith by limiting the office of pastor to men only. But that 2000 limit was not binding on local churches....
Growing ‘goon’ violence against churches in Kenya worries clergy
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — On a recent Friday morning, groups of young men on motorbikes roared around the grounds of the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi to disrupt and scare those gathered for a civil meeting about the country’s proposed national budget reforms. Police...
As reports of anti-Christian incidents in Israel increase, advocates press police to act
JERUSALEM (RNS) — This past spring, a case of a Jewish man assaulting a Catholic nun in Jerusalem made international headlines. And earlier this month, the Religious Freedom Data Center reported 88 incidents of anti-Christian harassment in Israel so far in 2026 — 63...
Pope Leo XIV exalts first American saint Cabrini as a model for Christians for her care of migrants
SANT’ANGELO LODIGIANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need, as he visited her birthplace during a day trip to northern Italy. Leo, who has clashed...