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Critiquing Christians: The Lord’s Prayer
Critiquing Christians: the Lord’s Prayer, a Founders Warning The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most recited and well known prayers worldwide. Yet, it is probably the least understood. We speak it so freely and frequently in Western society, but do we understand its...
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Proposed Muslim cemetery splits Southern California residents
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (RNS) — When Abdul Wahab talks about the proposed Crescent Gardens Cemetery, a dedicated Muslim burial site, he often returns to a simple reality. “People are going to leave this world anyway,” he said. “We don’t have a choice. We need the...
Appeal renews legal fight over Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church pastor
(RNS) — Current and former members of New York City’s Abyssinian Baptist Church have filed an appeal in state Supreme Court arguing that a 2025 court ruling was in error when it dismissed their case challenging the election of the congregation’s current senior pastor....
American Jews face a Democratic Party rethinking unconditional Israel support
(RNS) — American Jews woke up to a stark new reality Wednesday: Decades of unequivocal support for Israel is no longer a key plank of the Democratic Party. That reality was plain when almost half of Democrats in the House of Representatives (103 out of 212) voted...
Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s parliament has approved laws that effectively halt the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox men in the country’s military in a last-ditch effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition to woo religious political parties ahead...
Kenyan court dismisses Rastafari case seeking to legalize marijuana
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to legalize the use of cannabis by Rastafarians for religious purposes. Justice Bahati Mwamuye said Kenya’s laws prohibiting the cultivation and use of marijuana do not violate...
MAGA Pastor Greg Locke claims federal officials raided his home but gives few details
(RNS) — A controversial Tennessee pastor has claimed federal officials broke down his door and raided his house after former members of his church accused him of financial impropriety. The Rev. Greg Locke, pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon, Tennessee,...
After mall stabbing, Utah faith leaders warn against anti-Muslim rhetoric
(RNS) — Two days after a man allegedly stabbed a Muslim worker in a Utah mall at least 15 times, religious groups are warning of the effects of escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric. “The hate crime is so abhorrent because it does not only affect the victim. It affects the...
Activist Catholic priest Michael Pfleger again accused of sexual abuse
(RNS) — The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a well-known anti-gun activist priest, has been accused of child sexual abuse and removed from ministry while the allegation is investigated, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Saturday (July 11). Pfleger “strongly denied” the...
Caribbean leaders press for slavery reparations, end of islands’ territorial status
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of Caribbean leaders met with senior clergy from the Church of England on Tuesday as the push for slavery reparations intensifies, with activists also calling for the independence of British, French, Dutch and U.S. territories in...
National Baptists launch social justice center near US Capitol
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Months ahead of the midterm elections, leaders of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., a historically Black denomination, have launched a Center for Social Justice steps away from the U.S. Capitol and across the street from the Supreme...
Orthodox Jewish groups oppose daylight saving bill, argue it would disrupt prayer
(RNS) — Making daylight saving time permanent moved a step closer to reality this week, when the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a measure to eliminate the annual clock-changing ritual. But some Orthodox Jewish organizations are fighting to...
Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management
President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, undoing protections established by his Democratic predecessors on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national...