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Some churches don’t preach a literal resurrection. Here’s how they celebrate Easter.
(RNS) — “I don’t have a belief in any form of resurrection,” declared the Rev. Duncan Littlefair, then-pastor of Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to NBC’s Frank McGee on the “Today” show in April 1973. Wearing a white turtleneck and navy blazer, the...
ICE detains president of Islamic Society of Milwaukee
(RNS) — The Islamic Society of Milwaukee said its president was detained by immigration agents on Monday (March 30). Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian American businessman and community advocate who leads the largest Muslim group in Wisconsin, was arrested by Immigration...
As first Easter of Leo’s papacy approaches, his priorities come into sharper focus
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Almost one year after Pope Francis made his final public appearance on Easter, Pope Leo XIV is approaching his first celebration of the feast as pontiff — a moment that offers a more defining glimpse into a papacy focused on unity, peace and...
For the first time, Black women bishops in the UMC share Good Friday pulpit
(RNS) — The tradition of “Seven Last Words” services hosted by Black churches will mark a new milestone on Good Friday (April 3) when all seven of the active African American women bishops of the United Methodist Church are expected to preach at a Maryland church....
Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook
TRIKORFO, Greece (AP) — Can a centuries-old ritual of spiritual renewal rekindle a New Year’s resolution to build healthy eating habits before it fades in the spring? For six weeks every year, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world adopt a largely vegan...
Trump addresses nation on Iran war in first prime-time speech since launching strikes 4 weeks ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night, offering an update on the war in Iran during his first prime-time speech since launching strikes alongside Israel more than a month ago. With the speech, Trump was getting a wide audience...
Beirut is bursting as over 1 million people flee Israeli strikes and evacuation orders
BEIRUT (AP) — Beirut is bursting. It’s been a month since Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel after the U.S.-Israeli attack on its patron, Iran, triggering Israeli bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion. Since then, more than 1 million people from southern and...
Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast brings openly religious views to a changing country
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, has joined a growing list of right-leaning Latin American leaders. Not only is he conservative — he’s openly religious as well. Kast — who took office March 11 — is a practicing Catholic and part of the...
Israel’s new death penalty law sparks outcry from liberal Jewish groups
(RNS) — The death penalty law targeting Palestinians that passed the Israeli parliament on Monday (March 30) has been roundly denounced among liberal Jewish movements in Israel and abroad. In the U.S., the largest Jewish denomination, the Reform movement, strongly...
LGBTQ faith leaders say Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling will harm youth
(RNS) — As LGBTQ-affirming faith communities across the United States prepared to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday (March 31), their plans were interrupted by news the Supreme Court had ruled that morning against Colorado’s ban on...
Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The founder of a Texas megachurch who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s was released Tuesday after serving six months in an Oklahoma jail. Robert Preston Morris, 64, was released just after midnight, said Osage County...
Monthslong meditation on impermanence at a remote California Zen retreat meets a real-life fire
A Buddhist meditation hall at the remote Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California burned down just as practitioners were in the home stretch of a sequestered, three-month meditation program in which they had been contemplating the impermanence of existence....