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Man who rammed car into Chabad headquarters in NYC pleads not guilty to federal charge
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who repeatedly drove his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City earlier this year pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of intentionally damaging religious property. Dan Sohail, 36, was previously arrested on...
What to know about Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a powerful force within the country’s theocracy
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has grown into a powerful force within the country’s theocracy, answering only to its supreme leader and overseeing its ballistic missile arsenal and launching attacks overseas. The force is...
Photos of the Week: Iran war, Jesse Jackson memorial
This week’s photo selection includes the war in Iran, a memorial service for Jesse Jackson and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Gallup Poll: Fewer than half of Americans say religion is ‘very important’ in their lives
(RNS) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged more religion in the public square. “We’re bringing back religion in our country, and we’re bringing it back quickly and strongly,” Trump said at a National Day of Prayer event last year. Many federal...
‘The Lost Bishop’ of South Sudan dies at 86
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A South Sudan bishop known in the Anglican Communion as a “lost bishop” because he went missing in the late 1980s during his country’s war against Sudan has died. The Very Rev. Nathaniel Garang, a retired bishop of Bor, died Feb. 24 while...
Metropolitan AME pastor’s new book offers ancestral veneration as guide to civic engagement
(RNS) — When visiting his maternal grandmother’s house in Florida, the Rev. William Lamar IV remembered feeling “frightened” when he stared at the picture of a great-aunt hung up prominently on the wall. It wasn’t until his grandmother explained what the portrait...
Teeth, finger bones and blessings: Buddhist relics inspire belief
ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California. Before her were tooth and finger bone relics believed to belong to Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism who is said to have...
Gaza’s ceasefire had some momentum. Now, some fear a new war will distract the world
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after U.S. President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges...
Verizon awards $100K to expand emergency alert network for NYC houses of worship
NEW YORK (RNS) — New York Disaster Interfaith Services, a faith-based emergency services nonprofit, has received a $100,000 grant from telecommunications company Verizon to expand its automated emergency messaging system for houses of worship across New York City. The...
Photo gallery: The attack on Iran shocks, heartens and divides the world
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How the Book of Esther echoes through 17th-century Netherlands to this day
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — As the United States and Israel began pummeling Iran with airstrikes Saturday (Feb. 28), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a biblical analogy to explain his motives for going to war. “Twenty-five-hundred years ago, in ancient...
Iranian evangelicals are staying put, tentative but hopeful, says pastor
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Hormoz Shariat preaches to a congregation of millions of Iranian Christians around the world, those who have scattered because of repression at home and those who, having stayed, have long been the target of arrest by Iranian authorities, frequently...