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In India’s new Ram temple, some American Hindus see a new beginning
(RNS) — The consecration of a temple to the Hindu god Ram, in the northern Indian city said to be his birthplace, will be marked with state-sponsored fanfare this weekend, completing a yearslong transformation of a once sleepy village…
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Why I am obsessed with an ancient story about giant frogs
(RNS) — If you are Jewish — and, frankly, even if you are not — think about the last time you attended a Passover Seder.
You will recall that moment in the Seder when it’s time to recite the plagues that fell upon the land of Egypt. Many…
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The top 10 Mormon news stories of 2023
(RNS) — I’m trying something different this year with my end-of-year list of the major news stories. I’m organizing it into two categories for the two kinds of people who seem to write to me: the über-Saints who only want to hear good…
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Meet the anti-dogma spiritual collectives emerging across the US
ATLANTA (RNS) — Twenty minutes outside downtown Atlanta, Vinings Lake sits along a humming thoroughfare connecting Veterans Memorial Highway to the affluent suburbs north of the city. With its white steeple and brick exterior, it could…
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Pope Francis getting antibiotics intravenously for lung problem, limiting appointments, Vatican says
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is receiving antibiotics intravenously to treat a lung inflammation and will scale back some appointments, but he doesn’t have pneumonia or fever, the Vatican said Monday.
Francis himself on Sunday revealed that…
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American evangelicals interpret Israel-Hamas War as a prelude to End Times
(RNS) — The End Times are not a topic Robert Jeffress needs much prompting to talk about. But when war broke out between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7, the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas, and a national figure among…
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Wisconsin Senate approves amendment blocking church closures during public state of emergencies
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to approve an amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit government agencies from ordering churches to shut down during a state of emergency.
The…
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Protesters occupy New York’s Grand Central to demand cease-fire in Gaza
NEW YORK (RNS) — Hundreds of protesters descended on Grand Central Terminal on Friday evening (Oct. 27), answering a call from the activist organization Jewish Voice for Peace to demand a cease-fire in Gaza.
A few minutes before 6 p.m.,…
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Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome, following agreement with the Vatican
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome following an agreement reached with the Vatican, the Nicaraguan government said in a statement late Wednesday.
The…
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The Shepherd of Hermas barely mentions Jesus, but was an early Christian hit
(The Conversation) — People usually think about the Bible as a book with a fixed number of texts within its pages: 24 books in the Jewish version of the Bible; 66 for Protestants; 73 for Catholics; 81 if you’re Ethiopian Orthodox.…
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