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Prayer in school divides Americans as Texas law takes effect

(RNS) — A new Texas law mandating that schools set a time for students to pray will likely be popular with many residents of the

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Trump administration quietly continues to admit unknown number of white Afrikaner refugees

(RNS) — When a group of 59 Afrikaners arrived at Dulles International Airport under the humanitarian designation of “refugee” last month, Deputy Secretary of State

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Christ for the Nations, where suspect in Minnesota shooting attended, denounces ‘hateful actions’

(RNS) — In the Buick sedan Vance Boelter left on a rural road outside Minneapolis, law enforcement found a letter addressed to the FBI identifying

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At Sox’ stadium Mass, Chicago celebrates Pope Leo XIV, its native son

CHICAGO (RNS) — At Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, some 30,000 celebrated a native son, Pope Leo XIV, Saturday afternoon (June

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 Vote to bar churches with women pastors fails again at SBC meeting

DALLAS (RNS) — For the second year in a row, a move to bar churches with women pastors from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination failed.

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Jennifer Lyell, SBC abuse survivor and former Lifeway executive, has died

(RNS) — Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of

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The theological legacy of Walter Brueggemann

(RNS) — I first encountered Walter Brueggemann’s work nearly 25 years ago, when “The Prophetic Imagination” was assigned in a seminary course I was taking.

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After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published

(RNS) — “I was the kid who never even smoked pot. I was very cautious, and a rule follower,” said Rabbi Julie Danan, spiritual leader

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Hajj pilgrims leaving the US this week face an anxious homecoming

(RNS) — About two weeks to 10 days before the Eid al-Adha holiday, days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage is about to begin, the messages

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After deadly shooting, Jewish organizations are again scrutinizing security

(RNS) — American Jewish communities are rushing to bolster already heightened security around their institutions and businesses after the May 21 killings of two Israeli