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Jewish leaders decry Pope Francis’ criticism of Israel as ‘incendiary’

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope

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Jimmy Carter, beloved Sunday school teacher, ex-president, dead at 100

(RNS) — Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday (Dec. 29) at age 100, was known most as the 39th president of

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Let’s stop talking about ‘self-hating Jews’ — a lesson from Hanukkah

(RNS) — Hanukkah is here, and with it, the annual need to retell the story, and to make sure that

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Sri Lankan cardinal bans female altar servers, but why?

(RNS) — Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October,

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751 years after his death, Rumi’s influence crosses continental and religious divides

KONYA, Turkey (RNS) — “Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not

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The barbarians are coming and they may be us

(RNS) — There is a strange and prophetic poem, written in 1898, that tells us much about our lives as

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Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh suspended but not deposed after Title IV investigation concludes

(RNS) — Eighteen months since Bishop Prince Singh’s two adult sons, Nivedhan and Eklan Singh, made allegations on social media that their father

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After disastrous farewell speech, Archbishop of Canterbury goes quiet for holidays

LONDON (RNS) — Two weeks before Christmas is normally one of the busiest times of the year for the Archbishop

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Did Christian Nationalism Win? Matthew Taylor on the Vote and the Future

 Christian Nationalism has seemingly grabbed the levers of power in America. With an overt passion for power over democracy,

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The late great Hal Lindsey

(RNS) — In 2012, I tried to track down Hal Lindsey. I reached out to his ministry, looking for his