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Catholicism
Hundreds of men attacked Christian communities and torched churches in a town in Pakistan on August 16 following accusations against two Christians of desecrating the sacred…
Geoffrey Peters
Sep 4, 2023
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. —Jimmy Carter “Enough is enough! I’m…
Christianity
From acts of spitting and vandalism to instances of assault, numerous attacks have occurred this year targeting Christians in Israel and their sacred sites, contributing to…
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California is on the brink of becoming the first state in the nation—and the first place in the world outside South Asia—to prohibit discrimination based on…
Geoffrey Peters
Sep 2, 2023
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Mosques in New York City will no longer be required to obtain a special permit for the public broadcasting of the Islamic call to prayer on…
Christianity
“These are truly the last days,” groused worship leader and Christian music icon, Sean Feucht, on social media. The subject of his ire: the collaboration of…
Religion News
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was honestly puzzled. Mississippi’s solicitor general, Scott Stewart, had insisted that his state be allowed to ban abortions on the ground…
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In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, with a stroke of the pen, signed the document that signaled the beginning of the end of slavery. No more could…
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Marla Frederick, a prominent ethnographer and academic specializing in the African-American religious encounter, is set to become Dean of Harvard Divinity School—a historic appointment that marks…
Geoffrey Peters
Sep 1, 2023
Christianity
The Russian Orthodox Church began centuries ago in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine; but now, with that capital, as well as Ukraine itself, under attack from…
Christianity
Church leaders fear an increasing wave of anti-Christian incidents in the Holy Land, largely due to little or no attention given by law enforcement and government…
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The Parliament of the World’s Religions returned to Chicago this week to celebrate its 130th anniversary. It was here in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair…