Dale Sutherland says his encounters with criminals, drug addicts and dealers helped him grow spiritually as much as his time serving parishioners did.
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OPINION: While 2023 witnessed a frightening surge in hate, we know 2024 sadly has the potential to be even more alarming.
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The Lag B’Omer pilgrimage is a deeply held tradition among the Tunisian Jewish diaspora worldwide. In past years, worshippers came from the U.S., France and even Israel, despite the lack of official relations between Tunisia and the Jewish state.
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A North Carolina Baptist church has suspended its pastor after he was indicted on allegations of giving false records to the FBI.
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While the MyChurchFinder list is by no means comprehensive, the 270 churches that are rated offer some insight into geographical hot spots for Christian nationalist congregations.
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French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having started a fire that charred and blackened the insides of a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen.
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OPINION: The visit is a reminder that the Gaza war is not a religious one and certainly not a Jewish-Muslim conflict.
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In 'Oud Player on the Tel,' playwright Tom Block, who is Jewish and identifies with Islamic mysticism, envisions a friendship between two displaced people in 1947.
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The Italian bishops, who were convened for the national assembly meeting in Rome, are addressing the possibility of relaxing the ban on admitting gay men to the seminary.
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CPS told RNS in a statement, that the district “continuously” reviews its programs “to ensure they are operating as intended and implement changes as needed to ensure students can continue to learn, grow, and thrive.”
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In his final moments, David Ben-Avraham was once again viewed as a Palestinian who was in the wrong place, at a time of widespread anger and suspicion.
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When it comes to investigating the authenticity of the tunics “there are few certainties and confusion reigns supreme,” said Alessandro Vella, expert of Christian antiquity at the Vatican Museums.
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The fast-growing college is part of a constellation of conservative Catholic colleges that tout their adherence to church teachings and practice — part of a larger conservative movement in parts of the U.S. Catholic Church.
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“The first thing I felt was just anger — thinking about the life I could have had,” Beth Stroud said. “I loved being a pastor. With 20 more years of experience, I could have been very good — helped a lot of people and been very fulfilled.”
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Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common.
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France’s ban on religious symbols for its athletes at the Olympics is in line not only with the country’s secularism and neutrality principles, but with the Olympic charter.
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In keeping with much of his previous work, “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings” doesn’t shy away from fraught topics, including religion, the upcoming presidential election and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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