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Boycotts accompany prayer as faith leaders prepare for a Lent of protest
(RNS) — Addressing the congregation at his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Sunday (Feb. 23), the Rev. Jamal Bryant was trying to recruit the thousands listening in the...
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Documentary highlights the tensions, isolation of being ‘Black + Evangelical’
(RNS) — A new documentary is shedding light on a group of people who are part of the evangelical Christian tradition in a way, said Wheaton College theology professor Vincent Bacote, “that’s not just...
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At Washington installation, Cardinal McElroy calls for hope, mercy and human...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Washington’s new archbishop, Cardinal Robert McElroy, encouraged Catholics at his installation Mass on Tuesday (March 11) to have hope and show mercy in a service that included...
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Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., long-serving AME Zion Church leader, dies at 77
(RNS) — Bishop George Edward Battle Jr., an advocate for education and health and the former senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, died on Sunday (March 9) in Charlotte, North...
View ArticleT.D. Jakes discloses ‘massive heart attack’ as cause of November health crisis
(RNS) — Bishop T.D. Jakes has disclosed that the medical incident that occurred as he spoke before his Dallas megachurch in November was a “massive heart attack.” “I didn’t really realize what was...
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Gospel musician Andraé Crouch’s ‘colorblind evangelism’ focus of new book
(RNS) — Gospel composer Andraé Crouch sang, played the piano and preached for decades — often all at once. Ten years after his death, a new biography aims to capture both the genre-defying range of...
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‘Ushers, close the doors’: Pastor Marvin Sapp’s offering call ignites Black...
(RNS) — Deluged by online debate, gospel singer and pastor Marvin Sapp defended his fundraising style on a radio talk show Monday (March 31), after a nine-month-old recording of his call to raise...
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Defending women in the Vatican, this canon lawyer refuses to be ignored
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Laura Sgrò’s home office in Rome’s elegant Barberini neighborhood is stacked with files and books and decorated with vases from her native Sicily. “This is the wolves’ den,” she...
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Joan Brown Campbell, global and national ecumenical leader, dies at 93
(RNS) — The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, the first ordained woman to lead the National Council of Churches and the U.S. office of the World Council of Churches, died in late March at the age of 93....
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New York City places street sign honoring influential Buddhist monk, Thích...
NEW YORK (RNS) — Dozens of Buddhist monastics and lay believers huddled together on a busy Upper West Side street corner on a cold, rainy day to bear witness to a historic new street sign placed in...
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Black LGBTQ Christians ask: Where is the Black church’s prophetic voice on...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Rev. Don Abram stood outside the U.S. Capitol surrounded by a diverse group of clergy, some wearing rainbow-accented stoles and others holding signs calling for justice. He...
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Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about...
(The Conversation) — President Donald Trump and members of his administration have long used allegations of anti-Christian discrimination as a rallying cry for supporters, arguing that policies and...
View ArticleSome Pennsylvania Jews reminded of Tree of Life shooting after arson attack...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A year ago, Carole Zawatsky was invited by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to a Passover Seder, held in the same room at the governor’s official residence that was devastated by...
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On Good Friday, immigrant bishop says the Passion brings comfort to immigrant...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Hundreds of people attended a Good Friday procession (April 18) at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Catholic Church, surprising even parish staff with the turnout at the largely...
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Pope Francis, charismatic reformer and disruptor, dies at 88
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis, who sought to be a bridge maker as he led the Catholic Church in a time of deep polarization, died at 7:35 a.m. on Monday (April 21), at the age of 88, a day after...
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Pope Francis: An appreciation
(RNS) — The whole world is mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday (April 21), during the 13th year of his papacy. He may have disappointed liberals who wanted him to change the...
View ArticleSports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy postponed
ROME (AP) — Four top-flight soccer matches in Italy were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday and the Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life mourned...
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Erica Campbell on ‘life-changing’ Ethiopia trip, Mary Mary’s 25th year,...
(RNS) — When she’s not singing in a concert or at her husband’s church, Erica Campbell is often thinking of where, when and what she’ll be singing next. The gospel singer, one member of the duo Mary...
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